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often Christ speaks allegory, but not here.

For protestants it is a big BUT.

You have to refute it - you have NO alternative.

It is a direct commnad.

You need to read it in the vulgate or older - not the KJV, which was twisted specifically to the whims of the king.

I am a Catholic, I believe in my faith, I accept the words “eat the Flesh of the Son of Man” at face value.

You are part of the everyone else described in John 6:60-66

Lurking’

You make a lot of false assumptions here.

First, I have never used the KJV. Ever. I am fairly educated in theology, so, I use older than the Vulgate. Unfortunately, I'm not well versed in Latin, so I am forced to go to Greek and Hebrew texts. I use the NASB English translation and the American Standard Bible for a more direct, yet tougher to read sentence structure. I've also been known to use the Revised Standard Version and the NIV, but only for flow of language where the translation was sufficient to get the message across without perverting the text.

It never has been, nor will it ever be a "big BUT" for me, nor would I believe that it is for many of the others that believe as I (or the .9 billion other non-Catholic Christians worldwide).

What it comes down to between you and I is exactly as I've said before to others on FreeRepublic:

My standard answer to the Catholic vs Protestant argument:

I’ve come to the conclusion that arguments between Catholics and Protestants on FreeRepublic start and end with “uh-huh,” “nuh-uh,” “uh-huh!,” “nuh-uh!” As a result, I’ve decided to stay out of it. My discussions about Catholicism with Catholics happens one-on-one, face-to-face.

Sufficed to say, though, you and I interpret the Bible differently. You believe I have an incomplete or bastard faith, I believe that your faith is replete with mysticism and wrought with extra Biblical Dogma. I have Scripture (from an incomplete Bible you would say) to back my faith and you have Scripture and teachings (from extra Biblical writings I would say) to back yours.

Don’t get me wrong, though, I’m not agreeing to disagree. I believe your faith is about as wrong as you believe mine.

Aside: It's too bad that it came to this, though. annalex and I, though we bumped heads hard in the past, were having a pretty good discussion here, without the vitriol. Hmmm. Terrible thing to waste... well intentioned discussion of differing beliefs without snide comments and such, that is.

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