You’re right, Hull, it was many years ago now. God was on her side though - the husband wrote himself off in a car accident whilst drunk. No-one else was involved, thankfully, and then she was a widow again and able to take communion!
Some denominations have been doing this for over a century or longer. The early churches had no restrictions as far as I can read though it was taking a meal together in someone's house then.
Last week, me, my two kids (one of whom is officially Catholic, the other is officially nothing) had Communion lead by two Pastors in my house. Crackers and grape juice.
Just when you thought nothing could trump the burnt toast and damaged leg on the light railway we get talk of communion ‘the blood of Christ’. You’ll forgive me if I call this one horseshit too.
Wake up and smell the coffee. The earth is millions of years old. Jesus did not feed thousand with fish and bread, did not part the Red Sea. Humans by nature are gullible and with thousands of years of wars fought on religious grounds surely it must dawn on people soon that they’ve been hoodwinked
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ByeByeEngland - the whole definition of “faith” (in anything, not just religion) requires belief, not proof - “complete trust or confidence in someone or something”.
Each to their own, I say. You don’t believe in a God of any religion - fair enough. Many others do - fair enough. Just as one cannot definitively prove the existence of God, scientists have also failed to definitively prove that higher powers (in any form) don’t exist. In our family we run from staunch Catholics through Anglicans, one Muslim, to agnostics and then atheists. Family gatherings are lively but interesting! Faith, in all religions, is a huge comfort to many people - why seek to destroy it? (Unless the people involved are actively trying to convert you, in which case I totally agree with you!!)