Religious ritual takes rigor To understand 'cause religion Isn't real - but that doesn't mean it serves no purpose - ask A philosopher if he thinks you're real And you'll realize how lucky you are That philosophers respect what's not real - at least if they're not in a bad mood
But back to the topic - transubstantiation What is it? Well, it's changing one thing into another Basically it's Alchemy But what does it mean to religious ritual? Well, it's changing bread & wine to the actual body & blood of Christ
But what does that actually mean? Are catholics all crazy cannibals? I don't blame you for thinking that It's hard to talk your way around Believing your Christ not only comes back every Sunday in a bowl & chalice, but also that you decide to eat it like
If I'm being honest - this puzzle stumped me through most of childhood - then I figured it out But then I forgot it again - so I knew there was an answer, but I couldn't put the pieces back together again - however, I think I put enough together to give at least a snapshot of understanding
So here's my go - there are two examples that I'm gonna use to explain transubstantiation - and they're both green
First is money - money undergoes transubstantiation everyday, 'cause money is little more then the belief it has value. It is a piece of metal, or paper, or plastic, or even binary bitcoin - sure they have their material value (though bitcoin doesn't even have that) but the value to the person far exceeds what that person can do with an object that's been assigned a number - and that's when transubstantiation happens - when an object is given an imaginary number, turning it into money. In this instance, the economy is God - cause that's where the value comes from - 'cause money can't exist without an economy. Minting a coin is turning metal into money - metal blessed with economic divinity
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