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They have more basic issues: Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ https://www.pewresearch.org/shor
by lokar 1y ago
They have more basic issues:
Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/08/05/transubstantiation-eucharist-u-s-catholics/#:~:text=Overall%2C%2043%25%20of%20Catholics%20believe,body%20and%20blood%20of%20Jesus. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/08/05/transubst...
- phkahler 1y agoI think the Carholic church has decided it's dangerous to accept parts of the Bible as metaphor, so they must force a literal interpretation on everything - even to the point of absurdity. Jesus said it's his body and blood so it must be. Because you know, everyone making a symbolic gesture always says that's what they're doing...
- lokar 1y agoAs a non-religious person, I wonder, if you reject a bunch of catholic ideas (the authority of the pope, the Eucharist, catholic social teaching, etc), why not just be protestant?
- lupusreal 1y agoThe Catholic Church is broadly accepting of metaphorical interpretation, but with respect to the blood and wine specifically they committed to that literal interpretation a very long time ago.