The Seven Deadly Sins

[Sephirothalpha]

The seven deadly sins are:-

Lust
Lust is usually thought of as involving obsessive or excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Unfulfilled lusts sometimes lead to sexual or sociological compulsions and/or transgressions including (but obviously not limited to) sexual addiction, adulttery, bestiality and rape.

Gluttony
Gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. It is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food, or its withholding from the needy.

Greed

Greed is, like Lust and Gluttony, a sin of excess. However, Greed applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. Deliberate betrayal or treason, especially for personal gain is considered to be greed. When someone wants everything and does not share.

Sloth
Described as apathy, depression and joylessness. Sadness described a feeling of dissatisfaction or discontent, which caused unhappiness with one's current situation also failure to utilize one's talents and gifts.

Wrath
Wrath may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. These feelings can manifest as vehement denial of the truth, both to others and in the form of self-denial, impatience with the procedure of law, and the desire to seek revenge outside of the workings of the justice system and generally wishing to do evil or harm to others.

Envy
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.

Pride
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.

My question is, how many of the seven sins affect you and which one's affect you more than the others.

Discuss and Debate

 

[Lionheart3k]

Hmm intresting subject.

I guess the ones that affect me would probably be, Lust, Wrath and Pride. Although I'm sure all of them affect us all at one point in life.

Lust i'm not big on, i guess every guy and girl feels lust at some point. I have a girlfriend so i 'lust' for her alot haha! In a sexual nature of course, but she is the same, and i don't see that as a problem.

Wrath, well i do feel i need to avenge a few things. Things that happened in the past, and sort of on-going.

Pride, well i do take pride in myself. But i'm sure i don't lack in compliments or praise for people when its due, maybe a little.

Like i said before, i'm fairly sure everyone experiences some form of them all at one point in life.

 

[Davey Gaga]

Pride
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.

"Excessive love of self" is something totally different to being proud of anything. I can sit on photoshop for hours, work hard to make something look good and then feel proud about what I've achieved. I can work hard in school and get amazing exam results, then feel proud of myself. However, I don't love myself to the point of excession. I think there's a cross-over in this definition between Pride and Vanity.

Lust, Wrath and Envy, I don't consider "deadly sins." They are natural human emotions that cannot be helped in some cases. The others are slightly compulsive, possibly psychological compulsions.

 

[Daenerys]

Wrath is the "Deadly Sin" i associate myself with the most, theres too many people out there i want to hurt or maim in some way Possibly because i don't appreciate being fucked with, or they just piss me off in everything they do.

"uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger"

See theres this one person, who used to piss me off and wind me up at every possible opportunity, and i still hate them, even though they try to be nice to me now XD

"wishing to do evil or harm to others."

I've done more than just wish it to happen

I'll add to this post later

 

[Sephirothalpha]

Well for myself I would say I am definately going to hell. I'm guilty of all seven sins and guilty of them on a regular basis, not so much lust as I'm in a happy relationship.

I think greed would apply to me most as I always want more than what I have.

 

[Scarlet]

The seven deadly sins are:-

Pride
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.

Most of them just seem to be too extreme.

I guess I'm a bit Envy/Greedy when it comes to material goods. I usually don't take material goods to the extreme through as some people do.

Great, thats nice to know about pride that is the most serious deadly sin. I choose pride though. Thing is, I do give compliments to other people. =(

 

[Bambi]

Im guilty of them all lol wrath and lust prolly right at the top followed by gluttony coz i like to fill my face with all kinds of junk, I can be UBER lazy when i want to be, slobbing round the house all day in my jarmers makes me a sloth. Not sure I agree with the definition of pride used though, I think I can suffer from the affliction of pride but not in the sense that i love myself and am not nice too others. Id put envy followed by greed at the bottom of the lot as we all get green eyed sometimes and as for greed, theres always something I want and wish I had loads of money so I can get it. It doesn't bother me all that much tho, i'l just get what i can when i can

 

[Lirael]

Well, looking at those, I'd say I'm only guilty of feeling envy. But that's not to say I've never felt the others at all. Allow me to explain.

When I look at those definitions, it appears as though they mean in the extreme for the others. Yes, I have desired something, but never excessively nor obsessively.

There have been times where I've eaten a little more than I've needed, perhaps appearing gluttonous, but never more than I was entitled to.

Greed.... Well, I've never been a lover of money nor material possessions. Okay, I like them, but at the end of the day, I don't need them to be happy.

Sloth... Well, we're all guilty of having days where we do nothing, but I think it means generally. I'm 17, and I go to school. I don't have to go to school anymore. I could quite easily sit at home all day and do nothing with my life, but I don't. If I did, I would be guilty of this sin. Also, the idea that depression is a sin... That gets to me. I've known people who have been depressed, and it hasn't been their fault. It's because of what's happened to them, or chemicals in their body. I'd say this definition has flaws.

Wrath... Well, I've felt angry at my parents in the past. I've shouted and screamed at people before, as I'm sure we all have, but I'd say wrath is far more. It's a build up of anger, a feeling of true hate. It's being consumed by it to the point of almost bursting. We all feel angry at some point, but not many feel it to such an intensity that it could be a sin.

Envy... well, this one appeared less extreme, which is why I said I'm perhaps guilty of it. I have wanted something someone else has, many times... But to be honest I don't think many here are guilty of the sin either. I think it means a deep envy, where you grow to hate the person who has what you want. An envy that boils inside of you, and makes you angry.

Of course we've all felt proud, but again not many have to the extreme. Not to a point where they feel no one else in the world is worth their words. Not to the point where they treat everyone else like dirt.

I don't think it's sinful to feel any of the above, a little. It becomes a sin when it's extreme and resentful. When it ruins a person and is on their mind constantly. It's not a sin to feel angry in one moment. It's not a sin to desire something someone else has unless you feel contempt for them and the envy takes a hold over your life. I think it's important to express the fact that there's a difference between humane emotion/feeling, and an extremist feeling that becomes a sin.

 

[Das Ende]

As a human being, I recognize these so called forsaken traits as vital and wholesome parts of what constructs my being, and embrace them fully. For they all affect me in various and significant ways, and form the festival which is my life.

Without these sins, I am nothing, and never would I seek to regress and extort them, for I would no longer be anything at all.

Do what you will, but seek not to harm others-all these sins may be indulged in without hurting those around you-use them to your benefit, and remember that they make us human.

This is not a Satanic statement or pledge, but rather an acknowledgement of common sense, pure and simple.