I'm assuming you know these, so there must be something I don't know about them. This would not be news. But can you tell me what I'm missing?
Again, Jesus stated he is the living bread, but neither of those statements mean man-made bread is literally himself.
He also stated he was a shepherd, but he literally never tended a flock of sheep, that we - that I - know of.
If one takes the statements in their literal context, would then it not be blasphemous for a congregation of Christians to use wafers or manufactured bread chips for the Ordinance instead of breaking a single loaf? especially since the concept is to signify the one broken body of Christ?
But if someone is content to believe that and is established in their commitment to Jesus, the Christ - that ought be okay. Likewise, those who differ in opinion ought be left without condemnation from the other.