QotD

Are the seven deadly sins really that deadly?

or am i so deeply submerged within them that i can't see light? i've always been intrigued by the sins from way back in the day when i used to frequent church every sunday morning and evening for youth group. it wasn't a subject that we addressed outright as i'm sure it would cause some issues with counselors not being able to give an adequate answer or make a convincing argument against them. we are all human and we are bombarded with these sins on a daily basis. i'm just wondering if someone shouldn't put together a new list. let's discuss them briefly. (and this may turn into a multi-parter)

pride: removing any discussions of disney, pride seems to fall into two camps. it's either a respect for oneself, dignity or positive value system or it's an arrogance because of that dignity one has in himself. to much of the former tends to lead to the latter. so knowing this, pride isn't a bad thing as long as you keep it in control. personally, i think pride is important. i'm not a believer in psychology and its practices, but i think there are a few things that it can teach us and one of them is confidence in oneself. that lack of confidence leads to excess (which i think is the real problem here - the sins aren't evil, just the excess in them). my issue with pride is that people don't have enough of it. not excessively, again, but just not enough pride in their lives. you can see it in the work people do or the way people treat themselves or act. obesity is rampant in america today and we can go the easy route and blame the fast food chains or someone else for this plague, but truly, we only have ourselves to blame for this. here is where i'd take my place on the soapbox, but i'll forego the lecture.

take that pride, that confidence you should have in yourself as a human and be happy. i'm not saying we should be a planet full of skinny supermodels, cause that just leads to the latter described above, but there is a happy medium.

so pride as descibed as the arrogance or the sin is something that i think most of us ignore anyway. someone who comes across this way is just an ass and doesn't deserve our time anyway. does that make it a sin? i guess it depends on how deeply you believe. and i think that's an important point to make here. these sins are originally based in a religious belief, right?

so how do you battle pride? with humility. but how many of us are truly humble? it's funny that in reading these comments on a blog, a common response is 'IMHO', but how many of those people have considered that comment? and how often is it true?

and with that being said, i think i'll make this a series instead of making you all read 37 pages of my rants.

to be continued . . .