Is the Eucharist vegan?

ebola

it's flour and water as far as I know. the host is vegan.

As far as the wine is concerned, there may be something about filtering it through fish bladders, but I'm not entirely sure.

If you're talking in the "omfg it's Jesus's body!" sense, then it's still vegan because, in keeping with the Catolic idea that the host really IS Jesus's body and the wine really IS his blood, Jesus gave both to his people willingly.

I was raised Catholic. I think the Eucharist is only supposed to be unleavened flour and water.

I'm not Catholic, though I was baptised Catholic as a baby. My inlaws are Catholic...very Catholic....anyhow, this subject has been brought up in the past..in length...*truely* it is vegan....not sure about the wine, but the wafers are definately vegan.

>>If you're talking in the "omfg it's Jesus's body!" sense>>

You guys KNOW I am. :)

ebola

Pretty clearly not, assuming faith in transubstantiation is present. Jesus can give it willingly all he wants (like your mom) but isn't the stock answer to questions about rescued chickens laying eggs or some cow that purrs like a kitten when its milked that it may not be unethical to eat those products but it is certainly not vegan?

So I guess my answer is the eucharist is not vegan (since eating animal products is my definition not vegan) but that partaking in it is ethical nontheless.

According to Cartman (South Park), Eucharist is definitely vegan, because Jesus turned himself into a cracker. (I get a lot of my information from South Park - they know stuff that normal human beings don't.)

I'd say more, but I'm rather busy chowing down on Jesus, placentae, and milk from purring cats.

ebola

So you're talking about the literal idea of consuming the blood and body of Jesus, not just the wafer and wine? I remember this topic coming up before, because I had to ask my mom her opinion. I was raised Catholic, but never took the blood and body thing literally. Guess thats why I was a bad Christian. Now I'm a heathen.

well, protestants are christians too, and we don't believe that the juice or cracker becomes the actual blood and body of jesus, but only a representation of it.

as for the contents of the cracker and juice--i don't know. every church i've ever been to uses something different.

this topic is so overplayed.

So you're talking about the literal idea of consuming the blood and body of Jesus, not just the wafer and wine? I remember this topic coming up before, because I had to ask my mom her opinion. I was raised Catholic, but never took the blood and body thing literally. Guess thats why I was a bad Christian. Now I'm a heathen.

Well, as you're a heathen now, you could eat weird pink marshmallowy things for Eucharist! You could start up a new sect: "The Weird Pink Marshmallowy Church of Heathens."

Didn't we have this convesation already?

Pretty clearly not, assuming faith in transubstantiation is present. Jesus can give it willingly all he wants (like your mom) but isn't the stock answer to questions about rescued chickens laying eggs or some cow that purrs like a kitten when its milked that it may not be unethical to eat those products but it is certainly not vegan?

So I guess my answer is the eucharist is not vegan (since eating animal products is my definition not vegan) but that partaking in it is ethical nontheless.

No offence, but by that definition breastfeeding is not vegan either. Which seems kind of silly to me.

No offence, but by that definition breastfeeding is not vegan either. Which seems kind of silly to me.

Agreed, very silly and totally untrue.

While we're at it, why don't we discuss semen again too?

I would say that if one believes in transubstantiation, then the question of whether it's vegan or not is a short leap of faith.

ummm, what's Eucharist?

I haven't heard of it before.

While we're at it, why don't we discuss semen again too?

Yeah, let's.

ummm, what's Eucharist?

I haven't heard of it before.


Taking communion.

Didn't we have this convesation already?

Yes. About six months ago.

Question about Catholic vegans
http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=35375

I don't believe in transubstantiation, so it's a non-issue for me. And I'm not vegan.

Well, as you're a heathen now, you could eat weird pink marshmallowy things for Eucharist! You could start up a new sect: "The Weird Pink Marshmallowy Church of Heathens."

Whoot! :evil: :evil: :evil: Thats a grand idea. I'm not sure what the point of that sect would be. Sticking it to the man? While we're at it, I'm not sure of the point of this thread either.

:pibo: <--- Imagine thats a dancing pink heathen marshmallow.