I Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness:
quite a few think the simple sentence from Christ Himself, "This is my body." to be foolishness. Those who think it's foolishness ignore little details like those who do not eat His flesh and drink His blood having no life in them. Admitting Jesus Christ stated a fact would be very inconvenient for a great many people, so, they reinterpret what He said to mean, "This is a symbol of my body".
Priests were inconvenient to Luther, but even Luther wouldn't dare deny the direct statement of fact by Jesus Christ Himself, "This is my body". Now, of course, whatever is inconvenient can be quickly brushed aside by simply interpreting Scripture to suit your own preconceptions and preferences. Queers marry one another in some churches, queers are the pastor in some churches, infanticide by contraceptive is fine with most churches, and whatever is inconvenient is rejected based on one reinterpretation of Scripture or another almost as soon as it becomes inconvenient.
Inconvenience or a direct statement of fact from Jesus Christ Himself ?
If I err, I prefer to err on the side of Christ stating a fact and if I'm wrong I'm positive I will be in His presence to find that out. Erring on the side of inconvenience, though, may well put someone among those who hear, "I never knew you", from the same Jesus Christ who said, "This is my body.".
Speaking of inconvenience, you seemed to be taking the discussion in a different direction, and you have not addressed my response to 2 Peter 3:9, which you brought up previously.
I would prefer that we keep our current discussion to the original topic. If there is a recent forum topic discussing the bread and the wine as being the literal body and blood of Christ, let me know where it is and I will respond there.
Grace and Peace.