I think you're absolutely right. I can't imagine god really caring about anything beyond the child's intent.
This is why I'm having a hard time taking the Catholic Church seriously. Leaving Saddam in power is OK, but creating a special wafer so a young girl doesn't get sick from her Communion isn't?
"Leaving Saddam in power is OK, but creating a special wafer so a young girl doesn't get sick from her Communion isn't?"
Dragging their feet on the whole priestly pedophilia issue is OK too, as long as 8 year old girls who are allergic to wheat aren't allowed to receive a rice-wafered Communion.
What's amazing is that people in this thread think that God actually CARES about such trivial minutae.