At the risk of taking the conversation down a slight tangent, I am curious about what you make of verses like Romans 8:11, "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.", or 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19, or 2 Corinthians 6:16, or anywhere else in the NT that mentions the indwelling of the Spirit. Do you see the indwelling of the Spirit as not the very presence of God? Honest question.
Discussion
We receive the Holy Spirit at Baptism and Confirmation. He works in us and gives us the gifts we need to live as God intends for us. However this presence of the Holy Spirit is not at the same level of the “True Presence” where we receive Christ in the Eucharist, body and blood.
It is also worth noting that receiving the Eucharist does not make us tabernacles. The Real Presence does not remain with us and we do not carry and bear Him in the same way that Mary did.
Everyone needs to understand that Catholics ARE NOT Christians, example above ^
The discussion has been civil and everyone was earnestly trying to understand one another until now. In spirit of that, I’m going to ask you to explain how anything I said makes Catholics not Christian?
Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.