[metmom]

It could not be literal as the consumption of blood was strictly forbidden by the Law and no observant Jew would ever do that.

or would the spotless, sinless Lamb of God command His followers to break the very Law that He came to fulfill.

[imardmd1]

You are absolutely right, MM. Do you think it makes any difference to them and those illiterates they have bamboozled? The ones that can't tell an allegory from an alley cat? The ones who will die without hearing the true Gospel?

Well, I know that you are well aware of this conundrum. It's so, so sad.