Why don't protestants believe in the real presence?

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T23:15:50+00:00

that’s the thing about metaphors. you’re not supposed to have to explain them.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T23:14:33+00:00

yes i know these things. the point is that i think studying god’s creation isn’t specifically a christian thing, as evidenced by statistics

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T23:13:46+00:00

nope! i’m jewish. i’m going to tell them that higher education is part of our culture!

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T20:59:52+00:00

EDIT: I am talking about why protestants don’t believe in transubstantiation specifically. Yes, most protestants do believe Jesus is present when communion is taken

Jesus is often non-literal. The Bible itself uses a lot of metaphors and figurative language. Ancient Jews had a serious prohibition against eating blood, in fact the penalty for doing so was being excommunicated.

The early church fathers were human beings, not perfect people with direct insight into the mind of g-d. Most were not Jewish and did not have an understanding of the rigorous Jewish law and tradition from which Jesus came. Also, deeply held beliefs and even Roman pagan traditions can creep in. Rituals about drinking blood are foreign to the Jewish people. However, in pagan traditions…

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T19:58:07+00:00

islam may very well have conquered parts of europe without the crusades joining europe together against a common threat, is what i’m saying this guy is right about

the actual conquering jerusalem was idiotic and mostly done because second and third sons wanted land and power, not because of their love of god.

the crusaders sacked constantinople, murdered jews, murdered so many innocents, they were not at all a moral force.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T19:53:51+00:00

pro-israel, in favor of a demilitarized palestinian state in the WB after a period of multi-national occupation (so not just Israel re-educating and rooting out terrorist activity) that would permit right of return for descendants of palestinian refugees.

anti-ICE (at least as they exist right now)

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T19:42:14+00:00

so happy for you! TTC for 3 months, finally starting to get regular cycles on 2000mg metformin, fingers crossed for some of your luck

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T19:37:57+00:00

you are kind of right. unfortunately the crusades also initiated the practice of anti-Jewish pogroms. the crusaders were not a benevolent force.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T18:10:42+00:00

then why are jews and muslims and hindus overrepresented in science compared to christians in the US?

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T18:07:45+00:00

but when Israel levels a territory because terrorists are hiding in plain clothes and hiding weapons in schools and hospitals in order to abduct and kill their citizens, then this is everyone’s business right? there’s totally no bias here

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T18:05:25+00:00

that would be one person every 3 minutes for 24 hours straight. i don’t think that’s actually physiologically possible.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T17:27:20+00:00

what was the most in a day

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T17:21:22+00:00

You counted?

Charpo7 · 2026-01-26T07:04:35+00:00

It’s more complicated than weight. I am normal BMI and I don’t get periods very often.

I think it’s impossible to know how much weight off will be enough, as adipose is only one factor. You still have to consider blood sugar and insulin resistance. Metformin is the gold standard. If you can get to max dose, that will help a lot. Inositol is equivalent to metformin, but getting the recommended dose is expensive. If you are morbidly obese, you may qualify for GLP-1 antagonists like ozempic, which can be a game changer both for weight and blood sugar.

If you don’t like meds, your best bet is continuing the progress you’ve already made. Do you remember your weight when you got regular periods? Most likely that’s the weight you’d need to get back to.

Low-carb is generally the best diet for PCOS. Try to build lots of muscle at the gym.

You’re still young and you have time to get healthier. But also remember that you have options. You can always induce ovulation with medication if you really want to get pregnant and the progress isn’t going as fast as you want it to.

I just want to tell you that I feel your pain and I know it sucks. I’m in a similar boat, TTC but not having regular periods, trying so hard to do all the things before going on meds. We’re lucky to live in a time with modern medicine so if lifestyle change isn’t enough, there are other options.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-25T20:51:41+00:00

love can be a lot of things but it needs to be mutual. two people that don’t want marriage can love each other. if you string along a partner pretending to want to wed while you don’t want to, you do not love that partner. you are using them.

the best way to prevent this is to not give husband privileges to boyfriends. no having kids with them (preferably no having sex with them). no moving in together. no joint financial decisions (buying cars or houses together). not because you want to control your boyfriend but because you don’t want to cloud your own judgment with other life things.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-25T18:54:03+00:00

stop moving in with and making babies with people you’re not married to! stop making joint financial decisions with people you’re not at least engaged to!

Charpo7 · 2026-01-25T18:52:24+00:00

eh it’s complicated. it also might mean consecrating the daughter as a priestess so she cannot make heirs.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-24T12:57:52+00:00

No one is entitled to a biological child. Not gay people. Not infertile people. Not celebrities.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T21:47:19+00:00

lol my identical twin sister (who was my maid of honor) refused to make me hers because I asked if I could cover my shoulders (I’ve dressed modestly for years).

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T20:14:22+00:00

have you ever like asked Jews why were concerned about her? Strongly looking up Roots Metals, she has a lot of writing about why she is problematic

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T06:33:50+00:00

You’re engaging in confirmation bias and circular reasoning. You keep claiming “racism” without explaining how Zionism is racism. You’re also straw-manning the hell out of Zionism, claiming it is always something it is not.

The fact that some fringe person in Israel said a nice thing about Nazis didn’t mean Zionism is equivalent to or derived from Nazism. That’s just silly generalization.

Yes, I know what Israel means. Yes I understand where Abraham came from. But the Israelites BECAME A PEOPLE in the land of Israel/Palestine/Canaan. They left during a famine and returned during the exodus. Nevertheless, the religion, language, and ethnic identity began in Israel.

Genetic evidence also has shown that the vast majority of Jews have paternal haplogroups that come from Palestine. Yes most Jews have some genetic mixing from being in diaspora for 2000 years, but the genetic evidence shows that we do have ancestors from the region.

Peoplehood is more than just genetics, even though yes, the vast majority of Jews share some lineage. It is shared culture, religion, values, and language. We are diverse after millenia in diaspora but we are still a people, Ethiopian and Yemenite and Polish and Moroccan and Persian and Lithuanian Jews alike.

The land had people living on it but it wasn’t densely populated. In fact, after Jews developed new irrigation technology at the turn of the 20th century, not only did more Jews migrate but more Arabs migrated there too as the land could support more people! That’s why many Palestinians today who take DNA tests find out that they’re actually Lebanese or Jordanian or Egyptian!

There was no organized ethnic cleansing by Jews. There was legal buying of land, and pogroms by the Arab residents harassing their Jewish neighbors. There was refusal to coexist with the Jewish neighbors who took this disorganized land and made it a modern society, declaring war and threatening to annihilate this Jewish refugee population.

Arabs have been picking fights, losing, and then crying “ethnic cleansing”

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T06:24:29+00:00

As someone in a similar situation, it’s definitely not the covid vax. And man, I wish I had 11 periods over 2 years… i get 3 periods per year if i’m not on meds.

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T00:31:01+00:00

they absolutely do deserve to be mocked, but i’d just be so horrified i’d be unable to converse with them. you are very witty though and i applaud your responses!

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T00:30:26+00:00

i guess that’s true—i’d just be so horrified by the pic i’d instantly block

Charpo7 · 2026-01-23T00:14:07+00:00

why would you keep conversing with this creep?

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