I think religions and philosphical organizations should not be forced into an exceptions because it removes the "magic" BS element which is crucial to some faiths. My problems with organized religions is usually related to the attempt to coerce or force into compliance people not of the religion into buying into their "magic". But they should be allowed to believe whatever nonsense they feel like, and if that doctrine decides that god just want that girl to suffer, it is a meer paltry example of masochism which the doctrine requires of its subjects.
Go say ten hail mary's, and god will forgive you... If you don't go to church and suffer through the whole thing every sunday, you will go to hell... Somedays, god wants you to be splashed with water... god also wants your money... Priests are not allowed to have normal sex, and neither are the nuns... You can't use birth control, and you can't have abortions...Hell, for whatever arbitrary bull they think they can make you beleive is "magic" they will have you do. Just add wheat allergy to the list. It's god's way of letting the girl know his followers are idiots.

k wrote:
] [ Well, i'm not sure i put modern christan churches quite on
] the same level as the KKK, by which I mean, I think that's
] pretty extreme hyperbole. not that the catholic church didn't
] kill more people in their time than the KKK could ever aspire
] to, but i'm talking present.
]
] anyway, i don't think they should make an exception, per se,
] forced or otherwise. i think they should change their dogma
] when it's shown to make no goddamn sense, as i think this case
] does. i'm also not sure exceptions are equal to hypocracy,
] but i won't argue that there aren't plenty of both in any
] large organization... i just think the real answer is to
] concentrate on the fundamental principles of what you wish to
] express or promote, and then work to be sure everything fits.
] Change or excise what doesn't. The reason, of course, that
] it's so hard for giant organizations (religious or otherwise)
] to do this, is that there is never one concrete view on what
] those fundamentals are, and lots of institutional inertia
] built up to oppose change. Among other reasons, this is why i
] don't go to church, even though i like the music. -k]

RE: CNN.com - Church says girl's communion not valid - Aug 19, 2004