[Alex Murphy]

You’re really linking up the garbage you posted in that #199? You really want to show that off?

Yeah, I think I'll keep linking to it. See Claud's posts 11 and 21...

If Christ wanted to use bread and water and oil and wine to impart grace, then by gum, I'll take the bread and water and oil and wine and be darn thankful that He did so....I don’t think anyone is saying that the Eucharist is the *only* way to gain grace...it’s just that taking God into your body is....well...it sorta trumps other ways.

From what I am told by Catholics on FR, (and stop me if I’m wrong) Catholics are sanctified primarily by the ingestion of the Eucharist...

[Campion]

From your post in the linked thread:

For Protestants, it is a question of ethics and behavior 24/7.

"Ethics" and "behavior"? You're sanctified by trying really, really, really hard to be good?

[Claud]

Alex can cite 199 all he wants.

And I’ll cite this.

“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.”

I don’t think he gets the better end of that deal! :)

[Petronski]

Prolong your embarrassment, help yourself.

[Campion]

For Catholics, it appears to be diet and confession, i.e. ingesting a unique and beneficial dietary supplement, akin to taking growth hormones, will itself cause a change in one’s physical and moral makeup.

Well, yeah, exactly: if the "growth hormone" you're taking is the glorified and risen humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ, that will indeed cause a change in one's "physical and moral makeup".

If you think you can sanctify yourself by "increasingly ethical behavior," I have some news for you: you're a Pelagian. Sin requires a much more serious remedy than that. It requires that you be infused with God's own nature and life.