[jwalsh07]

The Catholic Church is certainly entitled to expel members, but to give it more cosmic consequences than that seems to be usurping authority that is not their's.

Huh?

[Dog Gone]

Perhaps I have a misunderstanding of what excommunication is.

It's my perception that it's a declaration that a person can no longer participate in the Sacraments and is thus headed to hell.

If it's just an expulsion from the church, then that's a very different matter. I'm assuming it involves a judgment of more cosmic consequences than mere membership at a parish.