Posted: Oct 31, 2014 9:29 pm
Griz_ wrote:John,
I think I'm beginning to understand where you're coming from. I had a VERY heavy dose of Catholicism and your line of thinking actually sounds a lot like mine at one time while I was trying to make sense of the nonsense. But after many years of seeking I eventually arrived at atheism. I know that many here don't understand your thought process at all. I disagree with you, but in a way I do understand it as I've had similar experience. You and I likely would have agreed on many things, at one time.
I believe you still refer to yourself as a Catholic, so given that I'm curious about where you stand on transubstantiation.
I think the whole Mass is very much geared up so that Holy Communion can produce results like this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MLzT4CeBT6I
And just as peeking behind the curtain didn't spoil the experience for Natalie, it doesn't spoil it for me. However, I am disappointed that the church talks about things like this in a way that leaves most people with the wrong impression of what could, and is, happening.