XrcTim wrote:

Transubstantiation is a doctrine that cannot be proven either by a clear reading of Scripture or by the senses God has given each individual. Scientifically it is impossible that if the shape, color, flavor, odor, texture and constitution of the bread and wine remain the same, the bread can be said in any sense to have turned into the body and blood of Jesus Christ during a Mass. All empirical evidence supports the fact that no change whatsoever takes place. So how do intelligent doctors, lawyers, accountants and other non-professional Roman Catholics, convince themselves otherwise?They can't, so Rome reverts to "its a matter of faith." To disbelieve this abhorrent doctrine the Roman Catholic is told they are in mortal sin and to die without repenting of that mortal sin will land that Roman Catholic in hell for eternity.

 

What is even worse is this doctrine which is the "pinnacle of the Catholic faith and to be proven false the Roman religion collapses into nothingness," the theory of transubstantiation rests on the unscientific theories of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC). Prior to Christ’s birth, and a long time before the advent of modern science, Aristotle taught that all matter consists of two parts: accidents (outward appearance perceived by the senses) and substance (inward essence which the mind grasps and which constitutes essential reality). Based on this ancient misunderstanding of the nature of things, Rome says that at the point of consecration in the Mass, the substance of the bread and wine change, while the accidents remain the same. This scientifically flawed theory constitutes a ‘mystery’ that hundreds of millions of Roman Catholics believe by ‘faith’, while their every outward sense denies it.

Exactly, and that pen you see in my hand, well that is the accident, and the substance is really a cigar, give me a light, will ya!


Mr 9:38 (KJV) And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40 For he that is not against us is on our part.