Deflection.
Under the law, those things, like stoning an adulteress were not radical to the Jews who followed Jesus.
“Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have no life within you.”
“For my body is true food and my blood, true drink.”
Now that was radical. The prohibitions against both having been firmly established in the OT.
Yet, Jesus says that to them. Allows them to walk away. And never once says that what He meant was symbolically.
When someone deflects, I consider my point one that cannot be countered.
I’ll ask again. Anyone care to answer?
Why does Jesus say this very hard thing?
What was His purpose?
Why doesn’t He just stop with the manna comparison?
He could have but He doesn’t. And at the Last Supper, he holds up the bread and wine and says, “Take and eat, this is my body which WILL be given up for you.” “Take and drink, this is my blood, the blood of new and everlasting covenant, it WILL be shed for you and for many so that sins will be forgiven.”
After He ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit came upon them, they then knew what He meant and you see them meeting to “break bread” and speak of the Lord’s Supper.
Please show me ANYWHERE in the law where a person was to pluck out their own eye or cut off their own hand or foot. In fact, can you even show me where that was to have been done TO them? No, of course you can't. When taken literally, that was a radical an idea to those who followed the law as eating flesh and drinking blood.
Why does Jesus say this very hard thing?
I'll say again, Jesus said very many hard things.
What was His purpose?
I'll say again, He told us - His words were Spirit.
Why doesn’t He just stop with the manna comparison?
Why would you demand that He do so? Jesus often used multiple illustrations to teach, and if someone found His words to hard to bear, He let them walk away. (Example: The man whom Jesus told to sell all He had and give it to the poor. The man walked away sad. Jesus didn't stop him. By the way, why do Catholics not take THAT one literaly?)
I hope now you will stop pretending that non-Catholics don't answer your questions. I have - twice.