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Originally Posted by awareness
That the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus is true in the imagination only. It's not literal. That should be true for any rational thinker. Do we have to embrace such fantasies to be a Christian? ...
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It depends on how you take John 6:53-54. First Christians took these verses literally. So do we Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Most of my atheist friends are rational thinkers. They don't believe in fantasies like soul, angels, and life after death.