Saturday, July 14, 2007
Seven sins... - 5:29 PM
A sudden thought of mine made me search the web for the 7 deadly sins, something that Ray and I have been trying to recollect for ages.Here they are as below. How many do you have? Haha I guess it takes courage for one to look at himself and admit his own faults. Only when you see yourself, you can improve to be a better person. Haha, take heed not to fall too deep into anyone of them... I am a guilty person to some of these too!
Lust is usually thought of as involving obsessive or excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature.
Gluttony with an overindulgence of food and drink, though in the past any form of thoughtless excess could fall within the definition of this sin.
Greed is, like Lust and Gluttony, a sin of excess. However, Greed (as seen by the Church) applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular.
Sloth as being more simply a sin of laziness, of an unwillingness to act, an unwillingness to care.
Vengeance may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger, the desire to seek revenge outside of the workings of the justice system and generally wishing to do evil or harm to others
Like Greed, Envy is characterized by an insatiable desire; they differ, however, for two main reasons: First, Greed is largely associated with material goods, whereas Envy may apply more generally. Second, those who commit the sin of Envy desire something that someone else has which they perceive themselves as lacking.
In almost every list Pride is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and indeed the ultimate source from which the others arise. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to give compliments to others though they may be deserving of them, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). In perhaps the most famous example, the story of Lucifer, Pride was what caused his Fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. Vanity and Narcissism are prime examples of this Sin.