Does this apply today?
Does this apply to you?
If not, how would you categorize the items on this list?
What things would you place on a modern list of the "Seven (or more) Deadly Sins"?
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Sin means “missing the target”, as in archery.
Or, as Obama said in this 2004 interview:
FALSANI: "What is sin?" OBAMA: "Being out of alignment with my values." FALSANI: "What happens if you have sin in your life?" OBAMA: "I think it's the same thing as the question about heaven. In the same way that if I'm true to myself and my faith that that is its own reward; when I'm not true to it, it's its own punishment."
Sin is anything that creates an obstacle to Love existing in your soul.
Good Morning!
The “Seven Deadly Sins” are from the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, a brilliant scholar and theologian of the early Church.
Thomas’s writings are terrific, and gives all Christians great insight into Scripture, Faith, Doctrine, and Praxis.
However, no Christian of any denomination would classify Thomas’s writings as “Scripture.”
In the words of Paul, “All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God”, and in the words of Jesus, “Whoever is guilty of breaking one Commandment is guilty of breaking them all.”
So, according to Scripture, which is the guide for all Christians, ALL sins are deadly.
Nevertheless, the “Big Seven” are a good jumping off point for discussion, since they summarize most of them! LOL!
I hope this thread doesn’t descend into another religious cat-fight. (That would be a SIN! LOL!)
Sin is separation from God. Sins are the symptoms of the disorder, and the ancient categorizations of them, whether the “Seven Deadly Sins” or the more spiritually perceptive and nuanced “Eight Grievous Vices” of St. John Cassian, favored by us Orthodox Christians, still apply.
Sin is anything that seperates you from God (your true destiny.)
What is “Sin”?
Not donating to the Freep-a-thon!
Voting Rat.
“What is “Sin”?”
Anything I disagree with.
as far as sins...my father used to say “everything in moderation”
as a young man I had modified his philosophy into
“everything in moderation....including moderation”
but now at my age and health, moderation is way too wild and crazy for me.
as far as the religious implications....I do not pretend to know....my Christian upbringing was strong and I was taught about sin and punishment. I do not necessarily believe that anymore....just another way to live ones life in a civilized society.
His word is always a good place to get answers :-)
The Bible Definition
Many religious leaders teach that Christ died for our sins. They teach that His shed blood cleanses us from sin. They preach about being set free from bondage to sin. They preach about freedom from keeping God’s law. But have you noticed that they never define what sin is—that they never challenge people to look into their Bibles to see how God defines sin?
If they did, they would have to tell you to read I John 3:4, where the Apostle John wrote, “Whosoever commits sin transgresses [breaks] also the law: for sin is the transgression [breaking] of the law.” When you sin, you break the law.
But what law?
The Apostle Paul wrote, “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law” (Rom. 7:7). God’s law reveals sin.
But what law was Paul writing about?
“…for I had not known lust, except the law had said, You shall not COVET” (same verse). This is the Tenth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21. The law that Paul and John referred to was the Ten Commandments. Both apostles taught that when you break them, you sin.
John also wrote, in I John 5:17, “All unrighteousness is sin.” Since God’s commandments are righteousness (Psa. 119:172), then unrighteousness—sin—must be the opposite. It is breaking God’s commandments.
And for those who think the Commandments were done away with I submit the following.......
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not
Sin is ANY opposition to God.
Their is original sin and their is sin. We cure original sin by faith in Christ and are born again. Until then we can do nothing about our sin. After we are born again, Christ in us removes our daily trespasses.
Original sin, of course, is inherited. It is the rebellion of the first humans, passed along. It is thus also inherent. There is within man a tendency to rebel against God.
Sin is also ongoing. In general terms, it is an aversion to the God of the Bible.
In more specific terms, it is man’s assertion or posture, whether tacit or overt, that his ways and thoughts are higher, more enlightened, more sophisticated, than those of the God of the Bible.
You can fill in the blanks.
self absorption
In short, "all fall short of the glory of God," and are in need of the (now) finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, to take part in his resurrection.
“Sin” has no meaning except in Christianity. What does a non-believer/atheist have to do with what sin is?
Sin is separation from God
From Heinlein: The only sin is hurting other people unnecessarily. Hurting yourself is not sinful, just stupid.
breaking any of the 10 commandments