7 deadly Sins - are they really?

[redgiantuk]

I was going to do a song title game with these as I was bored but got to thinking about them.

Are the 7 deadly sins really that deadly? Or are they the problem of the whole world. I guess in small doses they are good and create energy

Lust. Can you not lust after your lover or wife/husband? Or is it purely over someone elses 'possessions' that is wrong (see also envy)
Pride - Is it not good to have pride in your work and achievements. Or does pride come before a fall.

Heres a list of sins and virtues according to Roman Catholics taken from wiki

Vice ↓ Virtue ↓
Lust Chastity
Gluttony Temperance
Greed Charity
Sloth Diligence
Wrath Patience
Envy Kindness
Pride Humility

What do you feel the most of in your everyday life?

I guess, and I'm ashamed to say it, Wrath. Anger just flares up so easily yet takes a long time to calm. I try

discuss, but hey, if you can't be bothered, try a little diligence

 

[blunt_trauma]

so...a god who drowned the entire world, flattened cities ... ordered the murder of every man, woman, child and beast in other cities ... he says wrath is a sin ...

 

[blunt_trauma]

''your god is a jealous god'' says envy is a sin ...

 

[blunt_trauma]

i can see how people think we were made in the image of god.
we have all his best flaws.
pot/kettle, god/man.

 

[BigGator5]

Here's my take on the Christian view of the seven deadly sins:

Lust - The idea is that you are suppose to lust only for God.

Pride - You are not supposed to have a high sense of your personal status, because then you place yourself before or above God.

Gluttony - Earthly excess is frown on, because you'll get all you want once you enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Greed - See Gluttony.

Sloth - Spiritual lazyness is what they warn against.

Wrath - Hate leads to anger against God.

Envy - You are not to envy God like Lucifer once did.

 

[tactful]

The movie, "7",
is entertaining.

 

[blunt_trauma]

The movie, "7",
is entertaining.

but they write it ''SE7EN''
...so really the movie is called sesevenen.

 

[virtualmachine]

I spend most days wondering when I'm going to be struck down.

Although I think I might prefer tied down.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Of course they are.





I only have two lives left.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Envy is the only real sin, the other six are subsets...





Padding for the "fucking retarded."

 

[Songcatcher]

Corporate greed is Satanic scale.

 

[KRCummings]

The seven deadly sins are not from the Bible. Just FYI.

 

[Songcatcher]

The seven deadly sins are not from the Bible. Just FYI.

I am an atheist who haven't read the bible.

I know Satan as an entity do exist.

Trust me.

 

[piccicatopolka]

various pasties

The Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial sins", which are relatively minor and could be forgiven through any sacramentals or sacraments of the church, and the more severe "capital" or mortal sins. Mortal sins are believed to destroy the life of grace and create the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of confession or forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent.

The modern Roman Catholic Catechism lists the sins as: "pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia". Each of the seven deadly sins now also has an opposite among corresponding seven holy virtues (sometimes also referred to as the contrary virtues). In parallel order to the sins they oppose, the seven holy virtues are humility, charity, kindness, patience, chastity, temperance, and diligence.

In the Book of Proverbs, it is stated that "the Lord" specifically regards "six things the Lord hateth, and the seventh His soul detesteth."

* Haughty eyes
* A lying tongue
* Hands that shed innocent blood
* A heart that devises wicked plots
* Feet that are swift to run into mischief
* A deceitful witness that uttereth lies
* Him that soweth discord among brethren

The sins in The Bible

* Lust – to have an intense desire or need: “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28).

* Gluttony – excess in eating and drinking: “for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags” (Proverbs 23:21).

* Greed - excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness: “Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more” (Ephesians 4:19).

* Laziness – disinclined to activity or exertion: not energetic or vigorous: “The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway” (Proverbs 15:19).

* Wrath – strong vengeful anger or indignation: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Proverbs 15:1)

* Envy – painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage: “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation” (1 Peter 2:1-2).

* Pride - quality or state of being proud – inordinate self esteem: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).




Jesus’ life makes the difference. "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him” (Romans 4:7-8).

 

[redgiantuk]

I used to be an athiest but as NO-ONE knows what life is all about how can anyone say with certainty there is no god or gods.
I believe it is an option therefore I cannot be an athiest.

Id much rather believe the world is a big experiment or a brain or some messed up shit but thats my fantasy addled head in overdrive

 

[redgiantuk]

getting back to the subject as I see I deviated there a bit.

I see all the sins as being more or less the same thing and is all that is wrong with the world.

Funny though, of all the conflicts that are and have been caused by religion, none of these could apply

 

[bronzeage]

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven."

There is a time to commit any of the seven deadly sins and a time when one should not.

It's good to have a list. At least you know where you stand. I told one person the other day, "I'm nine for ten on my commandments, and if I kill you right now, I'll have a full card."

I am still nine for ten, but he got my point.

 

[butters]

but they write it ''SE7EN''
...so really the movie is called sesevenen.

i would be perfect were it not for my sins ...

forgive me, father, it has been somewhere around 40 years since my last confession

you know what? i can't be arsed (sloth strikes again)

 

[redgiantuk]

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven."

There is a time to commit any of the seven deadly sins and a time when one should not.

It's good to have a list. At least you know where you stand. I told one person the other day, "I'm nine for ten on my commandments, and if I kill you right now, I'll have a full card."

I am still nine for ten, but he got my point.

Whose ass did you covet?

And is the killing only of human's it's not specific but as it's religous stuff then it surely means so as all animals can go rot in most religions (besides the usual sacred cows and shit)

It makes me laugh that you can treat all animals like shit during it's time on earth yet as long as its blessed or bled the right way, you can eat it.

 

[blunt_trauma]

i would be perfect were it not for my sins ...

forgive me, father, it has been somewhere around 40 years since my last confession

you know what? i can't be arsed (sloth strikes again)

it's my sins that make me perfect.
my dirty, smutty, seedy sins.

 

[redgiantuk]

I guess being sinLESS would make you more unique....but hey...where's the fun in that

 

[butters]

it's my sins that make me perfect.
my dirty, smutty, seedy sins.

and so say all of us
and so say all of us
for she's a jolly good sinner
she's a jolly good sinne.......
(i'll shut up now)

I guess being sinLESS would make you more unique....but hey...where's the fun in that

listen, dude, we were born with original sin, us chicks, don'tcha know nutthin?

one of the many reasons i gave up on religion. babies born sinful? fuck. and. off.

 

[bronzeage]

Whose ass did you covet?

And is the killing only of human's it's not specific but as it's religous stuff then it surely means so as all animals can go rot in most religions (besides the usual sacred cows and shit)

It makes me laugh that you can treat all animals like shit during it's time on earth yet as long as its blessed or bled the right way, you can eat it.

You have a strange sense of humor. Most people don't get the giggles in a butcher shop. The dietary laws are practical in an arid place with no refrigeration. I am sure you would like to know that the meat on your plate was handled properly on its way to your table.

The killing rule applies only to friends. Thy shalt not kill thy friends. Can't covet your friends ass or his Camaro, either, which might lead you to steal it. All bad stuff, bad for tribe, bad all around. People have to take sides and it makes things awkward.

It is perfectly okay to cross the river or mountain, where you don't know the people. If you covet anything of theirs, it's not a violation to kill everyone of them and take their stuff.