New sins announced by Vatican

[undeterred]

The Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental blight. The guidance came at the weekend when Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, the Vatican's number two man in the sometimes murky area of sins and penance, spoke of modern evils. The list includes; genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans, polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy, and taking drugs.

:shrug:

I thought the Vatican was obscenely wealthy.

[havocmom]

1. and they are a bit shakey on social injustice and poverty too

;)

[onehandle]

2. The Vatican isn't an individual. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Well, if the new hells they create on earth are equal to

their new sins on earth

then I think it will balance out.


:) :evilgrin: :rofl:

[TheDebbieDee]

4. What about molesting children and leaving them

emotionally traumatized and unable to trust most adults again? Does the church think that is a sin yet?

[undeterred]

5. Or transferring them to church after church

and covering up for them for decades. No, thats not on the list this year.

[Elidor]

6. New sins! Cool! Is there a card set I can collect?

I'd better bone up on them right away.

[undeterred]

7. There will be coasters in the gift shop, I'm sure.

And a new set of penitential prayers to say. :hi:

[bluedawg12]

8. What was wrong with the old sins?

They were perfectly useful.

[undeterred]

21. The old sins are still in effect

The new sins are for those who were getting bored with the old sins.

[lpbk2713]

9. Nigerian E-mail scams

... and telemarketers should be included.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Beware the 8th Deadly Sin: ASPIRIN

The others sound more 'reasonable', but "taking drugs?" :eyes:

What about abusing oil and gasoline?

[lpbk2713]

12. Good one.

You're getting better all the time.

:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

[Charlie Brown]

11. If being obscenely wealthy is now a sin

when are the Pope and the Cardinals going to give all of their money to the poor? Or are they exempt?

[eppur_se_muova]

13. I demand a re-do. Only two of these sound like any fun.

Well, maybe three. Depending.

[melody]

14. How about old men in dresses stating antiquated moralistic platitudes?

Sounds like Sin #1 to me.

[magellan]

15. Great. When do we get to recycle the pope? n/t

[NOLALady]

16. Taking drugs?

There goes the cholesterol.

[Hardrada]

17. Fox and CNN type "news" broadcasting and mediawhoring.

That should count. It is something more than just plain old lying because of the scale and technology. A new circle in Hell is needed.

[LibDemAlways]

18. Causing poverty? This is an institution that pays

teachers squat and fights unions. This is the pot calling the kettle black.

[hifalutin]

19. Oh no, I'm sinful enough already

I don't need any more.

[CreekDog]

20. on edit: That one Spitzer did.

:evilgrin:

[Dorian Gray]

22. I actually

like the focus on the environment. It's important, and it shows that we are supposed to respect the earth to make it habitable for future generations.

[undeterred]

23. Yes, and it is interesting that they are including "sins"

that are committed by institutions rather than just those committed by individuals. I don't think this is new, and I don't agree with all their choices, but that one is certainly a good one. And the evangelicals have caught on to this too, even if its a little late. We are supposed to take care of the earth, not trash it.

[TommyO]

24. Dayum, God has been busy recently

Oh, wait, this wasn't God, it was an outdated, patriarchal bunch of old men in dresses and Prada shoes.

[undeterred]

25. Cross dressing still OK!

No mention of lying your country into an illegal war.

[PA Democrat]

26. FYI. Here's a complete list of the old and the new. I don't think Bush and Cheney

do too well with this expanded list.

Old

Sloth
Envy
Gluttony
Greed
Lust
Wrath
Pride

New

Genetic modification
Carrying out experiments on humans
Polluting the environment
Causing social injustice
Causing poverty
Becoming obscenely wealthy
Taking drugs

[undeterred]

27. what about stealing elections?

exposing a CIA agent?

lying about WMDs?

yucking it up at a birthday party while thousands of people are fighting for their lives in a hurricane?

sitting like a dummy reading a childrens book like an idiot while your country is being attacked?

not getting treatment for your substance abuse problems?

[Patriot Abroad]

28. Bush and the Republican Party: A Perfect 7!

[MedleyMisty]

29. I'm pretty much in favor of this

Aren't these things that we think are sins too?

"Polluting the environment
Causing social injustice
Causing poverty
Becoming obscenely wealthy"

You realize that means Catholics can't vote Republican anymore?

[undeterred]

30. And since Dems are "baby-killers"

they can't vote for our side either. So I guess they'll finally be in the same position as the rest of us: realizing that neither side is perfect, but the Democratic party is better.