[oremus]

"I am the Bread of Life".

Metaphor.

As is so Protestant, metaphor when not convenient, non-metaphor when it suits your fancy. Jesus was NOT speaking in metaphors. If he were, he would have called back the disciples who walked away in John ch.6 because they were disgusted by his "cannabalistic" insinuations. He would surely have called them back saying "Hey guys, I only meant that metaphorically!" But he didn't, did he? He let them go on their way. How cruel of him if he were only speaking metaphorically.

You show your true ignorance in this way and so many others, but I am finished for the night, and you obviously haven't read the material I have presented for your consideration from which you might actually learn something, so I have nothing more to say. I do this for fun and for mental and spiritual exercise, you see, and I have nothing to prove to you or anyone else. THE WORD is my SWORD, and TRUTH IS MY BREASTPLATE.

One day, I pray, that you will open your mind and heart to the Truth, for you have just offended an infinite God in an infinite manner with your "Wonderbread" comment.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

"I am the Bread of Life". Metaphor. ~~ As is so Protestant, metaphor when not convenient, non-metaphor when it suits your fancy. Jesus was NOT speaking in metaphors. If he were, he would have called back the disciples who walked away in John ch.6 because they were disgusted by his "cannabalistic" insinuations. He would surely have called them back saying "Hey guys, I only meant that metaphorically!" But he didn't, did he? He let them go on their way. How cruel of him if he were only speaking metaphorically. You show your true ignorance in this way and so many others, but I am finished for the night, and you obviously haven't read the material I have presented for your consideration from which you might actually learn something, so I have nothing more to say. I do this for fun and for mental and spiritual exercise, you see, and I have nothing to prove to you or anyone else. THE WORD is my SWORD, and TRUTH IS MY BREASTPLATE.

The Word ain't your sword, and the Truth ain't your Breastplate. If they were, you would know the Word well enough to remember that (contrary to the gloss that Romanists have tended to put upon this passage) the disciples departed from Jesus NOT when he preached the doctrine of Spiritual Sustenance (as opposed to "transubstantiation"); the disciples departed from Jesus when He preached the Doctrine of Absolute Predestination.

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 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. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. (John 6:60-66)

And Jesus was content to let them go. Likewise are Calvinists not ashamed when we preach, as did our Lord, the Doctrine of Absolute Predestination. It will drive some Disciples out of the Church; but, if our Lord's example be any guide, it's supposed to.

One day, I pray, that you will open your mind and heart to the Truth, for you have just offended an infinite God in an infinite manner with your "Wonderbread" comment.

LOL!! Don't be absurd. Truth is not offensive to the ears of God.

The body of Jesus of Nazareth is not now, and has never been, physically composed of WonderBread; and likewise, no WonderBread (or any other kind of bread) is now, nor has any Bread ever been, composed of the physical body of Jesus of Nazareth.

"I am the Bread of Life". Metaphor.