[B Knotts]

And, to not have servers just to keep girls off the altar is rather silly.

Why is it silly? In the new Mass, there is no necessity to have altar boys. In my old parish in California, we never had altar boys. It would be better to cease the transmission of false messages (that women could eventually be ordained), than to continue with this just in order to have someone around to hold the Lectionary.

Do you doubt that the motivation for the presence of girl altar boys is to confuse the doctrine of a male priesthood?

[sinkspur]

Do you doubt that the motivation for the presence of girl altar boys is to confuse the doctrine of a male priesthood?

Maybe in some priests' minds, and some peoples' minds, but not in the minds of the vast majority. They just see it as an opportunity to allow females to play a part in the liturgy.

I think it's silly to argue about altar girls, from either side.

And, it's rather sad to see a Mass with no servers at all, don't you think?

[american colleen]

Do you doubt that the motivation for the presence of girl altar boys is to confuse the doctrine of a male priesthood?

A documented fact. See Anne Roche Muggeridge's "The Desolate City."