[OLD REGGIE]

You might have missed out on the fact that it is the general consensus of the NCs here that Jesus was joking about that.

Another SD whopper. What else is new?

[SoothingDave]

You might have missed out on the fact that it is the general consensus of the NCs here that Jesus was joking about that.

Another SD whopper. What else is new?

I don't recall any NC making the opposite argument. Usually, if the NCs differ they will let each other know.

Surprisingly not a single NC piped up to support the idea of a religious authority that needed to be heeded despite its evil deeds.

SD

[SoothingDave]

Re 48399

Let's carry your "interpretation" of Paul's teaching to it's logical conclusion:

There is one bread.

Check.

we who are many, who partake of this one bread, are one body.

Yep.

We are the actual flesh and blood of Jesus? (Purposely rediculous.)

Yes. We are not talking symbolisim here. We are talking a spiritual reality. Reality.

We are the Body of Christ. Truly. The Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ. Truly.

By partaking of the Body and Blood at Communion we become members of the Body of Christ. Truly.

With normal foods, you eat them and then turn them into you.

With the eucharist, we eat it and it turns us into what it is. The Body and Bloos of Christ.

SD