Oh, WELL SAID. Every time I read one of the protestants saying that the Real Presence would be cannibalism, I want to know if they've read the entire passage.
Oh they have read it, Judith.
They reject it, just as many of His disciples did upon hearing Him say it.
When I get a response such as that, I resolve in the future to be very wary of the one who made it.
It seems these debates follow a pattern. When presented with Scripture, when presented with the words of those closest to the Apostles, when given well thought out and reasoned Catholic theological and doctrinal reality, the debate spirals into accusations of idolatry, cannibalism and such.
When told that all Christian Protestant sects accept as truth doctrines which came from the Catholic church, something no honest Protestant can deny, they resort to bringing up the Inquisition, the Crusades and lately, the priest abuse scandals.
I don’t get mad, or at least I do my very best not too.
I remind myself that I am grateful for the faith I have been given and the gifts I receive as a member of Christ’s Church.