I went to catholic school - it is not symbolic. They teach you when it's blessed it "literally" becomes the body and blood of christ. Nonsense.
Correct. What they've done to the bible is disgusting. They've perverted and inverted everything for their own sadistic desires.
What do you think will happen to religion when the pious and asleep realize they were manipulated by organized religion into giving up their money? Confession was literally surveillance before technology.
What about the people who distance themselves from a relationship with God currently because they already know this?