What is amusing here is that the term hocus-pocus is a derogatory slur against the words of consecration of the mass, made up by the "reformers" who created the lines of thinking you mindlessly repeat here.
And I have enough respect for podiatrists to know
Thank you for your patronizing words. May God Bless you abundantly.
that at some level below your stubbornness, you already realize that I am correct
My belief in the Real Presence is as strong as my belief in Christ Himself. That to you may be scandalous. But I believe that you are not only incorrect but that your error is the cause of the damnation of some who at one time embraced the Truth then fled, following false gospels like those of the reformation. You of course are probably blameless in holding your error, but that makes your position no less wrong.
That's my point exactly.
Think about that one, Doctor. It's precisely why I asserted that you don't believe that the bread and wine are really transformed--no matter what you confess. You can't believe it, try as you might. You just believe that we are supposed to confess that the elements are magically transformed.
But saying things doesn't count. Lipservice, according to Christ Himself, is not faith. And yet you assume that by saying this in obedience to the RCC, you will be in God's favor. You believe that by saying this in defiance of the sanctified common sense of sound hermeneutics, you will be terribly spiritual.
Anyway, that's the Protestant take. It explains what you pointed out about the historical origins of our hand Protestant word "hocus pocus."
(P.S. Protestantism is wonderfully liberating. It extricates a sinner from an awful lot of bizarre and confusing hypocrisies. Come over, and we will receive you as a brother, indeed!)