as if the other stuff I've heard wasnt illogical and completely irational, this seems to beat them all in terms of illogicalness and rationality(or lackthereof). I mean what is so wrong with having pride in anything?
2007-11-06 17:05:06 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
pride, as with most English words , has a broad spectrum of meaning. Maybe a better word would be haughtiness.
It is not sinful to take pride in your work, to care about doing a good job and feel good about doing a good job. What is a sin is when you exalt yourself over others and over God, when you hve not done your best but have a false sense of pride as if you are better than others and you don't have to do what is right. When you do not recognize the weaknesses in your own life but you are quick to point it out in everyone else. When you think your works, no matter how good they are make you more valuable than anyone else. Self exaltation, above others and above God is what the sin is.
A puffed up sense of self that does not even consider that it could be wrong or there is a weakness is what comes before the fall.
2007-11-06 17:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride is something I have a huge issue with.
Pride is the close cousin to arrogance. Pride means you are getting your happiness from something in the word, and to the extent that you do that, you are not getting your happiness from God. It is the opposite of surrender, and surrender is the path to peace. If you are a non believer I am not trying to convince you of anything.
I am in the Army and pride is the biggest problem I have with the Army. We have posters and commercials and bumper stickers and songs about how proud we are. If we were less proud as a country a lot of our foreign policy problems would disappear. Pride magnetizes these extremists to hate us. Love is calm.
2007-11-07 01:35:15 · answer #2 · answered by Erik B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because pride leads to arrogance. You need to understand that no matter how good you are at something, there will always be someone who could come along who is potentially better. And nobody likes a boaster.
Even if one excludes the whole idea if religion, I still think proud people are distasteful and uncourteous. If I had the chance to knock some pompous a.s.s off his pedestal, I'd do it in a second just to teach him a lesson, because that shyt is annoying.
2007-11-07 02:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure there are good kinds of pride. Pride in a job well done, for example. The kind of pride that is a sin is when you take personal credit for something without giving God the credit He is due. Such pride usually turns into boasting -- a good sign that the bad kind of pride is present. The good kind of pride is quieter -- more personal and on an internal level. Often, instead of calling this pride, it is normally thought of as personal satisfaction. It is also non-competitive. The bad kind of pride turns to boasting because it is competitive and wants recognition from others.
2007-11-07 01:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by ♫DaveC♪♫ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because when we have pride, we are taking credit for something we didn't do, If God didn't create us, and give us a body, a mind and a soul, we wouldn't be here to start with, Pride is selfish, Its like I did something you cannot do, that is not the attitude we are to have, we shouldn't put ourselves first or pat ourselves on the back, Christ loves us and gave his life on the cross for us, and we want to thank ourselves or say good job to ourselves, no we should be on that cross, for all the sins we create. We should be nice to others, lending a hand and helping out, not stuck on ourselves, WE should humble ourselves, and realize it is God who pulls us through.
2007-11-07 01:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
having pride in something and being prideful are 2 different things. When we are proud in the sense that we are better than someone else, and that we do not need God, then it is a sin. I am proud of my children when they accomplish something- however I would not become prideful in that "these are my children, look how great they are"-
2007-11-07 01:12:08 · answer #6 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a human being you have finite limitations, you are bound to the rest of creation - your fellow human beings, other forms of life, and the earth / cosmos itself. Pride is the state of denying this interconnectedness. It is saying that you are self-sufficient. As soon as you say that you are self-sufficient, you inherently begin to trample on others' rightful positions because you don't recognize their equal standing and your mutual interbeing. Pride is essentially elevating your Self to the status of Divine, and denying your creaturely limitations. All injustice, greed, lies, abuse, etc begin with the state of pride. How can that not be considered sin?
Peace to you.
2007-11-07 02:06:56 · answer #7 · answered by Orpheus Rising 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone should have pride. But this same pride can lead you to think you are better than others and no one can touch me.
Pride leads to other sins as well.
2007-11-07 01:20:02 · answer #8 · answered by NJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think what is meant in modern terms is, don't make yourself into a god. When people convince themselves that they are above everyone and deserve better because they are the wealthiest, prettiest, strongest, smartest, or whatever, no good usually comes of it. God was just trying to protect us from ourselves and keep the glory on Him, where it rightly belongs
2007-11-07 01:18:47 · answer #9 · answered by Megan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride: an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughitness; arrogance.
Pride is evil.
Proverbs 8:13
2007-11-07 01:17:35 · answer #10 · answered by Sweet Suzy 777! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋