[annalex]

Do you take these literally [John 6:54-55]

Of course I do, -- why shouldn't I? This is why I go to Church every Sunday; this is also why the Reformation was such a horror visited on Christianity.

[armydoc]

Of course I do, -- why shouldn't I?

Because to take them literally would mean that taking the Eucharist is both necessary and sufficient for salvation, a view that nobody holds. Now, if "eating His flesh and drinking His blood" is actually a euphemism for a deep, saving faith, then it works- faith is both necessary and sufficient for salvation.