Also, importantly, it’s much easier to gather direct evidence to support the heuristic “don’t drop things made of glass” than “the Eucharist is really the body of Jesus.”
Dropping a glass vs. picking up the Bible are equivalently easy :) Whether you need to be sold on the Bible beforehand is a different story.
You’re right, though, and thus I’m far more confident in teaching-as-true those things which are in the “universally discoverable” realm vs. the “incredibly sticky and unagreed upon” realm.
Also, importantly, it’s much easier to gather direct evidence to support the heuristic “don’t drop things made of glass” than “the Eucharist is really the body of Jesus.”
Dropping a glass vs. picking up the Bible are equivalently easy :) Whether you need to be sold on the Bible beforehand is a different story.
You’re right, though, and thus I’m far more confident in teaching-as-true those things which are in the “universally discoverable” realm vs. the “incredibly sticky and unagreed upon” realm.