The Adjusted Deadly Sins
There is a post today at 30pov with the provocative title “Evagrius Ponticus is Old and Stupid”. The thesis here is that the seven deadly sins are obsolete, and need to be updated. The title is a violation of rule 5, but the author can probably explain.
There are only six rules listed here. This enables the use of a rainbow font. If you want more chatter about these rules, go to the original post.
Do not treat people badly from the get-go.
Do not have forcible sex.
Do not hurt children.
Do not ignore how others react to you.
Do not use the term “retarded” or “retard” so liberally.
Do not fit yourself into neatly ordered categories,
like “seven deadly sins.”
One problem with the rainbow font is the yellow letters. While you can read them perfectly well using a mouse, some will be too lazy to try. In this case, the yellow rule may be the most important one of all. It needs to be repeated in red letters. Do not hurt children. Maybe you should extend that to adults.
The First Tuesday
It is the first tuesday after a monday in November. Many people are having elections today. PG lives in an unincorporated part of Dekalb (spell check suggestions: denial, dermal, decal) County, and thought he was election free. Being the concerned citizen that he is, and living a block away from the polls ( with too much free time), PG decided to walk up to the school and be certain there was no voting.
None of the usual election paraphernalia was in sight, but some small signs were on the front door. When you get close enough to read, the sign says ” Parents, you are the “P” in PTA. It is good to know that someone thinks mom and dad are number one.
Someone else with too much free time will always say ” why are elections on the first tuesday in november?”. A helpful facility called infoplease has the answer. What better way to advertise auto insurance, and connecting with high school classmates?
The word is that America used to be a bunch of farmers, who lived a long way from the polling place. November was a good time for farmers to make the overnight trip to the polls. Women did not vote in those days. The little wife could run the farm, while the old man “goes to vote”. This overnight trip could not start on Sunday, for obvious reasons. As for the “after a monday” business, November 1 is some sort of Catholic holiday.
Psychologists talk about the phenomenon of “suicide tuesday”. The idea is that people take lots of substances on the weekend, and finally crash back down on Tuesday.The abundance of unpleasant reality spoils many an outlook. Combine a traditional party night like halloween, and the morbid choices awaiting many voters, and a fair amount of depression is guaranteed today.
Violated Part Two
That rascal joemyg-d has a weekly feature that looks at crimes with a religious connection. Often, the way the story is told says as much as the story itself. In this review of a review, we will look at both the story, and how the story is told.
This weeks winner takes place in Michigan. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) claims that some diocese did not do enough to stop a wayward priest. It seems as though Joseph Skelton left seminary, after being accused of entertaining a teenage boy in his room. A few years later, he was ordained as a priest at the Diocese of Tagbilaran, in the Philippines.
This story is reported in Catholicculture.org, which is copyrighted by something called Trinity Consulting. Trinity has an ad above the priest story, where they claim to offer “Truth Based Business Services”.
In Savannah, Georgia, WTOC reports on a man who received a four million dollar settlement from the Catholic Church there. The story is that a priest molested him, more than thirty years ago. Next to this story is an animated ad. It shows a baby in a car seat shaking his head, while the headline says that 9/10 homeowners do not refinance their homes.
In Alabama, a minister got in trouble over a camping trip. In the details, AP reports:(Original spelling is copied.) “Most of the counts involved possession of obsence material. District Attorney Greg Gambril said there were three counts each of sodomy and sexual torture, which he said involved a sex toy.” An ad on this Fox News page offers readers a chance to read “Ann Coulter – Free. Be among the first to read her column each week, right from your inbox. http://www.HumanEvents.com/AnnCoulter.”
Another fox news report is about Michael Joy in Wyandotte County, Missouri. He was a church youth minister, who behaved badly with those underage. The funny part of this story is that Mr. Joy was in prison for child molestation in the eighties. A quote… “Stony Point Baptist Church Pastor Thomas Hamilton said he spoke openly with his congregation about the incident involving one of the church’s youth leaders at services on Sunday. He said Joy confessed he’d been in prison before but lied about why. State records show Joy was convicted of eight counts of child molestation in the late 80s. Hamilton said he feels betrayed and now he and his congregation are working together to move forward and heal.”
The Associated Baptist Press has a tasteful story about the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jay, Oklahoma. He had a private service with a fifteen year old girl every sunday for over a year. The site has an ad for “Passport :Summer Camp with a Mission”.
You cannot have a sex crimes roundup without a California story. The pastor of the Koinenia Christ Community Church in Tracy,California, is accused of doing naughty things with underage girls. A fuzzy picture of the accused is displayed, across from an ad for a real estate firm. The realtors display two men, three women, and two dogs. No word is given on which one sells the most.
Down under in Australia, the CathNews has a story to tell, underneath an ad for Office Max. It seems like a young lady, referred to as the “alleged victim”, was abused by a priest. The playmate were recruited by “the nuns”. The attorney of the “alleged victim” has sent a letter to all of the Catholic churches in Victoria, with a request to read the letter to the congregation.
The Archbishop of Melbourne does not want the letter read to the flock. He says that the abuse did not take place in Melbourne, and has been dealt with “under the national protocol”. The Bishop of Ballarat, where the incident was alleged to have happened, said, with certainty, that no assault took place. The “alleged victim” recieved a $12,000 settlement in 2006.
Before anyone thinks that men of the cloth are a bunch of sex crazed perverts, the Belfast Telegraph has this uplifting tale: “Father Norbert Jedrusinski, 37, fled with a £900 haul after threatening staff with a knife at the bank in Szamotuly, Poland, but was arrested when he tried to flee on a bus.” The story was next to an ad from classmates.com.
Full Moon Halloween
There was a combination halloween party/chili cookoff saturday night. PG attended.
After a while, the remaining people sat in an oval and talked about who met who, in Chicago, in 1990. When the conversation got a bit more personal, someone said ” does anyone have a recorder?”. This did not answer the question, what do you wear to a pajama party?
PG got a prize for best vest, which is a category which rhymes. Twenty five cents at a yard sale proved to be a good investment.
Lots of chili was eaten, and 911 did not get called.
Violation
PG was waddling through the kitchen, enjoying a quiet time change sunday morning. PG tries to call Uzi before noon, lest PG be considered slack. Today, the G-ds of time standards had given him an hour of technical slack time .
As PG put the leftover potatoes on the pan, there was a faint knock on the door. PG looked in the peep hole and saw a figure standing. Knowing it could be a psycho killer, PG bravely opened the door.
He saw two African Americans with books. It was invading Jesus Worshipers. The lady said ” How are you doing?” PG replied ” In no mood to talk to you” and shut the door.
PG felt anger. The peace of sunday morning had been violated. It was one more reason to know that Jesus hates PG.
Chamblee54 
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