RTFA: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&si…

The seven social sins are:
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

Hmmm… Morally dubious, indeed. I guess drug use (e.g. alcohol during a religious ceremony) is set apart from drug abuse. Don’t forget: you can ALWAYS be forgiven. In Catholicism (maybe in all of Christianity), there’s a sacrament involving being forgiven on your death-bed.

Well, on the topic of drugs, I use this as the basis for the demand to take the fluoride out of my municipal tap water! My toothpaste packaging tells me it’s a drug, and yet I get more fluoride with every glass of water I drink. I know my intake of fluoride is excessive, because on the basis of the poison recommendation on the toothpaste, I intake 8x the amount I use for brushing. Is this abuse? I’m beginning to think so…

On second glance, this looks like a pretty good list. I think the definition of the word “Sin” needs to be reworked.

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