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"Eucharist is not found in the bible"

You are correct. The word, "eucharist" is not found in the modern day english version of bible (nor in the King James Version, for that matter). But the word originates from the earliest Christians (100 AD or so--several hundred years before the Bible was formed) to define the act of "breaking bread and drinking wine" that Jesus asked us to do in rememberance of Him.

"By some sort of ridiculous witchcraft, you think you turn the Eucharist into Christ and you are actually EATING HIM."

What is happening here is what Jesus said.--"Take this, eat it. This is my body which will be given up for you. Do this in rememberance of me."

Said Jesus, "Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you."

No witchcraft there that I can see or hear. Just Jesus' words. Same holds true with the wine.

"What the heck is with this round thing that gets laid on the tongue, where did that come from. "

This round thing is unleavened wheat bread, not unlike the bread Jesus broke with his disciples during the last supper. It certainly doesn't look like the Wonder Bread that we modern day Americnas are used to, but it is bread. It is also a small portion, not the supersized.

"If I made you a sandwich out of that thing you call bread you would starve to death."

No doubt. That's why Catholics have Pancake Breakfasts and doughnuts after Mass. :-)

You are correct. The word, "eucharist" is not found in the modern day english version of bible (nor in the King James Version, for that matter). But the word originates from the earliest Christians (100 AD or so--several hundred years before the Bible was formed)

According to the fundamentalists, the Church apparently died as soon as Christ died, only to be found in a book (interestingly written decades after and compiled centuries after this Church died) only to be resurrected with the Protestant Reformation.

What is happening here is what Jesus said.--"Take this, eat it. This is my body which will be given up for you. Do this in rememberance of me."

It's still witchcraft because apparently Christ didn't have the ability to turn bread/wine into body/blood, nor did He have the power to have His apostles do it either. Heck, makes you wonder if the poor chap even really died for us. But, BriarBey calling Christ a practicer of sorcery is duly noted. How disrespectful.

"If I made you a sandwich out of that thing you call bread you would starve to death."

More ignorance from BriarBey thinking like an American and a Protestant, that the world and Christianity only came into existence when he decided to become saved. I'm sure that the purpose of bread has not always been to make a hoagie. Nevermind those crazy Jews with their matzo bread. Try making a hero out of that!