[ExI] Vatican's list of seven 'social sins'

[ABlainey at aol.com]

That explains why I was off the christmas card list last year.
;o)

In a message dated 10/03/2008 23:59:59 GMT Standard Time, amara at amara.com 
writes:


> Good news, extropes! Your social preferences hit two of the top three
> on the Vatican's list of seven 'social sins'!
> 
> From
> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/10/vatican-comes-up-wit.html
> 
> <begin quote>
> 
> In the sixth century, Pope Gregory handed down a list of "seven cardinal
> vices." Now the Vatican has issued an additional seven "social sins."
> 
>      You offend God not only by stealing, taking the Lord's name in 
> vain or coveting your neighbor's wife, but also by wrecking the 
> environment, carrying out morally debatable experiments that 
> manipulate DNA or harm embryos," said [Bishop Gianfranco] Girotti, 
> who is responsible for the body that oversees confessions.
> 
>      The seven social sins are:
> 
>      1. "Bioethical" violations such as birth control
> 
>      2. "Morally dubious" experiments such as stem cell research
> 
>      3. Drug abuse
> 
>      4. Polluting the environment
> 
>      5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor
> 
>      6. Excessive wealth
> 
>      7. Creating poverty

   
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