Priest to hold nun beauty pageant

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Priest to hold nun beauty pageant



Internet users will be able to choose their favourite nun from photographs

An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour.
Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September.
"Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," he told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.
He is asking nuns to send their photos to him, saying that internet users will then choose the winner.
Father Rungi stressed that nuns were not being invited to parade in bathing suits, saying it will be up to them whether they pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered.
"This contest will be a way to show there isn't just the beauty we see on television but also a more discreet charm," the priest, who lives near the southern city of Naples, told the Corriere della Sera.
"You really think all nuns are old, stunted and sad? This isn't the case anymore," he said, pointing out that many young nuns had arrived to Italy from around the world.
He added that the idea of staging such a contest had been suggested by nuns themselves.

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Sounds like a good idea?

Bottle_of_Smoke

Gotta love the onion .....oh

Weird, just very weird.

thebaldsoprano

Well, as an ex Catholic anyway, I think that's a great idea!

This contest will be a way to show there isn't just the beauty we see on television but also a more discreet charm

Very nice way of looking at things given the robotic, waif like, in your face idea of beauty doing the rounds at the moment.

Fanny Cradock

It reminds me of the classic scene in the Simpsons. As a number of well endowed women service a cat the voice-over says, 'The Catholic Church - we've made a few... changes.'

CreepingDeath

The_Edge wrote: »

Sounds like a good idea?

Sounds like an episode of "Father Ted".

PDN

I'm sure there are some hot nuns - but wouldn't the pride engendered by this thing be the opposite of what nunship is supposed to be about?

Zombrex

PDN wrote: »

I'm sure there are some hot nuns - but wouldn't the pride engendered by this thing be the opposite of what nunship is supposed to be about?

Is pride actually considered bad? I thought that was one of those medieval things that had little basis in the actual Bible?

(genuine question)

PDN

Wicknight wrote: »

Is pride actually considered bad? I thought that was one of those medieval things that had little basis in the actual Bible?

(genuine question)

Proverbs 8
"I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

"The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished." (Proverbs 16:5)

"Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor." (Proverbs 18:12)

"He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'" (Mark 7:20-23)

"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited." (Romans 12:16)

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

"he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6)

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." (1 John 2:15-17)

Zombrex

PDN wrote: »

Proverbs 8
"I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

"The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished." (Proverbs 16:5)

"Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor." (Proverbs 18:12)

"He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'" (Mark 7:20-23)

"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited." (Romans 12:16)

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

"he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6)

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." (1 John 2:15-17)

That shut me up then

How do most Christians interpret phrases like "do not love the world or anything in the world"?

What is considered too much pride, wearing fashionable clothes? being pleased you passed your exams? showering once a day?

PDN

Wicknight wrote: »

That shut me up then

How do most Christians interpret phrases like "do not love the world or anything in the world"?

What is considered too much pride, wearing fashionable clothes? being pleased you passed your exams? showering once a day?

I think it is about taking pride for something that is not down to you anyway.

We get proud about our looks, our intelligence etc - yet these are accidents of birth (or providence, depending on your point of view).

I don't think it's just Christians who see pride as sinful. Don't we alll like to see an arrogant person taken down a peg or two?

Galvasean

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

a number of well endowed women service a cat

Don't type that in to google! :eek:

Dog Fan

when I first saw the article on the BBC site I thought it was a spoof worthy of April 1.

Or the Fr. Ted Lovely Girls competition.

Things have changed from the days when they weren't even allowed to wear makeup!

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Tis cancelled

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Zombrex

PDN wrote: »

I think it is about taking pride for something that is not down to you anyway.

We get proud about our looks, our intelligence etc - yet these are accidents of birth (or providence, depending on your point of view).

I don't think it's just Christians who see pride as sinful. Don't we alll like to see an arrogant person taken down a peg or two?

Well yes, but pride isn't necessarily arrogance.

For example, a few months ago I was at a party where an attractive girl, who was a little tipsy, was hitting on me and tried to kiss me. Despite being a little tipsy myself I didn't kiss her, while still managing not to upset or embarrass her, because she had a boyfriend.

I was quite proud of myself for doing that, a lot of guys wouldn't and looking back I was glad I did.

Do you think that is sinful? Does it make me arrogant in need of being taken a peg down?

JimiTime

Wicknight wrote: »

Well yes, but pride isn't necessarily arrogance.

For example, a few months ago I was at a party where an attractive girl, who was a little tipsy, was hitting on me and tried to kiss me. Despite being a little tipsy myself I didn't kiss her, while still managing not to upset or embarrass her, because she had a boyfriend.

I was quite proud of myself for doing that, a lot of guys wouldn't and looking back I was glad I did.

Do you think that is sinful? Does it make me arrogant in need of being taken a peg down?

I'm not looking to get in on the what is/isn't pride thing, but why would you be proud of doing the above? Is that not what any person should do? I realise there are feckers out there who would just get a sniff of a woman and bam, but why compare yourself to them? Its a strange thing to be proud of.

TravelJunkie

pride can also be self-pity, maybe that's what it was.

PDN

Wicknight wrote: »

Well yes, but pride isn't necessarily arrogance.

For example, a few months ago I was at a party where an attractive girl, who was a little tipsy, was hitting on me and tried to kiss me. Despite being a little tipsy myself I didn't kiss her, while still managing not to upset or embarrass her, because she had a boyfriend.

I was quite proud of myself for doing that, a lot of guys wouldn't and looking back I was glad I did.

Do you think that is sinful? Does it make me arrogant in need of being taken a peg down?

I think any normal person would resist the temptation to take advantage of a blind girl. Not really a cause to be proud.

Zombrex

JimiTime wrote: »

I'm not looking to get in on the what is/isn't pride thing, but why would you be proud of doing the above?

Because it was the right thing to do. Isn't that what being proud is all about?

What would you consider a good reason to be proud?

Sabre0001

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Sounds like an episode of "Father Ted".

Of course, don't they all have lovely bottoms...

Zombrex

TravelJunkie wrote: »

pride can also be self-pity, maybe that's what it was.

I don't even understand that, though I assume it is supposed to be an insult.

TravelJunkie

I think pride is when you focus on yourself and give yourself glory (not what you were talking about, ie. feeling good about something you did).

Self-pity is the same thing, but in a negative way. The person is still focussing on him/herself, but on the negative points.

Sorry, not an insult to you.

BrianCalgary

pride –noun 1. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2. the state or feeling of being proud.
3. a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
4. pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
5. something that causes a person or persons to be proud: His art collection was the pride of the family.
6. the best of a group, class, society, etc.: This bull is the pride of the herd.
7. the most flourishing state or period: in the pride of adulthood.
8. mettle in a horse.
9. Literary. splendor, magnificence, or pomp.
10. a group of lions.
11. sexual desire, esp. in a female animal.
12. ornament or adornment.
–verb (used with object) 13. to indulge or plume (oneself) in a feeling of pride (usually fol. by on or upon): She prides herself on her tennis.

I think th eEnglish language lets us down here. I am very proud of my kids and how they live their lives. I dont find that sinful.

In your case wicknight I can see where you were well pleased with your actions, but was it pride as the sense of the above definition?

Is there a difference between being pleased with yourself in making tehright decision and pride?

JimiTime

PDN wrote: »

I think any normal person would resist the temptation to take advantage of a blind girl.:)

tee-hee. :pac:

Zombrex

TravelJunkie wrote: »

I think pride is when you focus on yourself and give yourself glory

Look, I only did that once and I didn't know my mum would walk it ... :pac:

Fanny Cradock

You're nearly 30, Wicknight. I thought you would have exercised a little more caution.