Did you take communion today?

Nice.

Boy, are you gonna get e-mail...

Actually, I think it would have had more impact, and be more interesting and thought provoking, if they weren't zombies--just regular humans.

Actually, I think it would have had more impact, and be more interesting and thought provoking, if they weren't zombies--just regular humans.

True, but not everybody believes that god commanded them to take communion. However, the one thing that they all do agree on is that their god ascended back up into the heavens like a birdie on wings, be they fundamentalists or be they moderates. Therefore that part of the story must be true. That's just basic logic. Fly birdie fly!!

Hmmm...I think the one biting his arm is a female!

Grok Jesus?

Dibs on the brain!

Looks like the chow hall from my ol' undergrad days.

Isn't this simply what Christians do during every Communion? Metaphorically, that is.

Completely unrelated, but I'd love to read an informed opinion on Craig Venter's attempt to patent his method of "creating an organism". I don't mean in any religious sense (which I saw you commented on), but rather the limits of ownership by individuals or corporations. I'm a complete atheist, but I have a serious problem with patents and copyrights, especially insofar as they pertain to processes. I'd love to know your opinion. Just curious.

Christians do tend to eat their own, don't they?

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Not all that metaphorically; christian doctrine has it that the host somehow 'transubtantiates' into the body of christ-- it becomes the body itself.

What a crazed bad of cannibal nutters

And on a macabre note, that picture is what a biblical literalist may came off when reading about 'eating the body of christ'

I hope they drained Jesus of his blood so that they may drink of it.

I so love this picture.

This just shows how gullible Jesus is. I for one would never accept a dinner invite from a zombie.

That totally kicks ass.

Hmmm, this explains how he was able to get up and running a few days after the crucifixion.

Zombie Jesus!

And on the Third Day Jesus rose from the dead and said unto His disciples "Braaiiins".

Blasphemy! Only Jesus was a zombie in real life.

Actually, they're not cannibals. Cannibalism is eating its own species, and zombies eat humans, not other zombies. :)

NOW I understand what they mean when they say "Jesus lives!"

PZ has liturgical sense! Today is the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (also known as Corpus Christi).

And yes, I did take communion today. But no, we Catholics don't think we do *that* when we take communion, even though we do think that we partake of the body and blood of Christ. A better model might be breastfeeding -- in which one person sustains another out of her own substance. (This analogy was drawn by the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich.)

I leave you with a link to a poem by George Herbert on the theme of Love: http://www.englishverse.com/poems/love

Not all that metaphorically; christian doctrine has it that the host somehow 'transub[s]tantiates' into the body of christ-- it becomes the body itself.

Depends on the denomination. AFAIK Calvinists consider it symbolic, for example.

Hmmm. Looks like the brain is still intact - are we sure these are zombies, and not ghouls?

Last year I attended a friend's niece's communion at a Catholic church. The sermon included mention of "taking and drinking ...blood". This probably inspired a future generation of Goth/vampire children on that day.

As tempting as it may be to make atheistic jokes about cannibalism and communion, I've yet to meet a believer who got any zombie vibes from the mass. What I have sometimes encountered. at least in old books are legends about the host that remind you of stories about human thumbs found in pickle jars.

Yay! I play a zombie game on-line and our mob is The Pastafarian Brotherhood, this pleases me to no end. I am going to go share it with them. Thanks!

Oh, great. Now I can't get "Sweet zombie Jesus" out of my head. And no, it's not "good news, everyone". Thanks, guys.

I take this as proof-positive that zombies wouldn't have touched a Chocolate Jesus.

Hmmm...I think the one biting his arm is a female!

the further question is, is she sexually aroused while doing so?yeah, i know, some killjoy will opine zombies or ghouls or whatever don't get sexually aroused.okay, how do you know?

All Jesus must be eaten.

Here's some other versions:
Star Wars http://i17.tinypic.com/4xp5wev.jpg
Raptor Jesus http://i8.tinypic.com/62oizhv.jpg
and http://i11.tinypic.com/53ypwuu.jpg

And then there is that scene in the movie "MASH".

Oooh, don't eat the brain, it's nothing but cholesterol.

Relax.

I've long held that Christianity is a zombie religion. Christ died, but rose from the grave. He wants you to eat his blood and flesh (thus infecting you with zombieism). Doing so gets you "everlasting life."

It all fits.

Beware the Vampire Jesus! He gave his blood for you -- now he wants it back!

-- CV

Can I get that on velvet?

Completely unrelated, but I'd love to read an informed opinion on Craig Venter's attempt to patent his method of "creating an organism". I don't mean in any religious sense (which I saw you commented on), but rather the limits of ownership by individuals or corporations. I'm a complete atheist, but I have a serious problem with patents and copyrights, especially insofar as they pertain to processes. I'd love to know your opinion. Just curious.

Actually, they're not cannibals. Cannibalism is eating its own species, and zombies eat humans, not other zombies. :)

Not all that metaphorically; christian doctrine has it that the host somehow 'transub[s]tantiates' into the body of christ-- it becomes the body itself.

Depends on the denomination. AFAIK Calvinists consider it symbolic, for example.