No matter which way you try to defend this strange doctrine, bottom line is you have a fallen sinful man purporting to create his Creator by mumbling a few words which in context, has nothing to do with literal transubstantiation. And no matter which way you throw the dice, it does boil down to cannibalism. And by the way, having spent a major portion of my life as a Catholic, serving as an altar boy in my youth, I can tell you I witnessed this 'event' many many times, sometimes every day for a week. And I witnessed priests officiating in this sad ritual who did not deserve to priests, let alone given the responsibility of teaching Christian truth to others. Most of them spent most of their nights at the local pub, sometimes until 3 in the morning...I know this because when I was of age, I joined them. Good thing the presbytery was just a short walk down the road. The particular ritual under discussion never made any more sense to me then, as it does now...only now I am relieved to be free from trying to accept it, in opposition to conscience and reason. No amount of faith could ever induce me to accepting this belief wholeheartedly...no matter how heard I tried, and the false rationale of fear that crept in when my doubts assailed me. Loosing myself from this falsehood gave me the greatest freedom...and in fact strengthened my faith in Christ and His word and promises. I discovered that the Jesus I had met was in fact a reasonable God and not devoid of common sense. A pity so many of His professed followers are so devoid of that attribute.
