Pope Francis Declares Sex and Eating Are 'Divine' Pleasures Sent by God

PJ Media ^ | 09/12/2020 | Rick Moran

[boatbums]

Now, along comes Pope Francis, who blesses the sex act, calling it a “divine gift.” He also praises the pleasures of eating as from God.

I don't think he is necessarily wrong about this. Enjoying and being thankful for sexual intimacy within the context of marriage IS a gift from God as is eating delicious food provided by God's creation. The "sin" part is in the WRONG or Biblically proscribed use of them.

At the rate he’s going, he’ll whittle down those Seven Deadly Sins to just one or two.

Well, those "Seven Deadly Sins" are not explicitly in the Bible and did not even originate with the Greeks or Romans, there were ancient precedents for them.

Origin of the currently recognized seven deadly sins

The modern concept of the seven deadly sins is linked to the works of the fourth-century monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight evil thoughts in Greek as follows:[8][9]

1. Γαστριμαργία (gastrimargia) gluttony
2. Πορνεία (porneia) prostitution, fornication
3. Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) avarice (greed)
4. Λύπη (lypē) sadness – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as envy, sadness at another's good fortune
5. Ὀργή (orgē) wrath
6. Ἀκηδία (akēdia) acedia – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as dejection
7. Κενοδοξία (kenodoxia) boasting
8. Ὑπερηφανία (hyperēphania) pride – sometimes rendered as self-overestimation, arrogance, grandiosity [10]
They were translated into the Latin of Western Christianity (largely due to the writings of John Cassian),[11][12] thus becoming part of the Western tradition's spiritual pietas (or Catholic devotions), as follows:[13]
1. Gula (gluttony)
2. Luxuria/Fornicatio (lust, fornication)
3. Avaritia (avarice/greed)
4. Tristitia (sorrow/despair/despondency)
5. Ira (wrath)
6. Acedia (sloth)
7. Vanagloria (vainglory)
8. Superbia (pride, hubris)

These "evil thoughts" can be categorized into three types:[13]

• lustful appetite (gluttony, fornication, and avarice)
• irascibility (wrath)
• mind corruption (vainglory, sorrow, pride, and discouragement) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

There's not much I agree with Pope Francis about, but I don't think we should just knee-jerk reject everything he supposedly says especially when related by a secular writer.

[Bonemaker]

"... Sex and Eating Are 'Divine' Pleasures Sent by God..." "Eating" is a form of sex...isn't it?😎

[metmom]

Now, along comes Pope Francis, who blesses the sex act, calling it a “divine gift.” He also praises the pleasures of eating as from God. At the rate he’s going, he’ll whittle down those Seven Deadly Sins to just one or two.

Who knew that sex and eating were some of the seven deadly sins?

And Catholics keep trying to tell me that Catholicism doesn’t teach that sex is bad or sinful and now there’s backlash when the pope says it.

[metmom]

But that’s not because virginity is somehow inherently more virtuous than sex.

God was the one who said that it was not good for man to be alone and who created woman for him.

Sex was also God’s idea and He blessed it.

[firebrand]

I don’t think “sadness” really qualifies as a sin. It should be envy, in that spot, not sadness. Sadness at another’s good fortune, or even happiness at another’s bad fortune, might qualify, but not just plain sadness by itself. Envy is all around us, especially among women, and is deadly.

[moovova]

“Pope Francis Declares Sex and Eating Are ‘Divine’ Pleasures Sent by God”

He left out afternoon naps.

[Zize55]

Hah. And he thinks logically, without food and sex there would be no humanity