Ten Commandments for cars from the Vatican?

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It was on the radio today.

They are suggestions on how to be better/safer drivers, not real commandments. 🙂
 
Apperantly this article is all over the news networks and it has become a punchline. I know and understand the intention but I am not happy with jokes. I am trying to not to let it bother me but it seems I am loosing the battle. :mad:
 
Wow!:bigyikes:

‘Drivers’ Ten Commandments’
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.
Who is going to start up the Catholic Driver’s Guild?
 
My co-worker had a copy on her door at work this morning – I first thought it was an Internet chain letter thingy. (i.e., “10 commandments of driving. Send this to 10 people and watch what happens!”) Then I read about it, and it sounds like something a protestant church would do, not the Vatican. Kind of an odd curveball, though.

I did read the posts on MSNBC’s discussion board about it. One word. Venomous! :eek:
 
I am amazed at the critical commentary offered by fellow Catholics at work – along the line of “I hear the Pope is making driving rules now” and “Doesn’t he have better things to write about?” I pointed out that 1. Pope Benedict did not write these commandments 2. They are not ex-cathedra pronouncements 3. The church may rightly give advice about all aspects of the life of the faithful 4.The advice is good in this motor-mad world.

I am not surprised that the liberal media use any excuse to mock the Church but I am saddened that fellow Catholics reflexively play along.
 
Its another sign of how out-of-touch the heirarchy must be to release such a silly thing. Poor translation or not, its just plain ridiculous. What world do those people live in? For sure its not this one.
 
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Its another sign of how out-of-touch the heirarchy must be to release such a silly thing. Poor translation or not, its just plain ridiculous. What world do those people live in? For sure its not this one.
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Huh? Out of touch? What’s wrong with this?:confused: I think this is very charitable, timely advice. We live in a world full of rage - and road rage is part of it, unfortunatly. And look at the amount of $$ that people spend on cars, to make them look good to their neighbors - it’s ridiculous.
 
I suppose the idea is we should not have accidents on our way to the abortion clinic – because the Church is doing precious little to help curb that grisly crime.
 
Out of touch?! My first impression is someone in the vatican must be out driving alongside all the rest of us and witnessed the craziness on the road. I thought it was a helpful and timely reminder to be Christlike in all aspects of our lives, even those which are banal and so common we do them without much thought.

I don’t honestly see what the big deal is – the secular media and most people are going to make fun of whatever the RCC does or says. I’m surprised to see people here take such issue with it, though.
 
I don’t understand why people are so upset about this. Why is asking drivers to be nice to each other, to be patient, etc. a bad thing? Isn’t it what the police and psychologists have been saying for years? Yet, when the Church says so, it’s “silly”?

Who cares if it’s something a Protestant church would do? It needs to be said.

And is the part about driving drunk a being a grave sin a bad thing?

Give me a break! This is a great thing!

How many people have to die from road rage before we get our acts together?

I’ve I were advising the pope, I’d tell him to take this document a step further and define ex cathedra that driving drunk is a mortal sin. (Of course, its not as if drunkenness itself isn’t already a mortal sin!)
 
They’re nice, and advice that more people should heed.

But at the same time I get the sense that this is a sort of, “I haven’t said anything in a while…” type of thing from The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People…
Who is going to start up the Catholic Driver’s Guild?
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The Sacred Heart Auto League has actually been in existence for over 50 years and encourages the same basic principles the document outlines:
shl.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AutoLeague
 
I think it really is something that this document was released the day after I got my first ever speeding ticket. Wow! God really does use the Church to speak to me in a personal way!
 
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Valid point Vern.

What still gets me is why have a document that contains an effort to address sex slaves, street children and the homeless mixed in a motor vehicle awareness? Not a lot of continuity there?
 
One thing for sure is that the advice is being promulgated quite nicely by the media. Despite mockery, many find it good advice.
 
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