@Escoffier @Snidely_Whiplash @jesuspilled > I believe the Apostles had a purpose for both gatherings and I think we managed to cobble together the dumbest possible version or perhaps the most pointless version.

There is nothing pointless about the body and blood of Christ. That's the specific thing he commanded us to do.

> The Agape feast was how they did communion not just wine and crackers

Again, the wine and bread are the body and blood of Christ. That's what the commandment is about. Not the meal itself. He didn't say "eat a meal to in remembrance of me". He said "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."

That's what the Communion service is. Keeping that specific commandment. We don't know for certain why it's necessary for us to do so (though I can hazard a few guesses), but we know it is because otherwise he would not have commanded it.

Christian fellowship is always a good thing, and the sharing of a meal is a perfectly acceptable part of that. But it's not a Mass. It's not Communion. They're completely separate things.