1. Anger - It is good for defence purposes.
2. Lust - For procreation.
3. Envy - Helps us stay competitive and to pull up our socks.
4. Pride - For self discipline, self control.
5. Gluttony - Nourishment, prosperity. My cup runneth over. lol.
6. Greed - Motivation for achieving goals, ambition.
7. Sloth - Everybody needs a break, relaxation.
Hallelujah !
2007-12-04 14:35:34 · 11 answers · asked by ~ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sounds good to me.
SAVE ME Jeebus! -Homer Simpson
2007-12-04 14:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
These are all natural emotions but think about it this way, without all those things would we have happiness, selflessness or any good things. If there was never bad then there could never be good because good would be the norm. These things are essential to have anything good. They should not be considered as sins, but rather natural emotions that must be felt at some time or another.
2007-12-04 22:46:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Really, Seven Deadly Sins is misleading. Its moreso Seven Deadly Habits.
All of these aren't inherently wrong in and of themselves - heck, even Jesus was angry from time to time(traders in the Temple, Jesus knocked over the tables and started yelling), but when you start to let them take over and let them become commonplace, it leads you to sin. Anger leads you to hurt other people. Lust leads to premarital sex and affairs. Envy leads to trying to get what others have. Pride leads to bigheadedness. Gluttony leads to greed. Greed leads to doing anything to get what you want. Sloth leads to perpetual laziness. And so on and so forth.
These emotions were created by God, and thus are good. Its just that when you let them take over your life, bad thing happen.
So really, you're right. But not exactly.
2007-12-04 22:46:02 · answer #3 · answered by d_and_n5000 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1.....Anger, it's not only physical self defense... but when injustice occurs, anger is the appropriate emotion... anger produces a fight for justice..
2....Lust.... dead on... it's natural to procreate
3.....envy..... motivates us to work... if my friend or neighbor just bought a new toy, I can earn one myself..
4.....pride... self esteem, self worth... this is very much more important than most people realize.. having pride in one's own abilities..
5....gluttony-you say that one better than I did... it's often associated with a celebration... we over indulge occationally..
6....greed... look at religions who expect people to fast... the need for food, clothing, warmth... the word greed is to make us feel guilty for having basic needs...
7.....sloth... they certainly do need that break.. and going to church on your day off in not a break...
the reason the church's use these as sin as to always have amunition against the human race... that guilt complex.. we can't help but have natural needs... the church says if you give into your natural needs you are weak... but natural needs tell us what we can do to stay alive longer... the church is not there to teach anyone about anything, it's a form of slavery and people are going to have to see it for what it is... they are retarding the knowledge and development of humanity...
here are a couple of examples ... the world is round... the church proclaimed the world is flat.. would even go so far as to kill someone who proclaime other wise... it took centuries before the human race could understand and accept that the world is round... gravity.. when people began to study the laws of gravity.. the church said it was a devil's trick and condemned and slanderded and there too even murdered to fight the acceptance of gravity on earth... gravity is a law of nature... it took centuries before scientist could justify themselves with complex mathematics... however to prove gravity exists all one has to do is drop something.. but the church fights our understanding of natural laws... evolution ... is a law of nature just as gravity is a law... but look at what the christians are doing to people who study it, teach it.... We are going to have to start looking at religion as something dangerous, deceptive.... these examples are obvious... but there are many many more damaging effects religions have on the earth and the human race that if we don't stop religious practices on earth it will be the cause of our extinction on earth.... is it worth it? look at the "respect" they demand, you critisize a religion and they scream foul... but when they distrot critisize us, condemn us we don't have no recourse? gravity is a law of nature... drop something that is proof... it took centuries for humanity to understand it, it was so obvious that it should have only taken one drop of an object..
2007-12-04 23:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by Gyspy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anton LaVey made a religion around that in 1966, almost word for word
2007-12-04 22:49:44 · answer #5 · answered by Aravah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's natural. We are all born with sin. It's called self control, my friend.
2007-12-04 22:39:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Yes, natural for man to sin due to fallen nature which is why we have to turn to God for His Love so that these sins won't burn us in hell. Amen!
2007-12-04 22:43:21 · answer #7 · answered by Playful 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The sin is in the excess of any of these behaviors
2007-12-04 22:44:41 · answer #8 · answered by Cheryl S 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not according to the Word. What you state is sugar-coated, in my opinion.
2007-12-04 22:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Bingo....it's called natural sin.
2007-12-04 22:47:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋