Huh. I never would've thought you'd somehow approve of it, or split hairs over it, and, no surprise, you don't. :)
On a different note, I've always been appalled at the idea of excommunication. Sure, I don't believe... but, in my view, the people who do believe have their own relationship with their god(s), and no one has the right to take that relationship away based on their interpretation. If there is a Heaven, it isn't up to that cardinal or any other human being to deny it to anyone.
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Date: 2009-03-08 12:49 pm (UTC)On a different note, I've always been appalled at the idea of excommunication. Sure, I don't believe... but, in my view, the people who do believe have their own relationship with their god(s), and no one has the right to take that relationship away based on their interpretation. If there is a Heaven, it isn't up to that cardinal or any other human being to deny it to anyone.