This is question seventeen in my ongoing campaign to gague the knowledge of the average Yahoo Answers answerer concerning their understanding of GOD, the Bible, and the Religions that follow them.
17. What does the Bible mean by calling Pride a deadly sin?
2006-06-08 09:55:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
pride essentially is what sin is, it is believing that what you do is right regardless of what God says. and it is the deadliest sin because it is the only one that you are blind to.
2006-06-08 10:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by night_fox51 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pride is deadly in ANY religion.
In Gnosticism, it is called ego. If fact Carl Jung was Gnostic and based many of his writings about Psychology on those beliefs. He was also influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism.
The Buddha said all the self is created by the ego. That in really the person and the individual does not exist.
I am surprised that with the Church philosophy and the pride and ego of the pope and bishops that they even allowed that scripture to stay in the Bible.
huntjames32 and lasermouse are in error saying that it is not in the Bible. Locations are Proverbs 8:13says, God hates pride, James 4:6 tells us that God resists the proud. Proverbs 16:18, Pride goes before destruction. Prov. 6:16-19 list the seven things God hates.
Thomas Aquinas and the Catholic Church took credit for for something wise King Solomon wrote three thousand years ago. Of course, when has telling the TRUTH ever mattered to them?
2006-06-08 10:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by ganerd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i cant think of any. did you know that the seven deadly sins were not written back when "jesus" existed. nor was it a calling from god to add it into the bible. the 7 deadly sins were completely man made and were designed to keep a community of people in line so that there would be less crime and more organization. ooo and sloth is not only laziness...sloth is also complete depression that causes one to loath. the reason they made this was bc back then...if a single person didnt work it could throw off an entire family or more. everyone needed to put in their part. and "sloth" was unacceptable. ive also done reasearch on the sins...its very interesting. even though i am not religious and do not believe most of what religion preaches. ;-) man made. not god inspired. end of story.
2016-03-26 22:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Aquinas wrote the seven deadly sins some time during the seventh or eight centuries. they are not from the bible. and pride was included because he believed that a prideful person would put them self a head of god.
2006-06-08 10:02:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs 6:17 mentions "a proud look" as one of the things that God hates. I believe that this is a deadly sin because you are loving yourself and trying to prove yourself to others instead of trying to be the best Christian in God's eyes. It doesn't matter what other people think, all that matters is your personal devotion to God. Being in pursuit of things that will make you more proud of yourself is going after earthly things, which are not important in the long run.
2006-06-08 10:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by astraea82 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pride is a deadly sin in Catholic dogma.
the seven deadly sins were created by a priest, they are not actually in the Bible.
2006-06-08 09:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that Lucifer started taking his eyes off of God then started noticing his own luminance until he completely kept his eyes off of God then concentrated mainly on himself to the point where he became puffed up, conceited and so far away from God that he considered himself better and more powerful than God?
2006-06-08 10:06:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When one gains enough wisdom to see the hand of God in all things, then one can understand why a man claiming credit for Gods grace might be upsetting to God.
This I believe;
http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
2006-06-08 09:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by Don S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"lasermouse" is incorrect, it IS in the Bible, you remember "seven things doth the Lord hate, a prideful heart, a lying tongue..." etc.
It's considered a deadly sin because it is one that can actually kill you.
2006-06-08 09:59:53 · answer #9 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Campaign to gauge knowledge"?? According to whom? I have yet to see consistency among those purporting to follow the Bible to agree on just about anything. Are you yet another presuming to have the ultimate way?
2006-06-08 10:04:55 · answer #10 · answered by peachyone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋