[adiaireton8]

Now we have dna testing, and there is no reason to question if wine really turns into blood. This is holy malarky.

The doctrine is not that the accidents change, but that the substance changes, while the accidents remain the same. Hence, you would see no change in DNA or any other scientifically testable properties.

-A8

[Sloth]

Hence, you would see no change in DNA or any other scientifically testable properties.

Then the difference -- between a metaphor and a completely undetectable reality -- is essentially semantic.

BTW, I respect Catholics for taking verses like this at face value... but I wish they'd do it for others, like "a bishop, then, must be the husband of one wife."

[jkl1122]

That is a very convenient explanation, but too bad it isn't supported by Scripture. Either the fruit of the vine and the bread are literally His blood and flesh, or they are symbols.