The Gaytheist Agenda

Who says the church doesn’t adapt to the times? The Vatican has updated it’s list of sins to include a number of modern day behaviors.

VATICAN CITY - In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list. Also receiving fresh attention by the Vatican was social injustice, along the lines of the age-old maxim: “The rich get richer while the poor get poorer.”

Social injustice? Does that mean the Vatican will be selling off some of its riches and donating the proceeds to the poor?

God’s law is being violated in today’s world, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, was asked by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano what, in his opinion, are the “new sins.”

He cited “violations of the basic rights of human nature” through genetic manipulation, drugs that “weaken the mind and cloud intelligence,” and the imbalance between the rich and the poor.

Funny how he doesn’t object to violating the basic rights of human nature through religious bigotry. Nor does he mention how blind allegiance to religious dogma weakens the mind and clouds intelligence.

Closer to home, Girotti was asked about the many “situations of scandal and sin within the church,” in what appeared to be a reference to allegations in the United States and other countries of sexual abuse by clergy of minors and the coverups by hierarchy.

Hey, somebody was reading my mind! I wonder what he had to say about those “sins”.

The monsignor acknowledged the “objective gravity” of the allegations, but contended that the heavy coverage by mass media of the scandals must also be denounced because it “discredits the church.”

All-rightey now. Priests and nuns abusing countless children over decades is a paltry offense compared to the media paying attention to it. I am continually fascinated at how the twisted minds of these theists work.

Benedict has been leading the Vatican’s campaign against abortion, and Girotti was asked about the “widespread perception” that the church doesn’t consider the “difficult” predicament for women.

Girotti rejected that view, saying that Catholic organizations help unwed mothers, educating “their children who come into the worth because of their lack of foresight” and facilitating adoption.

The children come into the (world–I assume that was a misprint) because of the mother’s lack of foresight? Yet again the Catholic church completely lays all the blame on the woman and lets the father get off scott free. Do they think these unwed mothers conceived the children immaculately? Oh, wait, they obviously don’t given that “lack of foresight” dig. But since it’s the woman who has to play incubator she’s the one who carries all of the blame for the misdeed, as usual. And I doubt the church will be facilitating adoptions to any LGBT singles or couples.

I have to wonder, considering how Catholicism seems to be dying out, if adding to the list of “sins” will do anything to revive it or if it will only hasten its demise.

Addendum: A comment has arrived. Emily said:

I hope it (the Catholic church) doesn’t die out completely! I’m a happy Catholic. But I think it’s ridiculous that people try to cover up scandal, and I definitely think the sin list is obscenely long. People get way too legalistic and give the rest of us a bad name. There are tons of problems within it…people are stupid, no matter how well-intentioned they may be. But hey, at least we’re not crusading anymore or killing witches or anything. I like being Catholic cause they evolve, albeit slowly, as opposed to fundies who are too hard-headed to even conceive of change. REPENT! REPENT OF YOUR SINS! CHANGE IS BAD!

Very well stated, and thank you for your comment, Emily. I would like to see the Church let up somewhat on LGBT folk and relax it’s standards on reproductive choice, of course. But you’re right that they have come a long way–particularly in comparison to the fundaloons.