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"It was because they were taking Jesus words literally to mean they had to eat His literal human flesh just like the Catholics do now."

That's true! Oh, wow. You got it!

But they all got it wrong.

That's why Jesus chased after them, crying out, "Wait! Whoa! Verily, it's a metaphor! My flesh and My blood are useless and meaningless! And disgusting, yuck!!"

But everybody STILL got it wrong, so Paul, that wily Semite, set them straight (1 Corinthians 11:27-29): "Anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup unworthily, it's no biggie, c'mon, it's just a symbol! It's not like it's profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord!"

Right?

But the whole so-called 'Church' still got it wrong (church slogan: "All wrong, All the time") until, oh, the middle of the 16th century, because as Christ said, "Upon some rock or stone, sand, simile, or something or other, I will build my Church, and, big kaboom, it'll collapse and the gates of hell will prevail over it for about a millennium and a half, OK?"

According to the RSV: Reversed Standard Version.

*****”It was because they were taking Jesus words literally to mean they had to eat His literal human flesh just like the Catholics do now.”*****

Actually, it wasn’t because they were taking Jesus literally, it was because they did not truly believe in Jesus and therefore did not fully trust in Him and therefore, did not understand how what He was saying could happen.

The others, the ones who also took Jesus literally did as we all should do when asked if this hard saying will cause us to leave,

“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We now believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

>>That's why Jesus chased after them, crying out, "Wait! Whoa!<<

NO, He didn’t. He explained that rather succinctly as well.

John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

So you see. He knew who had not been believers anyway. They wouldn’t have believed what He was saying even if it was written in scripture. Just like many Catholics and doubters in every church, denomination and area of life.