French intellectuals ask Pope to remove gluttony from list of 7 Deadly Sins

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[Bikers4Bush]

Are the frogs even for real?

I mean really, they want the pope to change the bible?

[irgbar-man]

This ain't an Onion article?

[Mr. Bird]

Dear JP II:

Here in America, the term "hot" now often connotes something good, as does the term "cool". Could you please change the bible to refer to the "tepid cauldrons of Hell".

Thanks.

Bird.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

They argue that the French word for the sin - gourmandise - has changed its meaning over the years and is now used to denote a gourmet, someone who truly appreciates good food and wine, rather than a glutton.

And the English word for the sin is gluttony, so I guess it is appropriate. I wonder what it is in Latin?

[Atlas Sneezed]

I don't get it. Gourmet food appreciation has little to do with gluttony (which I consider to be food waste, by eating much more than is healthy).

Yet they want a change in a term that is already correct, and distinct from what they advocate.

[TontoKowalski]

To be a gourmand is one of life's great pleasures.

So, if something's pleasureable, it's not a sin? Hot DAMN!!

[Prodigal Son]

The seven deadlies are in the bible? You learn something new every day.

[Young Rhino]

If this sin is removed, speaking French should be the replacement sin.

[goodnesswins]

I'd like to as the Pope to add being a Stupid Frenchman to the list of the 7 Deadly Sins....

[RonF]

Perhaps these people ought to think of all the money they spend on gourmet food. I like a good steak once in a while myself, but "excess" is definable as more than just how much food you stuff in your mouth. Self-indulgently spending tens of thousands of dollars a year on exotic food that could go to the support of the hungry is an example of "excess" as well.

[CatoRenasci]

Seems to me the problem is in the translation from Latin into French. Can't the Froggies even fix that?

[11th Earl of Mar]

They also want 'surrender' to be added as a virtue.

[longtermmemmory]

french is a dying language.

this whole argument is regarding the FRENCH words. Glutony is still glutony regardless of the gourmand word. Why not change to the use of connosouer? (sp sorry)

[bicycle thug]

I knew that Gluttons were ferocious, but had no idea they were sinful too.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Their language evolved, and they are so arrogant, that they now want the Pope to change the seven deadly sins.

I am sure their culture has evolved far enough that sex outside of marriage is now acceptable, too. Think the Pope will budge?

[Bikers4Bush]

I didn't the seven deadly were but I could swear gluttony is covered in it.

I haven't read it cover to cover in a long time so if I'm wrong then it's a good reason to do it again.

[.45MAN]

ping

[xJones]

Colette Guillemard, food writer and author of the book The Origins of the Word Gourmand says the academy is probably the only body that can actually get the meaning of a word in French changed.

Uh oh, this should be good, French chefs are taking on the sacred Academie francaise. Will the pen be mightier than the saute pan?

But about those seven deadly sins; those are pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth. Pardon me while I try to hide.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Funny
thanks
I forgot a wolverine was also known as a glutton.