2007-02-05 07:14:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From a Buddhist pov: Smugness is a form of arrogance that is based from a mind soaked in ignorance (not knowing) and it's a downfall because it's a condition of mind that keeps you thinking incorrectly and has a tendency to block absolute altruism, so in the "karmic" sense, it's bad news.
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2007-02-05 08:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Seven Deadly Sins (AKA Cardinal Sins)
1) Lust
2) Gluttony
3) Greed
4) Sloth/Laziness
5) Wrath/Anger
6) Envy/Jealousy
7) Pride
I'd say smugness falls under the catergory of #7 - Pride.
2007-02-05 15:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by cather2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arrogance can be a deadly sin. Confidence is perceived as arrogance sometimes, but the way to tell if someone is arrogant or confident is if they're speaking the truth or lying against it. The devil has people convinced that a Christian should be quiet and let him, the devil, get about his deceiving people without interference from sheep.
2007-02-05 15:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a 'sin' in that it distances you from life and useful information and relationships and reality. the person harmed by this 'sin' is the smug person. because they are not open to learn from many sources. you only hurt yourself if you choose to be smug.
2007-02-05 15:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by Sufi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it is, I'm in trouble. If sarcasm is forbidden...I'd be in real horse poopie.
Thank heavens that if there is a God, I am SURE they are Mad Magazine fans.
I dpn't believe in anything....but the only God I can possibly imagine existing would look something like a cross between Gilda Radner and Alfred E. Neuman.
2007-02-05 15:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lust, gluttony, sloth, wrath, greed, envy, and Pride are the 7 deadly SINS>
over-confidence in one's abilties (smugness) is a sin, it is known as PRIDE>
2007-02-05 15:17:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sin is greater than another. The Bible tells us not to judge the sliver in someone else's eye before taking the board out of our own eye. Catholics will disagree with me, but it isn't our place to judge the sins of others, we all do it... God will be our judge.
2007-02-05 15:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by mommyismyname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind? The atheist kind? Believer kind? Social status kind?
2007-02-05 15:21:58 · answer #8 · answered by <><><> 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you call smugness, we call confidence.
A much deadlier sin is thinking that you are too intelligent to need God.
2007-02-05 15:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
I love your questions.
No, but it's a damn annoying one.
2007-02-05 15:19:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋