Wow. You are ate up with the Roman Catholic talking points.
This is a clear case of the Roman Catholic practicing eisegesis...the process of interpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that the process introduces one's own presuppositions, agendas, or biases into and onto the text.
“This is a clear case of the Roman Catholic practicing eisegesis...the process of interpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that the process introduces one’s own presuppositions, agendas, or biases into and onto the text.”
Which is exactly what you do when you use your biases, presuppositions and agendas to determine that when Jesus says ‘This is My Body’ He doesn’t really mean ‘This is My Body’
There is nowhere in scripture that tells you this is figurative. You have to come to that conclusion on your own. And yes, I know you fall back on ‘context’, but which scriptures to emphasize and which to discount are also not spelled out in scripture.
So you may believe it is figurative, but there are at least 5 other repetitions by Jesus of this same idea which lead me to believe that it is literal.
You have no authority to impose your interpretation on me or tell me or anyone else that our interpretation is wrong. Unless of course you are trying to act like the Catholic Church and deny each person their right to interpret scripture themselves.
Love,
O2