Your comment: “When I was a catholic, I believed He meant the bread was literally His body. Now that I am an ex catholic, I don’t believe it at all. He meant it figuratively, because we are prohibited from drinking blood. That would be cannibalism. I am not into that. You can drink blood if you want, I won’t do it. Cannibalism is evil, and I don’t want to be evil. I understand things much better, now that I am an ex catholic”
So did the bread taste like flesh and blood? So in your mind you are a cannibal. So what made you lose your belief?
While, I don’t know you, my assumption is that you didn’t leave the Catholic church because of your belief or lack of belief in the Real Presence.
What makes you different than the Jews in John 6 that did not believe and no longer followed Jesus?
No, the bread tasted like bread. Exactly as it does now, when we observe the Lord's Supper. When I was a catholic, I was told it was the real, honest to goodness body and blood of Christ. I didn't know any better at that time, but if it had really been the REAL body and blood of Christ, then yes, I would have been guilty of cannibalism. I believe it is purely symbolic. I was just another lost sinner, going through rites and rituals. Kind of like having a form of Godliness, but denying the power of it. I did not lose my belief, I never had any belief in the first place.
While, I don’t know you, my assumption is that you didn’t leave the Catholic church because of your belief or lack of belief in the Real Presence.
You are 100% correct. I did not leave the Catholic Church because of the communion thing. That was only a small part of it. I left, primarily because, even with all the rites and rituals, deep inside I knew I was going straight to Hell. I didn't like that even one tiny little bit. Now, I have saving faith. It is wonderful.
What makes you different than the Jews in John 6 that did not believe and no longer followed Jesus?
Prior to my life now, I did not "believe" to the saving of the soul. I knew some things, but I didn't know God. I knew about God, but I didn't have a real relationship with Him. I was a pseudo believer, which is no believer at all. Now, I am a real believer. That is what is different.