flynn23 wrote:
] Don't hate Catholicism for not making a reasonable exception.
] Hate it for being purely wrong. Particularly in this case.

[ As it turns out, my dislike of organized religion is precicely based on the parts they got wrong, and subsequently replaced with mindless, repetitive pablum. As you say in your last statement, people should read the bible and then discuss what it says. That's not to say there's no place for experts to guide the discussion, and if a church manages to work that way, then I'm all for it. I just don't think very many do so. ...]

] All the gospel accounts of the last supper clearly indicate
] that Jesus used UNLEAVENED bread. Meaning there was no wheat
] in it at all. In fact, there was nothing in it other than
] flour (most likely milled with the germ and chaff removed
] prior to milling, as was the custom at the time), some water,
] and *maybe* some salt.

[ I thought unleavened meant "without yeast or other rising agent." Flour made with wheat is still wheat based, no? Even with the chaff and germ removed? Anyway, that's not the point of the argument anyway... the point is that dogma shouldn't replace thought, no matter what the origins. With that, I agree. -k]

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