[Bikers4Bush]

Are the frogs even for real?

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

[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.

[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!!

[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.

[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.

[.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.

[AD from SpringBay]

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.

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

[ffusco]

Likewise the French word for Lying means diplomacy, Treachery means flexibility.....

[bandleader]

Why doesn't this surprise me?I wonder which of"The Seven Deadly Sins"is the next "Target"of these Morally Relative,Socialist Back-Biters???

[mtbopfuyn]

"To be a gourmand is one of life's great pleasures. Gourmands don't just appreciate fine food and good wine, but they share it - and thus double the pleasure," Mr Bocuse smiles.

One bon-bon for Bocuse, two bon-bons for me - hey, just doubling my pleasure.

[DLfromthedesert]

I heard Bill Clinton petitioned the Pope to remove the sin of lust. He said that's what got him through a stressful presidency, and therefore, is a virtue.

[Graybeard58]

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


....... French Intellectuals???

[Salman]

OK it's official. Being French is a deadly sin.

[RightWhale]

Is that a deadly sin, or a venial sin? Makes a difference.