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I hope you haven't been entirely taken in by this or other articles in The Onion. This is a satirical newspaper begun by two University of Wisconsin students that enjoys tweaking its readers noses, so to speak. Its style of writing appears to be straight forward and serious (although, any perusal of it varied and sometimes bizarro articles should raise suspicion) leads many readers to buy into the well planned parodies... the article cited is just one of those...
Not that odd in fact. In the history of religion celibacy was a common trait in religious orders. In fact, the Greek Goddess Cybele had a priesthood that used to castrate themselves. So did the Goddess Atagartis from ancient Syria.
As for eating the God, the biblical tale is that: "The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." Catholic theology believes that this literally occurs every time the Eucharist is celebrated. Is that odd? A lot of middle eastern religions believed this occurred too, so it's no real surprise to see it happen in a Jewish offshoot.
In fact, it's a common thread in British and Irish Celtic beliefs, whereby the harvest is seen as literally the body of the gods of the earth. (It's called Theophagy btw)
As for eating the God, the biblical tale is that: "The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." Catholic theology believes that this literally occurs every time the Eucharist is celebrated. Is that odd? A lot of middle eastern religions believed this occurred too, so it's no real surprise to see it happen in a Jewish offshoot.
In fact, it's a common thread in British and Irish Celtic beliefs, whereby the harvest is seen as literally the body of the gods of the earth. (It's called Theophagy btw)
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