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It does say in the bible...
Submitted on March 16th, 2008 by AnonymousMatthew 19:26 ish it says that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle then for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of god.
So it is kinda supported by the bible.
That being said i don't agree with it.
Wealth?
Submitted on March 15th, 2008 by AnonymousThe Vatican really shouldn't chastise people about accumulating excessive wealth considering they're the smallest nation on Earth AND one of the richest.
Hypocrisy
Submitted on March 15th, 2008 by AnonymousThey who've smelt it, delt it.
Wealth
Submitted on March 14th, 2008 by AnonymousHow did people ever get the idea that having wealth is a bad thing?
Theres nothing in the bible about it being a sin to have money. It only says we shouldn't horde it. (that is, not to "get all you can, can all you get, and then sit on the can.)
Quite honestly, were supposed to have a good amount of money, God said to us "Go forth and multiply"! Thats talking about more than just kids!!
It says when we tithe, we get blessed back with 30, 60, even 100 times what we give!
so as long as we're not letting our neighbor starve to death, whats the big deal about have a 6-figure salary?
These are sins?
Submitted on March 12th, 2008 by AnonymousI suppose I am horribly selfish in saying so, but it's not anyone's business how I decide to spend my life.
If I want to smoke pot, I will. If I want to drive an SUV, I will. If stem cell research and use saves lives, I believe it is morally defensible. If I (or anyone else) acquires large sums of money, it is my choice what I do with it. I may not donate a penny, and that's my choice. If chicken tastes better after it has been genetically altered, so be it. Chickens can live without heads...I am not inclined to feel remorse for then. I am not even sure what a "right of human nature" IS. Some people throw health care into that category...some people say that life alone is our natural right. Anyone who encounters a problem could use the argument that natural rights are being violated (The govt. won't pay for my house! but owning a house is a natural right!).
At any rate, in my opinion, none of those listed above are sins. Murder, oppression, theft, torture...these horrors go on today, and often! These are things that directly affect the lives of those involved. These are the sins we should be working to eradicate. Driving an SUV seems pretty harmless by comparison, especially considering human contribution to global warming has not been researched thoroughly enough to be proven.
Drug trafficking and consumption
Submitted on March 11th, 2008 by AnonymousIt would be a great day when everyone started realizing the real drug war. Most of the problems we face from drug use were created by our unjust laws to begin with. Somehow people would rather their kids be locked up in jail and repeatedly beaten by inmates than go home after school to smoke a joint, which has very little adverse health effects compared to tobacco and alcohol. Scientists are now debunking the once held myths of marijuana use. The use of marijuana is treated equal with the use of cocaine in our law system. This morally wrong thinking. The penalties for drug use are inhumane. I'm far more worried about real violence and robbery than the illegal use of substances which are all natural rights. Anyone who thinks a pot smoker is a worse criminal than the aforementioned scenarios is a hateful nut job. We need to focus on fixing pollution, poverty, energy dependence, lowering crime with the increase of education and income, drug prices, health care, the economy, general education and human rights.
Re: Morally Debatable Experiments
Submitted on March 11th, 2008 by BenAre you serious? If so, you must realize that embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and other bio-tech research is highly controversial and fraught with moral questions.
And the debate is changing all the time as research advances. For example: "Today, the case for using taxpayer dollars to destroy, for research purposes, embryos that were created for fertility treatment is weaker not just on moral grounds but also on scientific grounds. Since those fertility-clinic embryos are available essentially at random, their genetics are not known in advance—but the new ethically uncontroversial reprogramming technique allows for the creation of genetically-tailored cells. To study diabetes, for instance, researchers will be able to take a skin sample from a diabetic and produce pluripotent cells with that individual’s genetic identity. It will not be necessary to rely on the indiscriminate and lethal lottery envisioned by the bills President Bush has now twice vetoed."
Morally Debating Experiments
Submitted on March 11th, 2008 by AnonymousWow, could that be any clearer. What does that even mean? How out of touch is the Catholic Church with the real world?
Excessive Wealth?
Submitted on March 11th, 2008 by AnonymousCouldn't the Vatican be accused of accumilating excessive wealth?The collect and have more wealth than any nation on Earth.Yet the make their slaves for the church take a vow of poverty.
Couldn't an arguement be made that The Catholic church has violated the fundamental rights of human nature?I would file systematically abusing children for decades under that category.
Inflicting poverty?
Here is how life is. You work hard you get paid.You don't you live in poverty.I don't see any of the Vatican's excessive wealth going to help with the fundamental rights of human nature or helping those who are inflicted with poverty.
Give me a *ucking break!
Hail Mary, full of....
Submitted on March 11th, 2008 by catsmilerWill I be issued carbon credits for confessing, or will I be sentenced to 100 Hail Mary's and an act of contrition..?