>> When interpretting scripture you do it 1) Literally or, 2) Figurately, in that order. <<
So what part of “This is my body” don’t you get? Your scriptural interpretation breaks down to:
1. Pick whatever verses appear to best make your argument.
2. If you come across a verse which plainly violates your modernist revisionism, simply scratch it off to a figurative reference.
>> Anyone who is able to inspect the host that the catholic religion uses as their “eucharist” both before and after the Mass is said will find that the composition of the wafer has not changed. I know, I’ve done it. Therefore to say your interpretation is correct is in fact false.
>> Anyone who is able to inspect the host that the catholic religion uses as their “eucharist” both before and after the Mass is said will find that the composition of the wafer has not changed. I know, I’ve done it. Therefore to say your interpretation is correct is in fact false. <<
The same reductivist argument could be used to deny the existence of your very soul. The body of Christ is mystical, but he, himself, has told us it is present.
>> remembrance... he’s telling us to do this supper to remember His sacrifice, <<
The word “remember” has been much changed. In modern times, “remember” has come to mean “recall.” But that’s not how it used to be. Think about the word: re-member. It means to become one with again. You “recall” an idea, but you “re-member” someone who is with you in spirit. Not that “re-member” always was used in such a profound way, but your notion that it means *merely* to call to mind something from the past is wholly false:
“But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.” Does this mean that the holy ones will only think of the Lord in the past?
“the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.” Does this mean that the holy ones only long to think back about the Lord?
>>Sorry dude but your view of the scriptures falls in line with the other misteachings and false doctrines the so-called “Holy Church of God” spews out on a daily basis. <<
For 1500 years, there was no other Church that the Catholic Church. All Protestant churches are formed out of modernist rebellions against the body of Christ. Even in the definition of the word translated as “church (ecclesia) you rebel against literal translation: you hold it to mean some mystical bond, when the word, in fact, means “gathering.” You protestants gather together, and then declare that the sinners in your midst aren’t really “gathered” with you, but somehow the people down the street who you agree with are “gathered” with you. Nonsense.
When I see "our God is a consuming fire" I don't think he is a blast furnace.
When I see "behold the lamb of God, I don't think Jesus is going "baaaaah"
When I hear that God is light, I don't think of him as being composed of the electromagnetic spectrum
When I hear that God is love, I don't get confused with God being the subject of a dime store romance
When I hear that God is a rock, I don't think of him as a weapon for a slingshot
When I hear that he is the foundation stone, I dont go and pray to the girders on my building
When God is compared to a rushing wind, I don't assume I should bow and show reverence when I pass a windmill
We can start with those and go on from there, if you like.