Given the present curve of morality, do you think the 7 deadly sins would ever be downgraded?

Question

Or God forbid, would the Holy Church itself one day bow to the degenerate standards of the world simply because God’s standards are getting too hard for the Y2K to uphold? This is a serious question. And I’d appreciate if you would not judge me by my eccentric picture! Genuine Christian answers are most welcome. God Bless.

Answer 1

They don't even teach the 7 deadly sins in Fundie churches. The Fundies think that the 7 deadly sins are a bunch of Catholic claptrap.

This is probably why the Fundies are pretty much immoral and obnoxious, while the Catholics still maintain some air of decency about them (sometimes).

-A Pagan

Answer 2

It seems across the world a phenomonon is accuring. some people have come up with a brilliant solution to solving the failure rate in just about everything. This about this, The children were failing school so they lowered the standard. To many people were going to prison so they lowered the standard. To many people were slacking off at work so they lowered the standard. To many people were driving like crazy so they lowered the standard. the scum of the earth felt everything was way to hard so they lowered the standard. Religious belief is to hard to maintain so they lowered the standard.

Lowering the standards solves nothing. It only shows people that if everyone does nothing they will lower the standards. It shows them that they don't need to work hard, that they can slack off. That they only need to follow three of the ten commandments each day. That they only need to work half as hard at work. That if they keep driving poorly the laws will eventually allow them to.

If I had a voice I would not hesitate to call the entire world lazy cowards. I hold myself to the highest standard I can. When I fail I do not lower my standards. I slap myself on the wrist and say don't ever do that again or the next one will be even worse. I can not nor will I willingly sacrifice my standards and I do not believe anyone else should.

Hails to the standards,
Silence

Answer 3

I'm not sure if you want Christian or Roman Catholic. In any event the Seven Deadly Sins pretty much encompass all of human error since time began. They are eternal since we don't seem to learn well. Gods standards have never been easy and since the holiest people are the humblest you won't get their message in the loudest pulpits

Answer 4

1: Lust
2: Gluttony
3: Greed/Avarice
4: Sloth/Laziness
5: Wrath/Anger
6: Envy/Jealousy
7: Pride/Arrogance
All the former have been downgraded already because we have reclassified HOMOSEXUALITY as the really big sin now and it's very conveniently one that's dead easy to avoid if you are straight but of course if you are gay you've had it and can only be intrinsically evil.
HOMOSEXUALITY it's the only big sin now... all the warring religious factions agree on it whilst blowing the world up to kingdom come.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

To "Slightly Harmful Offenses," you mean?

I dunno, but I do like Gandhi's list of "Seven Deadly Sins":

Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice

They cover a lot more ground, wouldn't you say?

There's a great discussion of these items at the Gandhi Institute site:
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/Library/LibraryItem.cfm?LibraryID=780

Answer 7

how about those 4 Cardinal Virtues?

would it ever increased beyond the 4 walls of the church to "non believers"?

most deadly sin.....disrespect in all forms, or....harm to self

harming others is also harming yourself as they are part of this world which you and I need to get along and survive

Answer 8

There is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9

Answer 9

LOL! Liberalists say there is no sin. And you want to know if the deady ones will be downgraded? Downgraded by whom? God? I don't think so. They are still deadly.

Answer 10

Religion has almost always been the enemy of moral progress. If its popularity is now so low that it has to improve its morality just to survive, then so much the better.