The new sins are: 'bioethical' violations such as birth control, 'morally dubious' experiments such as stem cell research and genetic manipulation, drug abuse, polluting the environment, contributing to widening the divide between rich and poor, excessive wealth, and creating poverty. While some of these may try to hamper science and human safety, others suggest a clear understanding of the actual problems that are facing our world right now. Of course, that means that everyone running the industries and politics of the US are probably going to burn in hell, which for many probably does not come as such a big surprise.
In other religious news, a group called The Church of Google is claiming that the most popular Internet search engine site, Google.com, is extensive and far-reaching enough that it may be compared to the traditional view of “God” as an omniscient and infinite being. Their basic argument is that Google exhibits many of the qualities we look for in our gods, yet Google's existence is immediately and easily provable. [via Reality Sandwich] According to the highly humorous Google Commandments, "thou shalt honor thy fellow humans, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or race, for each has invaluable experience and knowledge to contribute toward humankind," which seems to be one of the clearest statements about the need for human undertanding in our global age.
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