Is it a sin for a Catholic to hang rosary beads from the rear view mirror of their brand new Corvette?

True story and a follow up question to the one on the Oakley sunglasses. Point being what about balance and all those who say about giving to the poor?

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One Response to “Is it a sin for a Catholic to hang rosary beads from the rear view mirror of their brand new Corvette?”

  1. Ray M Says:

    1) How do you know they aren’t giving to the poor? I just bought a new house, does that mean I’m not giving to the poor? I mean, my house costs a LOT more than a corvette.
    2) Nothing wrong with Rosaries hanging from the rear view. Hopefully it actually gets used. Otherwise, the rosary doesn’t mean much. I’ve had one hanging there before. Then I’d remember to take it into places where I’d have a long wait and pray or whatever.
    3) What the heck does this say about balance? Nothing. The only thing I can guess is you’re trying to say something about spending lots of money on new car and then showing some sign of religion. If this is what you’re trying to say, I refer back to point 1. So what?

    Now, if this guy is doing NOTHING to help others, then it means he isn’t really doing a good job of following his faith. I don’t buy new cars anymore (I have in the past) because I don’t want a car to loose most of it’s value as I drive it off the lot. I tend to buy 1 or 2 year old cars still in good shape with low mileage.

    As long as you are also helping others, it doesn’t really matter what you spend the rest of your money on. There are billionaires out there who spend a lot more money on cars and the like and they give millions, even billions to charities. (I think a lot of their charity choices are bad, but that’s my opinion)

    But here is a return question: aren’t you being a bit presumptous to judge someone soley by seeing a rosary in a new car? That seems to be doing a lot of judging on low evidence.

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