More sins? What’s next - cheap prescriptions?

Who died and made them boss?
Oh, yeah Jesus.. my bad

Prove it?

Don’t EVEN get me started! Legalism in the church is one of the many things that the Bible quotes Jesus as teaching against….but so many churches are chock full of legalistic BS like you listed here.

“Harbinger of Death Pharmacist” would be an awesome name!

Are you fucking serious??? That’s just crap that the pope is making up. LOL Thank “God” I am not a religious buff ;) Hmmm….

I guess just about everyone I know of is a sinner for the drug thing. So, it’s a sin for the cancer patient to get the morphine? I must disagree with the Pope on that one.

I gave up smoting.

Smite me if thee must, but I love your blog and I am a Christian. Perhaps the pope will post your blog as the next big sin for 2009.

Is farting an envioronmental pollutant? Please let me know because if I hold this thing in any longer I’m gonna explode!!!

AARRGGH!!! I just let it rip..the demons are coming to get me…I’m going straight to hell!! Don’t Fart or you will be sent to damnation like me. Perhaps a spray bottle of holy water will save me (okay it’s air freshener, but I blessed it with a few hail Mary’s first)…TAP thank you for that post, customers have been awful, you helped me through

lol… love it… i always knew i was going to hell, but i didn’t know it was because of my job… (then again, it would depend on the job, wouldn’t it? stripping sounds wonderfully unsinning, right?) does this mean the church will support me if i quit my job to receive absolution? ;)

First, love the blog TAP… Just wanted to say that there actually is not a new list of seven deadly sins (media hype, anyone?) so all the anti-Catholics can put the hate back in the holster for another day.
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=6216

Thanks!

Not deadly…but new things that the church is against…aka mini-sins

Oh well, all the cool people are going to hell anyways. Besides it can’t be worse than calling public aid for an overide!!

Not only does making birth control “wrong” seem stupid, it kills people. Catholic missionary’s contribute to the AIDS epidemic by preaching the “evilness” of condom use in Africa where 22.5 million people have the disease. But, yeah,…. pharmacists are going to hell for selling the little pieces of rubber!! I love religion…

This is a common misconception. Studies have been done that show a direct correlation between HIV rates and condom use. A couple of years ago, Janet Museveni of Uganda introduced an abstinence program and it has shown more promise in reducing HIV rates than condom use in Uganda. However, because organizations, such as the UN, rely so much on condom use abstinence programs are not given much thought as an alternative (and there is always the preconceived notion that abstinence programs do not work at all, which is not the case).

Certainly abstinence would reduce HIV rates quicker than condom use! Is that a shocker? But why would someone throw gas on a fire by saying it is morally/ethically WRONG to use condoms IF you were to have sex? It’s like saying, “Driving a car is wrong, but if you do drive, don’t you dare wear a seat belt.” The seat belt may or may not save your life, but why risk it?

Well, it would be a shocker for the UN since they have never promoted the idea of abstinence. Advocating for the use of condoms creates a false sense of security that no matter what, no one will get infected as long as they are wearing rubber (South Africans have been interviewed and believe there really is no reason to abstain or limit sexual partners since condoms are available and are very efficient). See, condoms and other forms of protection can change behaviours and attitudes in society (look at our society after contraception became popular).
In terms of morals/ethics, I don’t want to get into why the church teaches what it teaches since this is a pharmacy blog not a religious blog. Also, certainly driving is not wrong but driving 80 Km/h (sorry, I’m writing from Canada) over the speed limit is wrong (the seat belt may give you that false sense of security that nothing will happen to you no matter how you behave).

i vote for a move to officially change the title of “pharmacist” to “harbringer of death” and “pharmaceutical technician” to “harbringer of death’s assistant.” slightly longer, yes, but WAY more fun. and then maybe people will actually start taking us seriously. “ummmm…..is this the harbringer of death?” “yes.” “ummmm…. well i WAS going to ask to refill my vicodin early…but maybe i’ll just wait the 3 days… k bye.”

Pharmacy Student, what part of the country are you in? Because if you go slower on the 401 in the GTA you just may cause an accident… ;)

Good point Carolyn! I am from Ontario but luckily I don’t have to drive in the GTA (isn’t the unwritten speed limit in the GTA 160 km/h anyways, lol!)

Your personal hell consist of phoning public aid for overrides, waiting on hold for doctors, and dispensing vicodin to addicts on public aid who are going on vacation to Hawaii for 6 months, and getting the vacation overrides for them… muhahahaha

I think what they mean by “genetic manipulation” is not cross-breeding of things like the corn you mentioned, but stranger things like taking a gene from a fish and putting it into a tomato, or Roundup herbicide (seen those weird, deceptive ads?) or other things we really shouldn’t be messing with.

JMHO.

I have never heard of anything more stupider then this crap! I suppose that all scientists, pharmacists and everyone in that field will go to hell? The vadigan (sp) is just spouting out scare tactics. Isn’t that what they live for anyways? I am sick of hearing all their bullshit. Most of them mother fuckers are sick molesters anyways! If this pisses anyone off too damn bad!!! Besides this is nothing.. you should see my websit lol

No, not pissed off, just sad that a media hyped up article can rile some ppl up like this one did (I guess u needed amo for your website, lol)

Perhaps you’ve missed the recent USA Today post concerning Rx drug errors…

That’s what the media does — blow up stupid shit. Here’s what I do — respond however I want — this usually involves logic as well as foul language and brash assumptions.

It works for me so far…

I can’t prove that.. you gotta have faith.. faiiitth,, faith faith faith (sorry if my sarcasm didn’t come across with my first comment :D )

Here is the problem I have. There are many, many, many people who will go to a church, sometimes only once, and call themselves a Christian for the rest of their lives whether it be due to social purposes or whatever. You can see the problem with this as others will stereotype all Christians as this guy. If you ask a REAL Christian about the church, (I’m not talking about the Catholic Church because they are definitely way off on their theology) they will tell you that in a normal church, if you are lucky, maybe only 25% are actually Christians. The rest just merely play along, go with the flow. So before there is anymore bashing of the Christians, consider this. If you are truly open-minded, don’t stereotype Christians all in the same class, because the vast majority of them are probably no different than you except they are deceived. There are real followers of Christ and they are by no means perfect. However, they do not take part in the legalistic crap that offends you.

One more thing. Just because a pastor is a pastor does not make him a true Christian. I have known many wolves dressed like sheep.

I’m not talking about the Catholic Church because they are definitely way off on their theology

Pharm32, you do know how the early church was formed, don’t you?

What part of the “early church” are you referring to?

Way back to the time of the Apostles, which is essentially the Catholic Church (Peter as the first Pope). If you haven’t already, I’d suggest reading the catechism of the Catholic Church (a long read but worth it), this usually helps in clarifying a lot of the theology the Church teaches, which has remained constant since the time of the Apostles.
Also, fully agree with you about some pastors and priests not being true Christian. When in doubt, always look at the doctrine.

Lot’s of interesting thoughts….here’s a few more for ya. If the church doesn’t give guidance on how we should live then who should? Also, who decides who gets into Heaven and what are the determining factors/actions? How do you know? If you do sin, is there ANY redemption and who grants it??

Those aren’t thoughts, they are silly questions.

Our country has laws, statutes, and ordinances for which to base our lives — or rules to govern our actions. If you follow them, you are doing right in the eyes of your fellow citizens.

Heaven? Prove it.

Some sins are laws in the USA - ie murder. Break it and go to jail. Others, not so much. Not punishable by law. No immediate response, who cares?

Where did America’s laws come from? Better question, why did Thomas Jefferson believe every American has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

Trey,

all I can say is if you wanted, check out the Catechism. A lot of information, but worthwhile to browse.

http://www.kofc.org/un/publications/cis/catechism/contents.cfm

The whole “not a TRUE Christian” drives me insane. No true Scotsman fallacy anyone?