And yeah! I’m a fundie about the Scriptures, and it’s on account of the claims that fill those Scriptures that I am a fundie about them. I can’t see a church half-believing them like they were a mere book of parables from end to end.
Sorry if you don’t like that. Your position sounds more like the umbrage taken by one who has been caught interposing the ideas of men.
I, too, am a fundie. I do not explain away things Jesus said.
I interpret the words of Jesus (”You must eat my flesh, and drink my blood...”) to mean “You must eat my flesh, and drink my blood...”
I interpret the words of Jesus (”The man who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, will have eternal life...”) to mean “The man who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, will have eternal life...”
I interpret the words of Jesus (”My flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink...”) to mean “My flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink...”
I interpret the words of Jesus (”This is my body...This is the chalice of my blood...”) to mean “This is my body...This is the chalice of my blood...”)