Now wait a minute, folks. I made this an “open” thread.
Manfred’s original post (#5) was a very constructive post, as it wasn’t bashing the Church, it was, in a constructive fashion, pointing out where the author of the piece thought we had it wrong. (Of course, neither I nor I’m certain 99.9% of orthodox Catholics would agree with that author)
The post was not snide nor disrespectful. It expressed a disagreement.
Bottom line is if Manfred is going to express disagreement respectfully, as he did in post #5, I think the least that we Catholics should be able to do is to respond back to him in a respectful fashion. C’mon folks, we complain about Protestants being disrespectful and then we have to show our hind quarters FIRST?? What’s up with that??
(i.e., his comeback to you in post #7 was a direct result of YOUR snideness in post #6)
I didn't think post #6 was all that snide. The poster in #7 has a history of cutting and pasting his anti RCC arguments on any thread on FR with the word Catholic mentioned.
Did I miss something? wasn't it Christ who commanded: “Unless you eat of the Flesh of the Son of Man, you shall not have life in you”.
it is amazing the number of Protestants who want literal translations of the Bible - who then backslide, mumble and obscure when it comes to John 6:53-58.
It appears Manfred and his source are in the group who says: “This is too hard..” as in John 6:60-66.
Christ was not equivocal - either you is or you isn't.
I don't retract a thing.
Lurking’
Thank you.