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Definition: "Theophagy"
The sacrimental eating of a god, typically in the form of an animal, image, or other symbol as a part of a religious ritual and commonly for the purpose of communion with, or receiving the power from the god.

And this, from "The Devil's Dictionary" of Ambroise Bierce
"Eucharist": A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi. A dispute once arose among the members of this sect as to what it was that they ate. In this controversy some five hundred thousand have already been slain, and the question is still unsettled

fishline79 7 Feb 16
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Sounds like the sewers backing up.

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Can you delete one of your double postings.

Why don't they give you the option to post in two categories? It is difficult to choose only one. Which one should I remove?

@fishline79 the one with the fewest comments

@xenoview OK, done. However I think they should allow at least two. Where's the harm? Fewer people will see the post, and many of mine are humorous, as I am a satirist writer.

@fishline79 You can suggest that to admin.

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I find the eating of body parts of animals and humans so as to take on some attributes of them to be very ancient. This brings up the question of "did Jesus believe it" when he wanted you to eat his flesh and drink his blood. The obvious answer shows you how flawed Christianity really is.

I would agree with that. I have not checked the etymology of the word Theophagy, but it is a real word, which I had never heard. The fact that Bierce knew the history in the 19th Century reveals that it is an ancient practice in many "pagan" religions. He also defined (satirically) the term Embalm, first practiced by the Egyptians....."Embalm: To cheat vegetation by locking up the gasses upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead, and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meager crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree. or enriching his table as a a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after a while if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and the rose are languishing for a nibble at his gluteus Maximus." I love Ambrose Bierce. I read a bit of his "dictionary" every day.

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