[dollars_for_dogma]

It says here all you have to do is look at Jesus and believe on him and you'll be raised up in the last day...

You don't have to eat the cracker...

What a contradiction is this???

Well the above indicates a public school education, but I can still work with that...

John 6:53-57 says, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."....

"For my flesh is food indeed and my blood is drink indeed..."

Usually, bible christians consider the bible to be literal...

except, of course, when considering John 6:53-57....

only here do we find that common words such as "eat",

"drink", "flesh" and "blood" lose their ordinary meaning.

[alamo boy]

***Usually, bible christians consider the bible to be literal...***

Nah, we realize that the authors use figurative language at times. We accept a figure when it is intended and do not force when when not intended. Context helps determine intent.

We call it normal interpretation.

BTW, my tagline: "I left my heart in San Antonio" the word heart is intended figuratively, otherwise typing this would be difficult.

See how it works?