Re:First confirmed hatchings of two California condor chicks...
by danans on Monday November 01, 2021 @09:01PM
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> Why doesn't the bread and wine that miraculously becomes the body and blood of Christ taste like flesh and blood? Well, because it miraculously also retains all the physical properties of bread and wine...
I'm not a Catholic, but I figured that most people interpreted the bread and wine as symbolic.
Sure. I’m a Catholic and I believe that.
It’s also a non-explanation that doesn't actually rule out any particular physical process occurring as part of the manifestation of the miracle.
Other than things like the routine transubstantiation of the elements of the eucharist, where a defined part of the miracle is the absence of any physical manifestation of it occurring [0], that's pretty typical of miracles.
[0] Why doesn't the bread and wine that miraculously becomes the body and blood of Christ taste like flesh and blood? Well, because it miraculously also retains all the physical properties of bread and wine...