Monday, March 10. 200814 Deadly SinsTrackbacks
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Interestingly (though I use the word reservedly) the original sins were basically in place to keep the lot of the working classes in the abject poverty which was their lot in life. And of course, to be told that it would all be made better after death. (The literal source of the phrase "Pie in the Sky") Prohibiting Lust was part of the drive to ensure an over large manual work force. Don’t forget the Catholics insisted that sex was for procreation. Gluttony… well, if all you eat is dry bread and water, how can you be a glutton? Greed? Don’t steel from your employer, lord, or anyone who has actual money. Sloth? As you said… if you’re not working 23 hours a day, you’ll go to hell. Wrath? Don’t ever attack or seek revenge against your boss, owner, or the guy holding the whip. Prohibition against Envy? Be thankful with your lot and don’t begrudge your betters. Prohibition against Pride? Trying to better yourself? Get out of poverty or the lower classes? Can’t be having that. Does this mean, that seeing as I got a really bad cold, and stay home from work, that i’m going to hell again?! Church= bad WOW ! I thought the CATHOLIC CHURCH was the finest example of FINANCIAL GLUTTONY in the world. Looks like they have DOOMED themselves to HELL. If i were the ‘devil’, I would become the pope to doom all christians to hell :D The Pope only influences Roman Catholics. Thus, the Satan as Pope plot would not get all the Christians. I’m just hoping the real Satan is smarter than that. :p Um… (very late on this but here I go): And only #1 is actually responding to you. 1. I was offended that you said you’d become the pope to doom all Christians to hell. I’m a Christian and I would NEVER wish that upon anyone. 2. That pope dude does not define what sins are, the Bible does. There’s nothing wrong with human experimentations, genetic modifications, and being a sloth is basically… not being depressed, but not wanting to reach out just because. 3. Half the sins were taken out of context on your (author) part. You’re not the first, but the last bunch turned into a nice big religious war so I deleted the whole lot of comments to put an end to it. Nothing really changes after thousands of years, hey? Hopefully that doesn’t happen again. I have quite a few Christian friends who found the article amusing, probably because they realised that this wasn’t an official news story. The tongue-in-cheek writing style may have giving it away. If the Bible defines the sins, why has it taken so long (about 1400 years, if I remember correctly) for them to get around to updating the "official" list? The Bible has a lot more sins too, so why aren’t they also on the list? I have no problem with religion – Christianity included – but when it comes to the Catholics the whole thing operates more like organised crime. You might want to take a look and see what a nice mess they’re making in Africa at the moment. Lovely stuff. The article was not intended to offend anyone, just point out how ridiculous I thought the list was. Simon, The idea that the Pope doesn’t define sin, the Bible does, is basically a Protestant tenet. They seem to forget (with alarming frequency) that not every Christian in the world is a Protestant, and thus not every Christian holds the Bible up as the ultimate authority on their faith. Which does sort of make sense, considering it’s been translated through 5 languages over 2000 years, and we’ve all played chinese whispers as kids, right? |
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