deathslasher666
03-14-2008, 07:35 PM
THE seven deadly sins have grown to at least 14 after the Vatican updated its 1400-year-old list of the worst moral failures to reflect the modern world.
The new deadly sins that may lead to eternal damnation are polluting, genetic engineering, being obscenely rich, drug dealing, abortion, pedophilia and causing social injustice, The Times newspaper has reported.
Quoting from Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, The Times reported that certain actions were so unholy that they needed to be deemed as “mortal sins” – not the less serious “venial sins”.
The man in charge of examining confessions and indulgences for the Vatican, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, told the Vatican newspaper that priests should be aware of the “new” sins.
“New sins have appeared on the horizon of humanity as a corollary of the unstoppable process of globalisation,” Monsignor Girotti said.
“You offend God not only by stealing, blaspheming or coveting your neighbour’s wife – but also by ruining the environment, carrying out morally debatable scientific experiments, or allowing genetic manipulations which alter DNA or compromise embryos.”
The other “new” mortal sins included taking or dealing drugs and causing poverty or the “excessive accumulation of wealth by a few”, Monsignor Girotti said.
According to the Catholic Church, “immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into Hell.”
The Times reported that Pope Gregory the Great listed the original seven deadly sins in the 6th Century.
Those were: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed and Sloth.
Source:
The new and improved 14 Deadly Sins (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23348818-2,00.html)
This was anounced earlier this week, but I didn't get around to posting it until today. So yeah, now there are seven more sins to the list. From another source that I've seen, these are it:
-Polluting (I guess that can make sense, but most everone pollutes with their vehicles, so I'm guessing everyone is doing some extra sinning for that.)
-Genetic Engineering (I guess I can see why that makes sense).
-Obscene riches (Now this one seems a little off to me. I mean, the Pope does run the city, and that seems pretty rich to me, but that's just what I think).
-Taking drugs (I guess this makes sense, but only depending on what drugs they talk about).
-Abortion (I do agree with this because I'm very against it)
-Pedophilia (Now, I know not all of them have done it, but it's about time for this one. It should have been a given, though)
-Causing social injustice (Though I am a person not afraid to state my opinion, I'm not going to touch this one, even though I guess it's not too much, I guess).
Unlike the one guy who recenlt decided it was a good idea to waste his time to explain to us what he thinks are the flaws in the Catholic religion, I'm not here to state my personal religious beliefs. However, I will say that I think some of these new ones are pretty dumb to me. Some of them are also kind of a branch off from the original 7. Some do make sense, but then the others are pretty off. Thankfully, I'm not Catholic, so I guess these don't apply to me
So yeah, remember, if you drive your car to church, be prepared to include that in confession. And, I'm sure you can all see this happening within at least the next two years; get ready for the sequel to Se7en. Have fun with these :nod:
The new deadly sins that may lead to eternal damnation are polluting, genetic engineering, being obscenely rich, drug dealing, abortion, pedophilia and causing social injustice, The Times newspaper has reported.
Quoting from Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, The Times reported that certain actions were so unholy that they needed to be deemed as “mortal sins” – not the less serious “venial sins”.
The man in charge of examining confessions and indulgences for the Vatican, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, told the Vatican newspaper that priests should be aware of the “new” sins.
“New sins have appeared on the horizon of humanity as a corollary of the unstoppable process of globalisation,” Monsignor Girotti said.
“You offend God not only by stealing, blaspheming or coveting your neighbour’s wife – but also by ruining the environment, carrying out morally debatable scientific experiments, or allowing genetic manipulations which alter DNA or compromise embryos.”
The other “new” mortal sins included taking or dealing drugs and causing poverty or the “excessive accumulation of wealth by a few”, Monsignor Girotti said.
According to the Catholic Church, “immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into Hell.”
The Times reported that Pope Gregory the Great listed the original seven deadly sins in the 6th Century.
Those were: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed and Sloth.
Source:
The new and improved 14 Deadly Sins (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23348818-2,00.html)
This was anounced earlier this week, but I didn't get around to posting it until today. So yeah, now there are seven more sins to the list. From another source that I've seen, these are it:
-Polluting (I guess that can make sense, but most everone pollutes with their vehicles, so I'm guessing everyone is doing some extra sinning for that.)
-Genetic Engineering (I guess I can see why that makes sense).
-Obscene riches (Now this one seems a little off to me. I mean, the Pope does run the city, and that seems pretty rich to me, but that's just what I think).
-Taking drugs (I guess this makes sense, but only depending on what drugs they talk about).
-Abortion (I do agree with this because I'm very against it)
-Pedophilia (Now, I know not all of them have done it, but it's about time for this one. It should have been a given, though)
-Causing social injustice (Though I am a person not afraid to state my opinion, I'm not going to touch this one, even though I guess it's not too much, I guess).
Unlike the one guy who recenlt decided it was a good idea to waste his time to explain to us what he thinks are the flaws in the Catholic religion, I'm not here to state my personal religious beliefs. However, I will say that I think some of these new ones are pretty dumb to me. Some of them are also kind of a branch off from the original 7. Some do make sense, but then the others are pretty off. Thankfully, I'm not Catholic, so I guess these don't apply to me
So yeah, remember, if you drive your car to church, be prepared to include that in confession. And, I'm sure you can all see this happening within at least the next two years; get ready for the sequel to Se7en. Have fun with these :nod: