Enraging

Parents choose prayer over medical treatment for their daughter. She dies.

Seven New Sins!

A new list! I love lists!

The Vatican has put together a list of seven "social" sins:

1. "Bioethical" violations such as birth control

2. "Morally dubious" experiments such as stem cell research

3. Drug abuse

4. Polluting the environment

5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor

6. Excessive wealth

7. Creating poverty

The original deadly sins:

1. Pride

2. Envy

3. Gluttony

4. Lust

5. Anger

6. Greed

7. Sloth

I was four for seven out of the original list, but can only claim two out of the new seven. Or three, if you consider my choice to be a public schoolteacher "creating poverty."

Maybe I should think about graduate work in bioengineering. Excessive wealth and morally dubious experiments! Whee!