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7 Deadly Sins

So I fall victim to a more than a couple of these sins and it stops NOW. Which ones plague you? Let me tell you what they are to start off with. The Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin. The currently recognized version of the list is usually given as wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.

#1. Lust
Lust or lechery (carnal "luxuria") is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Aristotle's criterion was excessive love of others, which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary [citation needed]. In Dante's Purgatorio, the penitent walks within flames to purge himself of lustful/sexual thoughts and feelings. In Dante's "Inferno", unforgiven souls of the sin of lust are blown about in restless hurricane-like winds symbolic of their own lack of self-control to their lustful passions in earthly life.

#2.Gluttony

"Excess"
(Albert Anker, 1896)Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony (Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food or it’s withholding from the needy.[10]

Depending on the culture, it can be seen as either a vice or a sign of status. Where food is relatively scarce, being able to eat well might be something to take pride in. But in an area where food is routinely plentiful, it may be considered a sign of self-control to resist the temptation to over-indulge.

Medieval church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony,[10] arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods.[11] Aquinas went so far as to prepare a list of six ways to commit gluttony, including:

Praepropere - eating too soon.
Laute - eating too expensively.
Nimis - eating too much.
Ardenter - eating too eagerly (burningly).
Studiose - eating too daintily (keenly).
Forente - eating wildly (boringly).


1909 painting The Worship of Mammon by Evelyn De Morgan.

#3.
Greed
(Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason,[citation needed] especially for personal gain, for example through bribery . Scavenging[citation needed] and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.

As defined outside of Christian writings, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.[12]

#4.
Sloth
Over time, the "acedia" in Pope Gregory's order has come to be closer in meaning to sloth (Latin, Socordia). The focus came to be on the consequences of acedia rather than the cause, and so, by the 17th century, the exact deadly sin referred to was believed to be the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts.[citation needed] Even in Dante's time there were signs of this change; in his Purgatorio he had portrayed the penance for acedia as running continuously at top speed.

The modern view goes further, regarding laziness and indifference as the sin at the heart of the matter. Since this contrasts with a more willful failure to, for example, love God and his works, sloth is often seen as being considerably less serious than the other sins, more a sin of omission than of commission.

#5
Wrath or Anger
Wrath (Latin, ira), also known as anger or "rage", may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Anger, in its purest form, presents with self-destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries. Anger may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. Feelings of anger can manifest in different ways, including impatience, revenge, and vigilantism.

Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest (although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy, closely related to the sin of envy). Dante described vengeance as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite". In its original form, the sin of wrath also encompassed anger pointed internally rather than externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of wrath directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts.

#6.
Envy
Like greed, Envy (Latin, invidia) may be 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 resent that another person has something they perceive themselves as lacking, and wish the other person to be deprived of it.
Dante defined this as "a desire to deprive other men of theirs." Envy can be directly related to the Ten Commandments, specifically "Neither shall you desire... anything that belongs to your neighbour". In Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low. Aquinas described envy as "sorrow for another's good".[13]

7#.Pride
In almost every list Pride (Latin, superbia), or hubris, is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and the source of the others. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to acknowledge the good work of others, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante's definition was "love of self-perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbour." In Jacob Bidermann's medieval miracle play, Cenodoxus, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. In Dante's Divine Comedy, the penitents were forced to walk with stone slabs bearing down on their backs to induce feelings of humility.


So I know you all are saying yea yea yea we all fall victim to these once in a while but do you actually realize how often you fall?

On to the Next One

Goal #2
No more taking short cuts in school, work, or life. I have taken to many short cuts always trying to do things the easy way in life. All ways putting things off and procrastinating. Why? In the end it always gets me shit out of luck. I'm going to do a post on the 7 Deadly Sins and sloth is one of my biggest problems. NO MORE! I am taking control of my life and steering it in the right direction from now on. No more short comings for me I must succeed.

Goal Rules

So let’s start with the rules shall we. I must blog every day! Every damn day! I have to write down everything that happens that day the good and always the bad so I can reflect on things and see how I can make accurate steps to make things better. The only person that knows about this blog is my sister. I do plan to reveal all the deep dark secrets of my everyday life so you've officially been warned. I like to curse ALOT!! Like it taste so good in my mouth lol. I am going to stick to this I will finish this. I plan to have 2 blogs this one and a wordpress and they will be identical. Just so you all know. Whoever you are I need help and encouragement. As the story unfolds you'll see why. Now over the next 16 or 20 posts I will reveal to you my goals and explain what actions I will take to complete them. I attend ASU figure that out lol but the thing that isn’t a laughing matter is I'm flunking out of college because of my laziness. And as a result I have lost my financial aid for the 2011 year and I have no way of paying for college and I go back on Jan 9th. It seems as if I will have to get a private loan for the spring if I want to continue on my road to graduation. Did I mention I'm due to graduate in Dec 2011 and my mother and no one else knows I'm flunking out of school accept for my boyfriend Drew and he's trying to help all he can. So with all that said....

Goal #1
Better Grades
I will achieve this by putting forth 110% in all my assailments and actually studying! Feel free to input where needed. Now this blog won’t be all misery and woe which it has been for a little minute but I will throw some fun things in for the people.

2011 Blues

So I have various goals that I want to complete by the end of 2011 of 16 now but i'm going to try to come up with a list of 20. On Jan 1,2011 I will have to make a change or I will end up a complete nobody and failure in the most important eyes of them all. Mine. Update you soon. Peace