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Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:37:41 am
Added spin on sin...
by Peter Petterson
First published at Qondio:
The Vatican has overhauled its list of mortal sins. Traditionally, the Catholic Church has had a list of seven deadly sins - lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride - which was established in the 6th century. However, latter day "social" sins have been added to keep pace with the age of technology and globalisation:
1/ "Bioethical violations such as birth control
2/ "Morally dubious" experiments
3/ Drug abuse
4/ Polluting the environment
5/ Contributing to widening the divide between rich and poor
6/ Excessive wealth
7/ Creating poverty
I wonder if excessive wealth could be an impediment of the Catholic Church?
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Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:27:23 am
Great. More evidence that the Catholic Church considers itself the authority on Christian morality, even to the extent of making up a bunch of new rules which are, of course, hypocritical when one considers the contrast of #'s 5-7 with the economic disparity between the Vatican City and the rest of Rome. Not that the angle was not already covered by those original sins.
Also, the URL again.
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Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:26:10 pm
There are several tons of gold inside St. Patrick's Cathedral. Looks like excessive wealth to me.
