friday13th
Houlton, ME
age: 42
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The Seven Deadly Sins - what are they and why are they deadly?
From what I've heard of them, it sounds like my perfect day!
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swcw25
Woonsocket, RI
age: 48 online now!
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They are...Greed/Gluttony/Lust/Wrath/Envy/Sloth/Pride
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friday13th
Houlton, ME
age: 42
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Yep! Sounds like a perfect weekend for me! 
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captainpicard
New York, NY
age: 28
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It's a sin to deny yourself of pleasures , as long as they are legal and you're not hurting anyone.
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chinatown_girl
Oyster Bay, NY
age: 18 online now!
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i think the deadly sins are overdoing them.
How many how big how grandiose
I want it all and won’t stop till I overdose
- native guns
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9thstwonder
Chesapeake Beach, MD
age: 49
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I found this:
According to Sacred Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati, Greek monastic theologian Evagrius of Pontus first drew up a list of eight offenses and wicked human passions:. They were, in order of increasing seriousness: gluttony, lust, avarice, sadness, anger, acedia, vainglory, and pride. Evagrius saw the escalating severity as representing increasing fixation with the self, with pride as the most egregious of the sins. Acedia (from the Greek "akedia," or "not to care") denoted "spiritual sloth."
In the late 6th century, Pope Gregory the Great reduced the list to seven items, folding vainglory into pride, acedia into sadness, and adding envy. His ranking of the Sins' seriousness was based on the degree from which they offended against love. It was, from most serious to least: pride, envy, anger, sadness, avarice, gluttony, and lust. Later theologians, including St. Thomas Aquinas, would contradict the notion that the seriousness of the sins could be ranked in this way. The term "covetousness" has historically been used interchangeably with "avarice" in accounts of the Deadly Sins. In the seventeenth century, the Church replaced the vague sin of "sadness" with sloth.
Throughout the Middle Ages, Church hierarchy emphasized teaching all lay people the Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues. Other spiritual manuals embellished on this tradition. Gerson presents a list of Contrary Virtues in his ABC des simples gens, which was derived from the Psychomatica, or Battle for the Soul, a fifth-century epic poem by Prudentius. He believed these virtues would help counteract temptation toward the Deadly Sins.
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9thstwonder
Chesapeake Beach, MD
age: 49
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LOL, When I saw your 'nick', I quickly cliked on the thread, I just knew that you would have some sort of funny/smart remark, the compliment has thrown me off? Anyway, you are welcome........
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friday13th
Houlton, ME
age: 42
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Personally, I love you both!
One of you is sweet and sincere and oh so dear. The other of you never fails to surprise and delight me or else ruffle my feminine feathers. You are both food for the soul! Thank you, Brothers! And thank Serendipity that the soul has so many delightful facets!
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queenofhearts61
Seymour, IN
age: 61
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Are these in addition to or in place of the 10 commandments?
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j_mo
Oklahoma City, OK
age: 47
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{Pirates Font} The Big 10 & the 7 Ds aren't really rules. They're more like guidelines. ;-D
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queenofhearts61
Seymour, IN
age: 61
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You got it. Most anyone knows what to do to be the natural good self just some don't care.
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