During my entire time in Catechism class, we never once read directly from the bible, we always read from the workbooks provided by the Archdiocese. When I began to ask about purgatory and transubstantiation and teachers couldn’t show where in the bible it was, that’s when I began to question. I would really love to sit down with my Catholic friends and ask them if they truly, really believe that the Wafer and wine are truly changed into the literal body and blood of Christ. I would venture to say that a large majority of them would say no. If that’s the case, then they really shouldn’t be Catholic.
That's not a surprise. When I look at the MDiv requirements of Roman Catholic schools there is a great deal of emphasis on non-Biblical items. Combine that with the readings at Mass and you can see how little Scripture the average Roman Catholic is exposed to.
I will in fairness say, a lot of non-Catholics aren't exposed to a lot of Bible either....sadly.
When I began to ask about purgatory and transubstantiation and teachers couldn’t show where in the bible it was, that’s when I began to question. I would really love to sit down with my Catholic friends and ask them if they truly, really believe that the Wafer and wine are truly changed into the literal body and blood of Christ. I would venture to say that a large majority of them would say no. If that’s the case, then they really shouldn’t be Catholic.
I think a lot of Roman Catholics have a hard time explaining transubstantiation. Purgatory seems to have been toned down among some Roman Catholics. I agree neither are supported in Scripture.
I will say though, that the Roman Catholics on these threads seem to believe it actually happens.