These are seven deadly sins: pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth. Christians believe that committing them is very bad. Not only in that religion, but also generally in ethics. People try to avoid committing them, however e.g. pride is not always considered as a sin, or to a certain extant. When somebody humiliated us, we would not say sorry or behaved as he would like after humiliation. What is more, in our society the need to have money is understood, they are necessary to survive. I believe that one should express his feelings, because it is healthy and true. While we are angry, the best way to be honest with ourselves is just to express anger, of course if it is not killing somebody. Maybe there are explanations for all seven deadly sins - we are just humans...
Vice | Virtue against which it sins | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| Pride (1) | Humility | Seeing ourselves as we are and not comparing ourselves to others is humility. Pride and vanity are competitive. If someone else's pride really bothers you, you have a lot of pride. |
| Avarice/Greed (5) | Generosity | This is about more than money. Generosity means letting others get the credit or praise. It is giving without having expectations of the other person. Greed wants to get its "fair share" or a bit more. |
| Envy (2) | Love | "Love is patient, love is kind…" Love actively seeks the good of others for their sake. Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy is almost indistinguishable from pride at times. |
| Wrath/Anger (3) | Kindness | Kindness means taking the tender approach, with patience and compassion. Anger is often our first reaction to the problems of others. Impatience with the faults of others is related to this. |
| Lust (7) | Self control | Self control and self mastery prevent pleasure from killing the soul by suffocation. Legitimate pleasures are controlled in the same way an athlete's muscles are: for maximum efficiency without damage. Lust is the self-destructive drive for pleasure out of proportion to its worth. Sex, power, or image can be used well, but they tend to go out of control. |
| Gluttony (6) | Faith and Temperance | Temperance accepts the natural limits of pleasures and preserves this natural balance. This does not pertain only to food, but to entertainment and other legitimate goods, and even the company of others. |
| Sloth (4) | Zeal | Zeal is the energetic response of the heart to God's commands. The other sins work together to deaden the spiritual senses so we first become slow to respond to God and then drift completely into the sleep of complacency. |
http://www.whitestonejournal.com/seven_deadly_sins/
| Of the seven deadly sins, this ONE is my biggest failing: | |
| Lust | 35% |
| Anger | 18% |
| Pride | 12% |
| Sloth | 10% |
| Envy | 10% |
| Gluttony | 9% |
| Greed | 6% |
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