father, forgive me – it has been since yesterday’s rush hour since my last confession.
today, the vatican issued an unusual document – the “ten commandements of driving”
from CNN.com
An unusual document from the Vatican’s office for migrants and itinerant people also warned that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin” — particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for prostitution.
It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out “primitive” behavior in motorists, including “impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code.”
The “Drivers’ Ten Commandments,” as listed by the document, are:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.
the pope has obviously not driven in dallas. to live up to these standards would prove impossible!
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Dallas?!? I can’t live up to those in Cedar Rapids, IA.
oh to be Catholic again. long live the pope.
He could live a lot longer if they would quit choosing one in his 80’s. Sorry, did I just write that?
Aids is killing Africa. War on several continents. And the Catholic Church forgot to tell us to buckle our seat belts…
right on, jeff.
thanks a bunch for the prayers. it went extremely well. my dad has consistently met my failures with grace, and this time was no exception. i don’t know why i expect otherwise.
i really don’t think this is all that silly, i guess. it is commendable, too, that they are mostly positive statements (be charitable, be courteous, protect, support, feel responsible).
i wonder if in 200 yrs time christians will look back and wonder how we could possibly have driven at all..? :)
Does the “pope-mobile” have to abide by the same rules?
I wonder… :-)
i wonder if he implies not taking of the blood of Christ before driving…
Everyone in Kansas City abides by these rules all the time. Really.
Interesting use of time and resources. Too bad we have to have a set of 10 Commandments to encourage us to do what we should already be doing. For the record… I never claim to be a good driver. Thanks Pope!
impossible. L.A. would never go for this.
He doesn’t mention anything about losing the right to have a fish on your car if you violate any of these.
Does this have anything to do with someone jumping the pope mobile a little while ago?
Personally….I think those are a bunch of hooey…..Since when did the pope get into Driver’s Education? He probably wouldn’t write any of those if he drove.