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The Eucharist Theft: Christianity's Most Sacred Ritual Is Persian

"This Is My Body, This Is My Blood" — The Haoma Ritual, 1,500 Years Earlier "Haoma bestows essential vital qualities—health, fertility, husbands for maidens, even immortality ." — Britannica, "Haoma" "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life , and I will raise them up at the last day." — John 6:54 Christianity's "Unique" Sacrament The Eucharist (Holy Communion, Lord's Supper) is Christianity's most…

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"This Is My Body, This Is My Blood" — The Haoma Ritual, 1,500 Years Earlier "Haoma bestows essential vital qualities—health, fertility, husbands for maidens, even immortality ." — Britannica, "Haoma" "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life , and I will raise them up at the last day." — John 6:54 Christianity's "Unique" Sacrament The Eucharist (Holy Communion, Lord's Supper) is Christianity's most sacred ritual: Bread becomes Christ's body Wine becomes Christ's blood Consuming it grants salvation/eternal life Central to Christian worship for 2,000 years Performed by 2.4 billion Christians Christian doctrine claims: Jesus instituted it at the Last Supper (c.

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Yasna · Gathas · Avesta · Dead Sea Scrolls · Bundahishn

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