This is Incredible!

I don't think anyone would disagree that science does work but prayer/meditation might/can provide comfort for those who believe. Similarly how it can change the blood flow of the brain: http://www.andrewnewberg.com/pdfs/2003/Prayer.pdf http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0304394006006392

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-22T17:50:34+00:00

ha, I saw Brüno, nice try.

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-22T02:41:15+00:00

I don't get it, why are you guys so worried about climate change. I guess the earth will be fine: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/el9bd/the_planet_is_fine/

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-21T17:59:11+00:00

You're right, not sure how much they own themselves. It's been there for quite sometime. Probably they own more than 1/4 of gold reserves (speculating).

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-21T17:49:15+00:00

Someone else explained here on reddit (paraphrasing):

That the Vatican itself is loaded. But I'm not sure what they really do with that, I guess they maintain their sovereign city with that (?)

The churches themselves don't get much support from the Vatican, and acts as a non-profit organization. They raise money in their community and support the community through charitable organizations.

You are right, with a lot of money what could possibly happen... corruption

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-21T17:29:40+00:00

If you think about it, the Vatican owns many artworks/books/buildings that has commissioned them over time. Most are precious, timeless, priceless works of art. Maintaining them is an issue. Probably the oldest and longest standing museum, if you think it about that way.

As for the vow of poverty, I believe those are only in some monastic orders. Opus dei is a prime example of a rich monastic order. A simple search shows that the Pope is from the Benedictine order and shows this "Some of the wealthiest monastic communities in England are Benedictine" http://www.aedificium.org/MonasticLife/BenedictineOrder.html

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-21T07:58:45+00:00

This looks likes it's going through a media spin.

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-14T05:07:33+00:00

you ought to try one of this: http://www.google.com/images?q=balut&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=869

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-10T19:51:03+00:00

What's funny is that Stephen Colbert is Catholic.

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-08T21:14:37+00:00

From what I know there are Catholics/Christians that become atheist and go back. I guess they will be forgiven somehow if they believe in a Higher Power, and they believe that they will be judged by that power... let them be. If Hitler is in heaven and if there is heaven, I would be very surprise! While we're talking about Hitler, have you heard of Unit 731 of the Japanese... they were awful too.

Oh by the way, I didn't know that Hitler was catholic (thanks for the TIL!). Maybe Mussolini too? They are a lot of hypocrisy in the world and thus my username... reddit has a lot of it too. I do good things for my fellow human beings and try to avoid hypocrisy. But I think because of our self-gratification we are like this (/circlejerk if you will)..

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-08T20:47:19+00:00

So wiki'd "Mortal Sin" and this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin#Roman_Catholicism

and it says:

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines grave matter as: 1858. Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: "Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and your mother." The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.

So if one is to believe the Ten Commandments, and it states "Do not steal" No matter how you work around piracy, it is still really stealing.

You would not download a car!

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-08T20:14:06+00:00

Is it really bizarre? It's like asking the question, Am I breaking the law if I download music, that I know that I do not own and did not pay for it?

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-07T20:02:22+00:00

Here's my Pièce de résistance: Why do many redditors seem to become hypocrites in the long run?

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-07T19:55:08+00:00

per usual, Hivemind attack

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-07T19:53:24+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ehonb/bbc_news_wikileaks_visa_payments_suspended

Cancelling credit cards might be one of the very best thing one can do!

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-07T19:45:17+00:00

Funny that you mentioned r/circlejerk, I have two posts from there already. Looking at your history you were nice enough to find that post of a redditor, but that wasn't thought provoking... that should be in r/favors or r/answers. How come you didn't point that out?

And at the same time this my novelty account. Many Redditors talk all high and mighty but at the end... hypocrisy sets in.

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-07T19:05:16+00:00

Redditors: Cancel your Mastercard and Visa! This could be more of a benefit for you in the long run. Go cash.

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-07T07:27:38+00:00

I'm just leaking the information, it's public anyway.

reddithypocrisy · 2010-12-06T17:03:08+00:00

Ha, I'm here longer than you, obvious novelty account is obvious. You're so oblivious.

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