Forgive Me Father For I Have Sinned

Not sure how we missed out on writing about this when it was in the news a week and a half ago (though I have an idea that Spitzer coverage may have over shadowed it a bit in the US), but Pope Benedict XVI’s people have announced that they felt there needed to be some updates to what is considered sinning in the modern age we live in:

“You offend God not only by stealing, blaspheming or coveting your neighbor’s wife, but also by ruining the environment, carrying out morally debatable scientific experiments, or allowing genetic manipulations which alter DNA or compromise embryos.”

While there have not been any official changes to Catholic Doctrine, the new cardinal sins on the list include Drug Dealing, Abortion, Pedophilia, Genetic Engineering and Excessive Wealth.

While it is nice to see that the priests are making an effort to update doctrine and get back in touch with their followers I am not exactly sure that this is the right way.

Also, doesn’t Pedophilia fall into the same category as Lust? Excessive Wealth a form of Greed? And if they are saying Excessive Wealth is a sin, shouldn’t they be giving up a few coins themselves? Maybe get rid of a few child-touching-priests? Oh, right, the 7 Deadly Sins (and this new updated list) can be absolved through confession to the proper officials (priests) and the proper penance.

So, what do we think, is Excessive Wealth as bad as Pedophilia? Is Genetic Engineering on par with Sloth?

Preaching About Microsoft’s ‘Homosexual Agenda”

When your previous job used to be running around all day in a pair of spandex, getting sweaty with other men and then jumping on top of them, maybe you aren’t the right person to be coming out with a strong stance against gay rights.

Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker turn reverend, Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, WA is claiming to be a modern day David against Goliath mega-corporations. Hutcherson is preaching that companies like Microsoft, who he says is attempting to become a political player in Washington state and push its policies on the entire state, can have their policies of toleration changed by the power of the shareholder.

Hutcherson is telling members of his 3,500 congregation to buy up shares of the company and reaching out to other religions, like Orthodox Jews, to do the same. The theory being that once they have amassed a controlling share of the company the can ‘correct’ the diversity policies currently in place , one of which includes an internal “affinity employee group” called the Gay and Lesbian Employees At Microsoft (GLEAM).

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Go to Hell, Do NOT Pass GO, Do NOT Collect $200

So, recently I have been asked on 3 different occasions if I have seen Jesus Camp. Apparently it is a good movie, but also kind of scary, especially with the estimates of how many Evangelical Christians are out there and how they are being raised, almost like an army, to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Yes, this can be a scary thought, however, keep in mind the movie is presenting only one type of Evangelical Christian, and from the sound of it, they are fundamentalists, preaching the word of the bible as law. Not all Evangelicals are like that. And now that I have taken that stance I will now proceed to get myself cast into hell with all the other sinners by poking fun at the International House of Prayer.
Yes, you read that correctly, IHOP.

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