<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10>That explains why I was off the christmas card list last year.<BR>
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In a message dated 10/03/2008 23:59:59 GMT Standard Time, amara@amara.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Good news, extropes! Your social preferences hit two of the top three<BR>
on the Vatican's list of seven 'social sins'!<BR>
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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/10/vatican-comes-up-wit.html<BR>
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In the sixth century, Pope Gregory handed down a list of "seven cardinal<BR>
vices." Now the Vatican has issued an additional seven "social sins."<BR>
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You offend God not only by stealing, taking the Lord's name in <BR>
vain or coveting your neighbor's wife, but also by wrecking the <BR>
environment, carrying out morally debatable experiments that <BR>
manipulate DNA or harm embryos," said [Bishop Gianfranco] Girotti, <BR>
who is responsible for the body that oversees confessions.<BR>
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The seven social sins are:<BR>
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1. "Bioethical" violations such as birth control<BR>
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2. "Morally dubious" experiments such as stem cell research<BR>
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3. Drug abuse<BR>
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4. Polluting the environment<BR>
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5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor<BR>
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6. Excessive wealth<BR>
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7. Creating poverty</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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