xzins:
What is your point? You keep asking this same question over and over of any Catholic you post to. Don’t you know the answer? Or is this just some kind of intro to an argument?
I will take your question at face value. The answer is that of course God is real. You are the one who has a problem with the concept that God can be a spirit and be real at the same time. Otherwise, you wouldn’t keep asking this same question over and over again on every Catholic thread.
I have no problem with persons and things spiritual being real.
It is, therefore, appropriate to consider that when one reads Jesus’ words about eating His flesh and drinking His blood. He said about them, “These words are SPIRIT and they are life.”
Spirit does NOT equal symbolic. You yourself said that Spirit is REAL.
His body is REAL food. His presence is SPIRITUAL based on His own words. Therefore, He can say, “This IS my body.” and He can be speaking of a REALITY.....a Spiritual Reality.
Therefore, transubstantial is an unnecessary addition. Spiritual ALREADY is real.