You guys keep insisting that we take Him at His words
Just as you guys keep insisting that we not take Him at His words. Personally, I’d rather take Him at His words. He didn’t say He was joking, or speaking sarcastically, or speaking metaphorically. He said: “the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” And Jesus never said “eating His flesh profits nothing.” He said the exact opposite.
If you don’t want to take Him at his words, fine. Don’t. Just keep repeating the mantra “REMEMBRANCE” so you can keep denying the words that Jesus spoke; His words of truth and life.
But if you don’t want us to insist that you reject your belief, please stop insisting that we reject our beliefs.
John 6: 61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble? 62 Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
The word 'profits' is conveying an active sense. The Greek word is ὠφελέω which is preceded by a negation, meaning the positive meaning of ópheleó , to help, to benefit is negated. The CLEAR meaning of the sentence is Jesus telling them what you think hleps, benefits does not help or benefit ... BECAUSE IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT GIVES LIFE, not the eating of flesh.
We're not only evil, but we're quite remarkably stupid. So it would never occur to us that it would be wrong to think that a priest can Zap God the Son of God, down to our altars. And if a Protestant claims that we teach such-and-such it is irrelevant that our great doctors taught the precise opposite almost 1,500 and more than 750 years ago. They're Catholic, they didn't mean it.
We're bad to the bone.
And yet no one rushed to bite Him.
BAD A;postles!!
IGNORING a 'command' of the Lord!