Transubstantiation 'miracle' shenanigans

[Randy Carson]

My apologies. I'm obviously new and trying to figure out how the forum software works.

I'm used to seeing {quote} {/quote}  around everything I am responding to. 

    And if there is an indent button, that would be great, too.

The forum default is to put the editor in MyCode formatting. You can switch it to source mode by hitting the button on the end of the second row in the editor, or by hitting Ctrl+Shift+S. Then you'll see all the BBCode tags.

Thanks.

Could someone explain why it appears that when I respond to two separate posts...one right after the other...they appear to merge as a single post?

The forum is set up to automatically merge back to back posts with a horizontal rule between. If you post 2 hours later, it would be a new post.

Interesting. Makes it hard to respond to multiple people in the same thread, sorta.

Patently ridiculous? No. It's pretty straightforward.

Jesus said, "This is my body, this is my blood."

He never said, "This represents...".

The assertion that this is what actually happens is patently ridiculous. Just saying "Jeebus says" carries no weight. You have made a claim that cannot be tested. You say the bread and wine changes, but its physical characteristics are not altered. By what measure has it changed, then?

Fiat assertion does not make a claim true. It's a fucking ridiculous claim, and can be dismissed as such.

If God says something, then it IS true whether you understand it or not.

So, the real issues are whether God exists and whether He said it.

If the answers to both of these questions are "yes", the rest is pretty straightforward.