YT2095 Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 The other “new” mortal sins included taking or dealing drugs and causing poverty or the “excessive accumulation of wealth by a few” is the Real crux here though, now if Bill Gates said that... surely I`m not the Only one that can see Hypocrisy here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markus.dnd Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I am not sure how reliable is this but i am reading Laurence Gardner " The Magdalene Legacy " and it seems to me that most of changes in bibles are from Hypocrisy or from human mistakes. (i have not yet read the bible because i do not like any monotheism but i might read bibles and do some research on the old scrolls. This is really interesting. almost as Chemistry but still far from biology ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 “excessive accumulation of wealth by a few” Surley GREED is on the list anyway - so not new, just phrased differently. wrt the drugs - long long ago this was seen as sorcery (outlawed in those times) as people who went onto 'magical' trances (drug induced obviously). So still not new - just new terminology - the 'sin' is just the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 surely I`m not the Only one that can see Hypocrisy here? The huge wealth of the Catholic Churrch was the first thing I thought of too. I am surprised that they didn't think this themselves and tread a little lightly on excessive wealth. Incidentally, Jesus is very specific about what is a sin - basically anything which stands between you and God (so lusting after chocolate ice-cream is as much a sin as lusting after hardcore porn). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDarwin Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 The other “new” mortal sins included taking or dealing drugs and causing poverty or the “excessive accumulation of wealth by a few” is the Real crux here though, now if Bill Gates said that... surely I`m not the Only one that can see Hypocrisy here? There absolutely is an hypocrisy. That's why Jesus preached against hording wealth in the first place. That "new sin" is probably the least new of the 7. The difference between "the excessive accumulation of wealth by the few" and "greed" is that the later is an individual sin while the former is a social ill. Thus, we sin not only through hording wealth, but from being silent in a society in which wealth is horded. I find that social message interesting, and pretty authentically Christian. As a Protestant, I see your point about the Church accumulating an awful lot of wealth, but I suppose the justification would be that that wealth is put to the glorification of God. And the Pope's Gucci slippers. I would argue that the Catholic Church is hardly an instrument for the unfair distribution of wealth in the manner that a large, ethically unburdened corporation might be, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 but I suppose the justification would be that that wealth is put to the glorification of God. No where does the Bible ever say that God asks this of anyone, in fact the message is quite clearly the Opposite of that. the parable of "the Widows Might" is a clear demonstration of this. there`s like a kazillion others too! in fact getting Rid of all this excess that they have and helping the poor and starving (that they CLAIM concern about) would be a Greater glorification, wouldn`t it? the whole thing Stinks to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 The widow's might is an interesting concept but the parable should be about her mite. If there were a God who built the universe does anyone really think He'd be impressed by a catherderal with some gold trimming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDarwin Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 The widow's might is an interesting concept but the parable should be about her mite.If there were a God who built the universe does anyone really think He'd be impressed by a catherderal with some gold trimming? Humans might be though. That's the notion: We as a society love God so much that we're willing to sacrifice personal comforts to pay for these shiny cathedrals. I'm not defending it; I'm just stating the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 An update is always useful! But strangely I feel like crying and laughing at the same time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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