I just watched your show in Toronto, I loved it!! Anyway, I was reading your blog about the Pope’s affirmation that genetic manipulation is a sin. I guess that means we shouldn’t have insulin for the diabetic. Afterall, insulin is created by genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology. I wonder if the Phope is diabetic himself.

Can’t wait to see you in Denver on May 3rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Heidi of http://www.HeidiTown.com

“[Father Dominique Hanna] said the biggest controversy is Pope Benedict XVI’s reaffirmation that genetic manipulation — including stem cell research and gender-changing operations — is a sin.”

This just pisses me off! A gender changing operation has no effect on the patients genetic structure! … For all the talk of these “new sins” (particularly the ecological ones) making the church look more progressive, this shows a definitive lack of scientific understanding.

It’s just wrong.

Thou shalt not write books or go on TV shows telling women how to dress “right” for their body types. You know, the people who tell us “If you’re tall, wear this to look shorter. If you’re short, wear that too look taller. If you have a flat chest, you need to make your breasts look bigger, and if your breasts are big, here’s how too make them look smaller. If you’re thin, these jeans will make you look curvy, and everyone else should try to look thinner. Just as long as you downplay everything that makes you look different.”

These books definitely count as some kind of evil conformity-inducing, self-hatred-inspiring heresy. When will the Pope add that to the list? Or at least Oprah. She’s kind of like the Pope. When is she gonna stop doing shows on it and denounce it?

Thou shalt not pander to ignorance in order to gain approval of the religious right
Thou shalt not send young men and women to their doom so thine oil buddies can reap profit from their blood
Thou shalt not promote a state of fear of anything that does not look/act exactly like you do
in fact i suppose we should just cut to the chase here
Thou shalt not be a republican

This guy had more: Lying to women is a sin. Pathological hypocrisy is a sin. Half a billion dollars in pedophilia lawsuit payouts is a sin. Homophobia is a sin. Hiding those golden vaginas is a sin. And creating new sins in a strange attempt to stay relevant as your church withers and struggles and falters in the new and spiritually hungry but religiously mistrustful world, that’s surely a sin.