Christians: Of the 7 deadly sins....?

Question

which 1 gives you the most trouble? I can't help to notice, they all tug on your emotions; the weakest link in most of us humans.

My apology for Hanging the adjective,... perhaps that did make it sound R.C.

However: the sins are best known this way,and are biblical. Col 3:5 names a few.

Answer 1

I think every sin is deadly. And there's more than 7! But I guess the "7 deadly sins" are the most known etc.

hmm...I think gluttony.

Answer 2

The 7 deadly sins were created by the Catholic church, not Christianity. It is not in the bible... it is in the apocropha.

Answer 3

Gluttony....I love food.

However, God has helped me to work on that issue and I lost 35 lbs. in a year. I still have a long way to go, though.

Answer 4

I think the deadliest sin is focusing too much on how to live your life and on how everyone else is living their lives, and not focusing enough on the simple, pure, sheer joy of living itself.

Answer 5

No such things as 7 deadly sin's. That's church teaching, not Bible.

Answer 6

Nagging

Seriously - Gluttony, I get 'hooked' on good food and drink far too easily.

Answer 7

Pride is pretty bad.
A little Leaven, leavens the whole lump.

Answer 8

The Deadly Sin of Pride:
Pride (Vanity), is excessive belief in one’s abilities, such that you don’t give credit to God. Pride is also about failing to give others credit due them — if someone’s Pride bothers you, then you are also guilty of Pride. Aquinas argued that all other sins stem from Pride: “inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin...the root of pride is found to consist in man not being, in some way, subject to God and His rule.” Punishment for Pride: Being Broken on the Wheel

The Deadly Sin of Envy:
Envy is a desire to possess what others have, whether material objects (like cars) or character traits, like a positive outlook or patience. This is a sin because, through envying others, we fail to be happy for them and fail to make the effort to improve ourselves. Aquinas wrote that envy “...is contrary to charity, whence the soul derives its spiritual life... Charity rejoices in our neighbor’s good, while envy grieves over it.” Punishment for Envy: Immersion in Freezing Water

The Deadly Sin of Gluttony:
Gluttony has traditionally been associated simply with eating too much, but it has a broader connotation and includes trying to consume more of anything than you actually need, food included. As Thomas Aquinas wrote, Gluttony is about “...not any desire of eating and drinking, but an inordinate desire...leaving the order of reason, wherein the good of moral virtue consists.” Punishment for Gluttony: Force-Fed Rats, Toads, Snakes

The Deadly Sin of Lust:
Lust is the desire to experience physical, sensual pleasures (not just those which are sexual, though they are common). Desire for physical pleasures is sinful because it causes one to ignore more important spiritual needs or commandments. Sexual desire is sinful because it leads to using sex for more than procreation. The popularity of this sin is revealed by how more gets written in condemnation of it than for just about any other sin. Punishment for Lust: Smothered in Fire, Brimstone

The Deadly Sin of Anger:
Anger, or Wrath, is the sin of rejecting the Love and Patience we should feel for others and opting instead for violent or hateful interaction. Many actions taken by Christians over the centuries (like the Inquisition or the Crusades) may seem to have motivated more by anger than love, but they were excused by saying the reason for them was love of God, or love of a person’s soul — so much love, in fact, that it was necessary to harm them physically. Punishment for Anger: Dismembered Alive

The Deadly Sin of Greed:
Greed, or Avarice, is the desire for material or monetary gain. It is similar to Gluttony and Envy, but here gain rather than consumption or possession are key. Aquinas condemned Greed because “it is a sin directly against one’s neighbor, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them...it is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, inasmuch as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.” Punishment for Greed: Boiled in Oil

The Deadly Sin of Sloth:
Sloth is the most misunderstood of the Seven Deadly Sins. It is often regarded as laziness, but it is more accurately translated as apathy. When a person is apathetic, they no longer care about doing their duty to others or to God, causing them to ignore their spiritual well-being. Thomas Aquinas wrote that Sloth “...is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.” Punishment for Sloth: Thrown into a Snake Pit