tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post3470976345512529921..comments2023-11-02T09:24:37.671-04:00Comments on Review of Cuban-American Blogs: The Pope Invents 7 New Deadly SinsManuel A.Tellecheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-84594787107258286832008-03-15T12:26:00.000-04:002008-03-15T12:26:00.000-04:00Mat dejame saber si te gustaria tener aqui el Cuba...Mat dejame saber si te gustaria tener aqui el Cuba Freedom Chat que tenemos funcionando so far 4 blogs have link together and now I am inviting you, mea visas si lo deseas para enviarte el code, solo haces un copy and paste y lo pones como post , le puedes poner una fecha futura para que se quede arriba. so far el feedback ha sido trremendo , esto es como los comments pero en vivo y a la gente le gusta esoFantomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17349273596944526270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-16801964881479719092008-03-14T19:46:00.000-04:002008-03-14T19:46:00.000-04:00I was raised and still am a practicing Catholic bu...I was raised and still am a practicing Catholic but on this decision I agree.People obviously have alter, twist or change or even ignore many other scriptures in the bible.Some are absolutely ridiculous like,Thou shall not pollute the Earth.ah, yea Newsflash Pope...A little late with this one, isn't He?I mean, you'd think this one would get handed down before there was actually a problem. okay, second one..Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. This is outrageously silly. All sex and viral infections are genetic manipulation, as is growing near any modern commercial food crop.Meanwhile, throwing in a religious clunker to roadblock genetic engineering is counterproductive, because this is probably the only path to a sustainable future that there is, and is most assuredly the only path we know of where the results are demonstrated as being viable. <BR/><BR/>Moving to the next Sin...the obscenely rich..Look who's calling the kettle black. The scandal that rocked the world of international finance one of the most compelling real-life mysteries of the century: the involvement of the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (I.O.R.), better known as the Vatican bank. Founded in 1942 to invest and increase the funds given to the Holy See for religious works, the I.O.R. is much like any other international commercial bank. It accepts savings and checking accounts, transfers funds in and out of the Vatican and makes investments. There are, however, some interesting differences in the bank, which is tucked away in the medieval tower of Sixtus V. Depositors must be connected with the Vatican. The list of those eligible includes members of the Curia (the Pope has a personal account, No. 16/16), the 729 permanent residents of Vatican City, and a small group of clergymen and laymen who have regular business dealings with the Vatican. No others need apply. The bank's assets are thought to be modest by international standards.Just so I understand...what's the dividing line between risque rich and obscenely rich? And does it just apply to individuals or would it also apply to institutions, like, say, you know, the Catholic Church?<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Thou shall not buy bag of weed from your friendly neighborhood drug dealer.<BR/><BR/>So, are Pharmacists on this hook, or off it? How about anesthesiologists (holy crap, spell check say I got that right...)? Does it depend on what the drugs are used for? If I sell Valium in the street corner, and my neighbor sells the same valium in a pharmacy, am I on the hook for a mortal sin while he's perfectly fine? Basically, is this a moral sin for failing to be properly licensed?<BR/><BR/><BR/>causing social injustice:<BR/><BR/>Well damn. I hope none of the founding fathers were Catholic. Damn "Boston Tea Party" and such, definite "social injustice" in their form of Government (and all others). Actually, "social inequality" is often called "social injustice". Does opposition to socialism and communism now count as a mortal sin? Should we really try to all starve together?<BR/><BR/><BR/>I think the world audience needs some clarification from the Church on some of these new sins that Mr. Spitzer "may" have committed with his "unsafe" sexual preferences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-50165330668641621602008-03-14T17:44:00.000-04:002008-03-14T17:44:00.000-04:00Wow MaT,pretty controversial post. One of my favor...Wow MaT,<BR/>pretty controversial post. One of my favorite quotes is by Mahatmas Ghandi:<BR/><BR/>“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”<BR/><BR/>As a fallen Roman Catholic, I seem to have the same issues that you have with my church. How dare they teach what they don't preach? <BR/><BR/>I met a woman yesterday from El Salvador who told me her sister has 17 children. She cannot support these kids so is sending some over the border to the US to various family members. She is begging this woman to take her 14 year-old daughter and put her to work in the states so she can send some money home. <BR/><BR/>As much good as I believe Mother Teresa tried to achieve, can you imagine if she taught and made birth control an option for her flock? <BR/><BR/>Instead, we have millions of unwanted children in our world or in the alternative, aborted ones.<BR/><BR/>The greed of the Catholic Church is well documented. . . so, I won't even go there.<BR/><BR/>The cover-up of pedophilia is pathetic and I keep thinking that Cardinal Law of Boston is still living it up at the Vatican right now after years of sweeping pedophiles under the rug. He should be sitting in jail. <BR/><BR/>I think the hierarchy of the church is out of touch with the people and this proclamation by the pope and Cardinal Bertone's visit in Cuba clear illustrate that.<BR/><BR/>Although I am not an atheist, I recently read Christopher Hitchens' book, God is not Great: How Religion Ruins Everything and I found I agreed with a great deal of his thesis.Ms Calabazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00054430444508465670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-64743289547361386182008-03-14T17:35:00.000-04:002008-03-14T17:35:00.000-04:00As far as I know the church has always opposed bir...As far as I know the church has always opposed birth control, it would do away with grow and multiply, but now is actually a sin, yes pedophilia should have been there for to me is the cruelest thing one could do to a child, as you say the church did not want to send it's own to hell, ah the church always inventing stuff to make it's minions run for their lives away from it.Vanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340793573089792646noreply@blogger.com