7 Deadly Sins & other Moral Guides

[johnnyreb]

I've always considered the 7 deadly sins to be the ones that will lead one away from Jesus the most. Think about it, each of them have to do with being consumed by oneself. Lust, greed, envy, gluttony - all deal with pleasures of the flesh. Pride, envy - they deal with being full of oneself. I don't subscribe to the theory that one sin is worse than another, but I can see why these seven were chosen. If you are consumed with pleasuring yourself, or vanity of oneself - where's the room for God?

[Oakback]

[quote=johnnyreb;3136245]I've always considered the 7 deadly sins to be the ones that will lead one away from Jesus the most. Think about it, each of them have to do with being consumed by oneself. Lust, greed, envy, gluttony - all deal with pleasures of the flesh. Pride, envy - they deal with being full of oneself. I don't subscribe to the theory that one sin is worse than another, but I can see why these seven were chosen. If you are consumed with pleasuring yourself, or vanity of oneself - where's the room for God?[/quote]

I believe that would fall under lust and pride,
( and maybe a with a sprinkling of gluttony )

[MontanaGuy]

I don't want to drift off of the topic but did any of you see the movie Seven? It was about these very sins and how a demented individual chose to punish those who had committed them. Pretty gory but it was actually a very good movie.
By the way, I don't think there's anyone alive who hasn't felt lust or envy. Gluttony is one that falls into a grey area because people like myself can eat like a horse and not gain weight while others have to watch everything they eat and many of them are overweight anyway so they're looked down upon by society and considered gluttons when it's really just a problem with their metabolism.

[accelerator]

"The men who discovered for us the Law of Love were greater scientists than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for every one to see all its working. Such, at any rate, is the hallucination, if it is one, under which I am laboring. The more I work at this law the more I feel the delight in life, the delight in the scheme of this universe. It gives me a peace and a meaning of the mysteries of nature that I have no power to describe."
Gandhi
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This is the one ethic that all our wise men seem to agree with..

My own personal belief is.. why complicate things further.. when one simple rule.. alive in our hearts.. is enough.

For me this defines the very essense of religion.. (meaning to.. to re-link - re-connect - re-unite)

True relgion teaches self evident truths which we can all believe in.. because such truths can make a better place for us all to live in.. if only we all wanted it.. that is.

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"Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things."
Lao Tzu

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"When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others."
Confucius

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"There is especially the rule of doing to others what you would have others do to you, and refraining from doing to others what you would not have others do to you.

You will say to yourselves: "Here I am, fond of life and not wanting to die, fond of pleasure and averse to pain. If anyone should attempt to take my life from me, or inflict pain upon me, that would not be pleasing to me, and if I were to rob someone else of life, or inflict pain, that likewise would not be pleasing to him."
The Buddha

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""All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must likewise do to them; this, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean."
Jesus - Matthew 7:12

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"For the entire Law stands fulfilled in one saying, namely: "You must love your neighbour as yourself." If, though, you keep on biting and devouring one another, look out that you do not get annihilated by one another."
Paul - Galatians 5:14
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You must not take vengeance nor have a grudge against the sons of your people; and you must love your fellow as yourself."
Moses - Leviticus 19:18

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Even atheists believe this..:-)

An Atheist loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist accepts that heaven is something for which we should work now -- here on earth -- for all men together to enjoy."

American Atheists

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"Surely we could love each other as we love ourselves...

That's the main thing, isn't it?

That's it, nothing else...

Absolutely nothing else is necessary...

Do that and the way forward is clear, isn't it?

Well.... isn't it?

Alright, so its nothing but an old truth, repeated, said billions of times; but why hasn't it taken root then?

If only we all wanted it!

Then everything could begin again."

Extract from "The Dream of the Ridiculous Man"- Fyodor-Dostoyevski


The Dream of the Ridiculous Man

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[Oakback]

Originally Posted by MontanaGuy

I don't want to drift off of the topic but did any of you see the movie Seven? It was about these very sins and how a demented individual chose to punish those who had committed them. Pretty gory but it was actually a very good movie.
By the way, I don't think there's anyone alive who hasn't felt lust or envy. Gluttony is one that falls into a grey area because people like myself can eat like a horse and not gain weight while others have to watch everything they eat and many of them are overweight anyway so they're looked down upon by society and considered gluttons when it's really just a problem with their metabolism.

I agree, "seven" was a good movie ( albeit gory )

Although, I don't believe gluttony is defined by mere quantity.
For me, it has more to do with a lack of gratitude.