The New Deadly Sins

[David Hunter]

Last week the Vatican announced 7 new deadly sins for the modern age:

1: genetic modification
2: carrying out experiments on humans
3: polluting the environment
4: causing social injustice
5: causing poverty
6: becoming obscenely wealthy
7: taking drugs

My problem with the new sins are that, well, they're all a bit dull. At least with the old sins you could have a bit of fun breaking them!
The new sins are all a bit vague. If I decided to have botox (I haven't) have I broken 1, 2 and 3 and possibly even 5? In fact I might have broken them all!
Do they mean illegal drugs, or am I hurting God when I have that Lemsip? And isn't the Vatican itself guilty of sin number 6?
I'm not really sure why they've decided to do this, but it'll be fun seeing how Magnum interpret these new sins as a lolly flavour.

Incidentally, the punishments for the original sins were:
Pride - Broken on the wheel
Envy - Put in freezing water
Gluttony - Forced to eat rats, toads, and snakes
Lust - Smothered in fire and brimstone
Anger - Dismembered alive
Greed - Put in cauldrons of boiling oil
Sloth - Thrown in snake pits

There's definitely a game show in there somewhere.

[xenomaniac]

Ohh thats quite funny. I really don't know why they bothered, the old ones are still very much alive and kicking round my place. Maybe they've been looking at the stats for Heaven admissions and they need a boost?

I think with botox you'd only be breaking 3 and 7 although I suppose supporting drug companies could throw in 1, 4 and 5.

I shall watch the soaps tonight and see which list gets the most ticks.

[FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree]

I'm surprised there's no mention of chucking it up mens bums.

[Robbing the Dead]

I think bumming is covered by lust.

[Steven]

boydsbummerbuddy said:

I think bumming is covered by lust.

That's an old sin, though, and presumably the new sins have superceded the old ones. And since there's no mention of bumming in the new list, that means it's officially okay. Vatican-approved bumming for everyone! Hooray!

[Robbing the Dead]

Isn't Vatican-approved bumming called paedophilia?

[Rad]

Steven's avatar has freaked me out, it's like we've gone back in time two years.

Number 2 on the list is a bit vague isn't it? Does that rule out clinical trials? What about experiments on bodies of dead people?

[Robbing the Dead]

Am I going to hell because I did psychology experiments at uni... oh no.

[treacle]

Why add more? The existing ones aren't very succesful as it is. Setting themselves up for failure I say!

Yes 2 is very vague. Just physical or mental or.... whit?

Actually, come to think of it, I like the idea of modern sins. I'm going to make my own based around my new diet/exercise plan which will be life changing.... maybe.

[David Hunter]

The more I think about them, the more they sound like new Commandments rather than new Sins. But then I suppose they can't call them Commandments as the original 10 appeared to Moses on tablets and I think these days we might need a bit more proof if they announced there were a new set.

[Robbing the Dead]

I dunno, the Mormons bought a cock and bull story in the nineteenth century.

[lockjawsghost]

number 7 seems a bit hypocritical to me, seeing as jesus used cannabis oil to annoint his followers. he might have used magic mushrooms as well.