So remind me again of the protestant excuse for taking the thrice mentioned "born again" literally, while figuratively understanding "this is my body" ...mentioned five times.
Maybe protestants aren’t the ones who are interpreting it wrong.
Perhaps you mean "taking 'born again' spiritually," not literally. No one relives childbirth, thank God.
Since Scripture interprets Scripture, we find Scriptural support for the Christian's spiritual rebirth and for the spiritual understanding of the Lord's Supper -- "Do this in remembrance of me."
“So remind me again of the protestant excuse for taking the thrice mentioned “born again” literally, while figuratively understanding “this is my body” ...mentioned five times. “
I’ve NEVER met a Protestant who believes in taking ‘born again’ literally. The only one I ever heard of taking it literally was Nicodemus: “4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”