"drinks My blood" = "believes in Me" (result: shall not thirst, i.e., "have eternal life")
Talk about the Great Communicator; that was Jesus!!
Excuse me? Did you say "Great Communicator"? If what you posit as the "true" interpretation of John 6 were actually true, it would make Jesus a horrible communicator. All Catholic and Orthodox churches in existence alone for the first 1500 years of Christianity seem to have totally missed Jesus' point. A "great communicator" does not leave billions of people flailing in the dark.
You do have a point, but you stop at the symbolism and never follow through. Yes, "coming" to Jesus and "believing" in Jesus are required. Sacraments are not magic spells that work regardless of the person involved. So everything you say is true.
We just believe more. Yes, we need to believe in Him, AND we need to eat His Flesh and drink His Blood. Because they are "real" food.
SD
Perhaps they would understand if you defined "baptist" for them!!
Perhaps we would believe it if there were any evidence for it. Exact terms don't really matter when we are discussing a fictional group of people.
SD