Posted on 03/11/2008 10:11:38 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
The Vatican has released new guidance for Roman Catholics on modern sins they should avoid committing, among them polluting the Earth and genetic manipulation.
Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, told Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano over the weekend that today's new "modern" sins center on bioethical questions, warning that humans should avoid genetic manipulation, such as stem cell research, which can be "difficult to predict and control.".....
Other modern evils, he said, include "ecological offenses," following the Vatican's growing concern over climate change, which it says affects the entire human race.....
(Excerpt) Read more at newsnet5.com ...
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The particular story to which this thread is related happens to be about Catholic officials making politically correct asses of themselves by INVENTING sins
Hence my correction. The media misconstrued the information - no new sins, no invented sins.
Please get your facts straight before posting erroneous information
Your argument was that the seven capital sins had not been replaced, which is correct.
However, I never claimed to believe that the seven capital sins had been replaced.
Are you saying that the ENTIRE report is absolutely wrong?
Are you saying that the following is made up: Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, told Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano over the weekend that today’s new “modern” sins center on bioethical questions, warning that humans should avoid genetic manipulation, such as stem cell research, which can be “difficult to predict and control.”.....
Or that the following reprents absolutely incorrect reporting: “and, “Other modern evils, he said, include “ecological offenses,” following the Vatican’s growing concern over climate change, which it says affects the entire human race.....”
If so, then I fear it is YOU who are in error. Just because the gist of the story was misunderstood by some idiot reporters does not mean that a Catholic official did not make pointless and stupid statements about alleged “environmental sins”, which could lead a disinterested observer to conclude that the Catholic Church is buying into the whole human-caused-global-warming lie.
**The lead sentence in this is false.
This silly error seems to have a life of its own here on FR.**
The media has done a lot of spinning to concentrate on the environment part of this and stay away from the abortion and other things on the list.
Typical lamestream media.
First, with MSM distorting stories about Christians and
Second, with members of this forum slurping up the MSM distortions without so much as a hint of critical thought.
We are up in arms because this has been a gross misinterpretation of the Capital Sins.
Did you see this link to the truth?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983919/posts?page=23#23
I am convinced that some folks on this forum are allergic to the truth ...
Either allergic or very closed minded.
I never cease to be amazed at the idiocy that some folks accept, or regurgitate, without giving it the slightest thought ... and then act as though they are uniquely “enlightened” ...
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