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<blockquote data-quote="TurtleAnne" data-source="post: 70612876" data-attributes="member: 393849"><p>The church of my childhood went by Luke 22:</p><p></p><p><em>And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.</em></p><p></p><p>That is what the pastor would quote when people took communion. There was probably more, but that is part I remember hearing as a kid. It was considered to be spiritual, neither symbolic but neither in the realm of science, either.</p><p></p><p>It's sort of like if I were to try to explain a conversation with God or Jesus to someone, as far as trying to help the person understand that I wasn't having auditory hallucinations, but neither was it just "symbolic" or my own thoughts, but rather how it's an internal conversation that is neither my own thoughts (as there is a sentient presence and communication goes back and forth) but neither am I 'hearing' with my ears. Trying to come up with like.. <em>what is the word for this</em>, for people who claim they have never experienced it, can be flustering for some (myself included).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TurtleAnne, post: 70612876, member: 393849"] The church of my childhood went by Luke 22: [I]And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.[/I] [I][/I] That is what the pastor would quote when people took communion. There was probably more, but that is part I remember hearing as a kid. It was considered to be spiritual, neither symbolic but neither in the realm of science, either. It's sort of like if I were to try to explain a conversation with God or Jesus to someone, as far as trying to help the person understand that I wasn't having auditory hallucinations, but neither was it just "symbolic" or my own thoughts, but rather how it's an internal conversation that is neither my own thoughts (as there is a sentient presence and communication goes back and forth) but neither am I 'hearing' with my ears. Trying to come up with like.. [I]what is the word for this[/I], for people who claim they have never experienced it, can be flustering for some (myself included). [/QUOTE]
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