Can I receive communion if I'm on the Atkins diet?
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OF course you can! Do you really think that the body of Christ contains any carbs??
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Gen. 9:4 says: "Only flesh with its soul--its blood--you must not eat." \n\nOdindmar says: "Getting a blood transfusion is not eating. It is injected into your system in order to save your life. Not an act against God's will." This is not true. In a hospital, when a patient cannot eat through his mouth, he is fed intravenously. Now, would a person who never put blood into his mouth but who accepted blood by transfusion really be obeying the command to "keep abstaining froom...blood? (Acts 15:29) To use a comparison, consider a man who is told by the doctor that he must abstain from alcohol. Would he be obedient if he quit drinking alcohol but had it put directly in his veins?
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Yes. It can be hard though. It's a lifetime thing. I tried in the short term to provide another support and stuffed myself with low-carb food but lost a ton of weight. Lots of cheese and meat, and a lot of the stuff that Dr. Atkins probably wouldn't recommend like bacon.
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No, that is normal. When eating right, means cutting out alot of breads and pastas and pretty much everything else that is good outhere. Carbs are need in the body. But the right carbs will help you loose weight and have more energy. look at the atkins diet it gives you alot info on the carbs. \n\nCarbs are yummy..
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Thanks for suggesting the 4 key points baptism, salvation, requirements at Lord's Supper (communion)& hierarchy. Following, is what the “The Churches of God in the Fellowship of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ”, publish about those topics:-\n\nBAPTISM\nFollowing conversion and the accompanying baptism in the Holy Spirit into the one Body, the Lord’s command is that the disciple should then be baptised by immersion in water and received into a Church of God.\nAnyone seeking fellowship who is already baptised as a believer into the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, would not be rebaptised. Infant sprinkling is unacceptable as unscriptural. (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:41-42, 10:47,48; 1 Cor.12:13)\n\nSALVATION\nAt the new birth, through personal acceptance of Christ as Saviour and Lord, a person becomes a child of God, and a member of the Church which is His Body, into which he is baptised in the one Spirit. (John 1:12; 1 Cor. 12:13, 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal 3:26,28)\nNo person, born again, and therefore baptised into the Church which is the Body of Christ, can ever be lost again. Therefore the teaching of the falling away of believers, so far as eternal life is concerned, is false. (John 10:27-30; 1 Cor. 3:15)\n\nLORD'S SUPPER\nThe Breaking of the Bread is held on the first day of the week, the Lord’s day. At the beginning of the service, a brother goes to the table and, first for the bread and then for the wine, gives thanks, breaks or pours, then distributes for all to partake. Only those who have been baptised by immersion as disciples, and have been added to the church are eligible to partake of the bread and wine.\nBrethren then offer worship and thanksgiving by the Spirit of God, through the Great High Priest over God’s House, and in the heavenly sanctuary. This constitutes the holy priesthood service of the people of God. All are encouraged to say the Amen, but beyond this and the singing, sisters take no audible part in the meeting for the Breaking of the Bread, or on any other occasion when the assembly meets ‘in Church’. On all such occasions sisters have their heads covered. After the worship is over a brother may minister  the Word. (Acts 2:41,42, 20:7; 1 Cor. 11:2-18, 20-29, 14:34-38; Phil.3:3; Heb: 10:19-22)\n\nHIERARCHY\nAt least two overseers or elders are associated with every  church, and wherever possible, deacons also. Overseers meet regularly for prayer and discussion, and separately with the deacons. (Acts 14:23; Phil. 1:1; Titus 1:5)\nThe Churches are grouped in recognised areas, corresponding in principle to the groupings of New Testament Churches in Roman provinces. The overseers in each area (usually termed Districts) meet regularly for consultation, on the principle that local overseers deal with matters in their own church, and overseers collectively at District level with matters affecting the Churches in the District. Any matter beyond the capacity of local overseers, or any  failure on their part in judgement, would go to overseers at District level for counsel and help. (2 Cor. 8:1,19; Gal. 1:2; 1 Pet. 1:1, 5:1-4)\nOverseers in a country may meet by arrangement. Overseers of all the Churches world-wide meet at regular intervals. By this means, unity of teaching and practice is maintained throughout all the Churches. (Acts 15; 1 Cor. 4:17, 11:16; 2 Cor. 8:19-23; 1 Pet. 5:1-4 )\nThere is no system of clergy and laity. All the brethren are encouraged in the exercise of their gift. The apostle Peter described himself simply as a ‘fellow elder’. The Church of God in Philippi comprised only of saints, overseers and deacons. (1 Cor. 14:26-33, 40; Eph. 4:10-13; Phil. 1:1; 1 Pet. 5:1)\n\nFrom the scriptures referenced, and their similar approach to other topics, they appear to be closest in doctrine and teachings as the original churches Jesus and the Apostles built.\n\nA major indicator of closeness in discipleship to Jesus is the demonstration by this church of
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Seriously, I had a friend who was in seminary school, and one day he was visiting with me and our buddies when we ordered out for some Pizza and beer.  It started as a joke, but being all Catholics at the time, we simulated Communion using the Pizza as the host and the beer as the blood.  Just as we started out, a weird feeling came over us all, and the joke stopped and we performed the communion together taking it very seriously.  \n\nI will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
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increase your metabelism eat many small healthy meals. water celery and apples are always good they take more cal to digest than they give you.
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Depends on the Episcopalian/Anglican. Some are more "Anglo-Catholic" which means they pretty much follow the traditions of the Catholic Church with the exception of following the Pope. Other Anglicans are full blown Protestants- John Wesley, the founder of Methodists was a life long Anglican and so you have those who never left the Church, but are de-facto Methodists.\n\nThere is a high degree of tolerance in the Episcopal Church so if you do or don't chose to eat meat on Friday, it won't be an issue.\n\nAs a general rule, no. But I know some Episcoplians who give up something durng Lent.
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*Wincing for that is a misconception that Atkins = greasy foods* Now while I myself have always eaten what would be termed an Atkins styled diet, the meat ect is low in fat (fat trimmed beef, seafood, poultry, cept I do drink whole milk and eat regular cheese and a lot of nuts).\n\nPersonally and I'm astounded how long it is taking nutritionists to figure this out, I feel it is best to tailor a diet to your specific metabolism. I as an O blood type, high metabolism do best on high protien, low fat, low carb foods.\n\nYou on the other paw are probably different than I and might do better eating more fruits and veggies than I.\n\nPersonally I'd drop the greasy food and eat high protein low fat foods if you wanna do Atkins style.\n\nBut even better explore a tailor made diet that is designed for your metabolism and I've provided a few links below so you can look it up...
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http://faddiet.com/atkinsdiet.html\ngo to this site and it tell you what kind of vegetables are good. i did this diet last week and i was all the time very low energy. but good luck
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i personally would not recommend this diet. any diet that asks you to cut out any main food like carbs etc should nit be used. Just cut out bad starchy carbs like white bread, white rice etc and eat granery bread or rye bread, brown rice etc and have smaller portions.\n\nYes i did lose alot of weight in two weeks from Atkins but i also fell really ill with it, i had no energy, i constantly felt sick and cold, and i found i couldn't face eating anything after a while. The things Atkins get you to eat like cheese and eggs and meat every day are themselves in the long run not good for you. you are also not allowed to eat fruit for a while or certain veg which is maddness!!! I really would not reccomend doing it!
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no no no watch the intake of salt ! good luck on ATKINS! you ll succed!
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I did the Atkins diet for 5 weeks and shed about 5 kg. However, if you don't drink enough water then it can get dangerous.. Also, I felt quite hungry on it during the work day. I ate lots of cheese at night which was a bit naughty, but i still lost the weight. It was the fastest weight loss I've experienced. \n\nSince then i've kept it off by exercising. :)
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No.  Transubstantiation is the belief that the elements of the Communion, or Lord's Supper (called by Catholics the Eucharist), become the literal body and blood of Christ, while remaining in their form as bread and wine.  Part and parel with this belief is that a sacrifice takes place at the mass.  I believe Yahushua Messiah (Jesus Christ) was sacrificed once for all, at Calvary, and doesn't need to be sacrificed again.  I believe that the bread and wine act as proxies, standing in place of the body and blood, part of a memorial feast of what had taken place on the cross.
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any lean meat, cheeses, eggs, anything that is a protein basically, then a very limited amount of green leafy veges. That is in the induction phase, the next phase is more liberal.\n\nhttp://learningcenter.atkins.com/\n\nIt does work and I actually like it because once you get the carbs out of your system it's easy to not eat all the junk. I will say it works alot faster in men than women but it does work.
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AAHAHA.  You're terrific! :)\n\nI remember when I was "practicing" for my first communion, they passed out little sandwich bags full of christ crackers so we could practice our cannibalism at home with mom and dad...I thought they were yummy, so before I left the church I swiped 3 more bags to take home with me. I just may have made baby jesus cry.
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Atkins it is better aswell!