The Updated List of Sins
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Yesterday, as I watched CNN, I saw a news snippet on The Vatican adding on another seven modern sins to the original list of seven.
And then I noticed our very own Pinky Bear making a comment about that in the Jive Pad.
For those of you who are still in the dark, be enlightened :
ROME, Italy (AP) -- A Vatican official has listed drugs, pollution and genetic manipulations as well as social and economic injustices as new areas of sinful behavior.
Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti said in an interview published on Sunday by the Vatican's daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, that known sins increasingly manifest themselves as behavior that damages society as a whole.
Girotti, who heads the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican body that issues decisions on matters of conscience and grants absolutions told the paper that whilst sin used to concern the individual mostly, today it had a mainly a social resonance, due to the phenomenon of globalization.
Catholic teaching distinguishes between lesser, so-called venial sins, and mortal sins.
When asked to list the new areas of sinful behavior, Girotti denounced "certain violations of the fundamental rights of human nature through experiments, genetic manipulations."
He also mentioned drugs, which weaken the mind and obscure intelligence; pollution; as well as the widening social and economic differences between the rich and the poor that "cause an unbearable social injustice."
Girotti said the Catholic Church continued to be concerned by other sinful acts, including abortion and pedophilia.
He said Church authorities had reacted with rigorous measures to child abuse scandals within the clergy, but he also claimed that the issue had been excessively emphasized by the media.
His comments came at the end of a week-long Vatican conference on confession.
A recent survey said that 60 percent of Italian Catholics do not go to confession.
Traditionally the Catholic church has had a list of seven deadly sins, that of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride established by Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th century.
The terms entered the popular vocabulary after the publication of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
The deadly sins are in contrast with venial sins - relatively minor sins that can be forgiven.
A person that commits a mortal sin risks burning in hell unless absolved through confession and penitence.
Now the Vatican says it is time to modernize the list to fit a global world.
On hearing the Girotti's suggestion, some priests thought it was a good idea.
Father Antonio Pelayo, a Spanish priest and Vatican expert noted that it is time for both sinners and confessors to get over their obsession with sex and think about other ways humans hurt each other in the world in which they live.
"There are many other sins that are perhaps much more grave that don't have anything to do with sex - that have to do with life, that have to do with the environment, that have to do with justice," he told AP Television.
Father Greg Apparcel, a local priest said that the Pope may have been talking About this aspect of sin as a response to the recent "Italian confession" survey.
Apparcel also hinted that the announcement may have a wider agenda ahead of the Holy Father's trip to the United States and his speech to the United Nations.
"There is some sound going around that perhaps he is going to speak about ecology and environment, and if he does, this is kind of preparation for that," he said.
Extracted from : CNN.com.
Now, if you dare, do this quiz to determine which of your sins will put you in hell!!
As you can see from my results, I won't be having a ball in my afterlife.
Greed : Medium
Gluttony : High
Wrath : High
Sloth : High
Envy : Medium
Lust : Medium
Pride : Medium
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i read this is a comic book.. the guy was about to go on a rampage.. so he told the priest at a confessional:
Forgive me Father, for I am about to sin.
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this stupid quiz not accurate one!!!
I should rank a lot higher on lust and gluttony(both should be very high). Sloth (very high)is correct though
crap
code does not work here.
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Philosophical question for the day:
Is my lifelong
support for the japanese porn industry harmful to this planet and the people in it? If so, why? -
Greed: Medium Gluttony: Medium Wrath: Low Sloth: Medium Envy: Very Low Lust: Low Pride: Medium nt zhun la my lust vv high one...
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but i was wondering. can the Pope or the IC choose to add sins as and when he likes.
Greed: Medium Gluttony: Medium Wrath: Very Low Sloth: Medium Envy: Low Lust: Low Pride: Low -
I thought the deadly sins were from god? Which Christ delivered it?
How come the vatican suka-suka make a new set of rules and say, 'if you dont follow, you'll go to hell'?
I think their new sets of 'sins' is more on debatable moral issues. one eg, genetic modification. Did god came in a dream of one of the priest and said that these are the new sins that shouldnt be commited? I find it ridiculous...
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I posted this in Jive Pad before
I thought it was quite interestingRe the quiz, I think I'm doomed for hell
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not accurate....=\
but it's quite interesting =p
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Greed: High Gluttony: Medium Wrath: Medium Sloth: Very Low Envy: Medium Lust: High Pride: Medium Didn't know I am greedy.
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Originally posted by White_SoulReaper:
I thought the deadly sins were from god? Which Christ delivered it?
How come the vatican suka-suka make a new set of rules and say, 'if you dont follow, you'll go to hell'?
I think their new sets of 'sins' is more on debatable moral issues. one eg, genetic modification. Did god came in a dream of one of the priest and said that these are the new sins that shouldnt be commited? I find it ridiculous...
They're are not established on a whim. The Church needs to keep abreast of the developments in the modern world, but its teachings are still rooted in the commandments of Christ.
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Code doesn't work. High on lust, very high on sloth, and low on wrath - medium on everything else.
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bloody code doesn't work... ahh.. at least i will go to hell for lust ....
that's accurate at least
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Greed: Medium Gluttony: Medium Wrath: Medium Sloth: High Envy: Low Lust: Low Pride: Low Sloths are furry too, right ?
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Originally posted by elindra:
I posted this in Jive Pad before
I thought it was quite interestingRe the quiz, I think I'm doomed for hell
Are there malls in hell?
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Originally posted by av98m:
Philosophical question for the day:
Is my lifelong
support for the japanese porn industry harmful
to this planet and the people in it? If so, why?u should support the underdog ..... korean porn needs ur support also
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Originally posted by jetta:
Are there malls in hell?maybe ..... but the air-con might not be working .....
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Originally posted by InnoHippo:
u should support the underdog ..... korean porn needs ur support also
but I dun have any lobang for korean porn -
Greed: Medium Gluttony: Medium Wrath: Low Sloth: Very High Envy: Very Low Lust: Medium Pride: Medium
Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz -
Originally posted by the Bear:
Greed:Medium
Gluttony:Medium
Wrath:Low
Sloth:Very High
Envy:Very Low
Lust:Medium
Pride:Medium
Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quizanother furry one
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Originally posted by av98m:
but I dun have any lobang for korean porngoogle is ur best porn buddy
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Greed : Medium
Gluttony : Medium
Wrath : Very Low
Sloth : Low
Envy : Very Low
Lust : High
Pride : Medium
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zora, your lust very high leh...who are u lusting huh??? hahahahaah
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
zora, your lust very high leh...who are u lusting huh??? hahahahaah
hmmmm.....someone who he doesnt know, whom i dunno oso...hahahaha
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Greed: Very High Gluttony: High Wrath: High Sloth: Very High Envy: Very High Lust: Medium Pride: High i should be hanged