Seven Deadly Sins

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Seven Deadly Sins
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The 7 deadly sins are the most objectionable
vices (evil, degrading, and/or immoral habits or
practices) used in early Catholic teachings.
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• The 7 deadly sins were used to educate and
  instruct followers concerning fallen man's
  tendency to sin.

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• The Catholic Church divides sin into two
  principal categories
• "venial sins
• mortal sins

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Venial sins are relatively minor sins that can be
forgiven through sacraments of the church.
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Mortal sins can destroy a life of grace and
create the threat of eternal damnation.
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Lust (or lechery) is excessive thoughts or
desires of a sexual nature.
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Giving in to lust can lead to sexual or
sociological compulsions and/or transgressions
including sexual addiction, fornication,
adultery, bestiality, rape, perversion, and
incest.
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Gluttony is the over-indulgence and
over-consumption of anything to the point of
waste.
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Gluttony can also include an obsessive
anticipation of meals and the constant eating of
delicacies and excessively costly foods.
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Greed (or avarice), too, is a sin of excess.
However, greed is applied to the acquisition of
wealth.
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More than the other sins, the definition of sloth
has changed considerably since its original
inclusion among the seven deadly sins.
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Sloth was first called the sin of sadness or
despair, the latter viewed as a refusal to enjoy
the goodness of God and the world God created.
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The modern view of sloth is that it represents
the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts.
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• Wrath (rage) is uncontrolled feelings of hatred
  and anger, e.g.,
• denial of the truth
• impatience with the law
• the desire to seek revenge
• wishing to do evil or harm to others

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In its original form, the sin of wrath also
encompassed anger pointed internally rather than
externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the
ultimate expression of wrath directed inwardly--a
final rejection of God's gifts.
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Envy is an insatiable desire. Those who commit
envy resent that another person has something
they perceive themselves as lacking, and they
wish the other person to be deprived of it.
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Pride (vanity) is considered the original and
most serious of the 7 deadly sins, and the
ultimate source from which the others arise.
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Pride is a desire to be more important or
attractive than others, failing to give
compliments to others, and excessive love of
self.
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In the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to
compete with God) caused his fall from Heaven and
his transformation into Satan.
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