(August 3, 2012 at 11:37 am)Skepsis Wrote:(August 3, 2012 at 11:26 am)spockrates Wrote: I would never equivocate, "eats my flesh" with "eat me" but the idiom of eating flesh and drinking blood was well known to his ancient Jewish audience to mean killing someone. However, in the context of the rest of John, chapter 6, the analogy doesn't seem to fit.
Some Protestants claim the words, "eats my flesh and drinks my blood" mean "believes in me." Catholics claim he was speaking of eating and drinking the bread and wine served at Mass.
"It was a joke, son. It was a joke." -- Some rooster
But still... Heysuese was pretty clear when he said to eat his flesh and drink his blood. It's almost as if I was right or something.
(August 3, 2012 at 11:26 am)spockrates Wrote: The end game is to find the answer to the opening post. I want to examine the reasons why others believe I've found a real and significant contradiction.
Not just this thread. I am looking for the endgame,what you hope to learn from being in this thread as a whole, what you look to achieve in questioning religion.
I'm not so dull as to not understand that you are looking to evaluate the truth of the contradiction you offered, seeing as it is the title of the thread.
Wisdom is the goal, Skepsis. Is there another more worth seeking?
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
--Spock
