You said “ “I’m always amazed by people who can treat Christ’s clear command regarding the partaking of his flesh and blood with such contemptuous disdain, while piously making the “born again” analogy into a sacrament.”
I respond thusly: I’m always amazed by people who read the words “eat the bread” and “drink the cup” and find “eat Jesus’ body” and “drink his blood”
But since many of these people drink neither the cup nor the blood in their masses, it seems a bit ironic that they believe us to have the reading comprehension issues.
“Whoever eats this bread and comes up with a tradition that claims inclusivity of both the body and blood in one species has done this in remembrance of me.”
Oh, and ‘born again’ isn’t a sacrament- it too is a metaphor
This is my body
This is my blood
This is a brain
This is a brain on religious tradition
Any questions?
Luke 11:27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
Yea, rather: Catholics may now feel free to venerate and adore me.
(Did Jesus mean what he said or not?)
Will Wallace