> From: JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 12:01 PM 8/16/2004 -0500, Julia Randolph wrote: > >On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:17:42 -0500, The Fool wrote: > >> <<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--communioncontrove0812au
> >> g12,0,6656242.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire>> > >> > >> 8-year-old's first Holy Communion invalidated by Church > >> > >> By JOHN CURRAN > >> Associated Press Writer > >> > >> August 12, 2004, 2:25 PM EDT > >> > >> BRIELLE, N.J. -- An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive > >> disorder and cannot consume wheat has had her first Holy Communion > >> declared invalid because the wafer contained none, violating Catholic > >> doctrine. > >> .... > >> > >> It isn't the first such communion controversy. In 2001, the family of a > >> 5-year-old Natick, Mass., girl with the disease left the Catholic church > >> after being denied permission to use a rice wafer. > > > >So much for Mark 10:14.... > > > >( http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Bible/Mark.html#10:14 ) > > Julia, you should know better than to believe such Foolish prattlings. This coming from a bigot and misogynist. > What The Fool conveniently left out is that communion can be distributed as > either unleavened bread or as wine, and that *each* is considered to be > fully the Body *and* Blood of Jesus Christ by the Catholic Church. What JDG doesn't understand is that these are real people the vatican has denied communion to. > JDG - Perhaps The Fool should stick to posting about atheism, Maru, and > leave the Catholicism posts to the Catholics. Fool - Perhaps JDG should stick to posting about economics, Maru, and leave the informative posts to the Non-Extremist-Radical-Jeeb-O-Fascists. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
