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'The seven deadly sins are outdated' (lust & gluttony are OK now, hypocrisy & bigotry move up)
Sunday Times (South Africa) ^
| Tuesday February 08, 2005 09:20 - (SA)
Posted on 02/08/2005 7:23:05 AM PST by dead
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:23:08 AM PST
by
dead
To: dead
I don't think God has much use for opinion polls! LOL! After reading these opinions, I can see why.
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:26:29 AM PST
by
viaveritasvita
(HOLD THEIR DADGUMMED FEET TO THE FIRE!)
To: dead
Let's take a poll to figure out our Theology. But it shouldn't be binding -- we can choose to believe whatever seems best to us. We'll call outselves Unitarians ...
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:28:12 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: dead
...I don't see smoking...
To: dead
And 23% of respondents' first choices were "Republican".
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:29:14 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(reporting from Cylon-occupied Caprica)
To: dead
8th deadly sin: Pizza!
For you parrotheads...
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:29:42 AM PST
by
stainlessbanner
(Don't mess with old guys wearing overhauls.)
To: dead
G-d will immediately change the moral code of the universe to keep within the trends of modern society.
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:29:49 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
To: dead
Interesting find.
Of course the first principle of conservatism is, "Belief in an Enduring Moral Order" and according to this paper Morals are more of a fashion, trend or an educational process.
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:32:26 AM PST
by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
To: viaveritasvita
I don't think God has much use for opinion polls Thank God.
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:35:43 AM PST
by
fml
To: dead
Woe to them that call good evil, and evil good....
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:36:45 AM PST
by
Conservatrix
("He's a barf." --- Sophia T., Age 4, on John Sawed-Off Baldrick "I have a cunning plan" Kerry)
To: dead
Moral truths are not determined by opinion polls, thank goodness.
To: fml
LOL! Yes, thank you LORD!
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:40:10 AM PST
by
viaveritasvita
(HOLD THEIR DADGUMMED FEET TO THE FIRE!)
To: dead
The Seven Deadly Sins - anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed - are out of date and should include cruelty, adultery and bigotry, the results of an opinion poll suggest. The latter are included in the former (adultery goes with lust, bigotry with pride, cruelty with anger). The list remains the same as ever.
To: dead
Where did Christ say these were the seven deadly sins?
No place.
Where did the apostles list these as the seven deadly sins?
No Place
There are "deadly sins" in the New Testament can we find them and say what they are?
To: thoughtomator
And 23% of respondents' first choices were "Republican".
Given that it's a British survey, I would hope so. Only communists and other lefties want rid of our beloved Monarchy.
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posted on
02/08/2005 7:54:42 AM PST
by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: cyncooper
The latter are included in the former (adultery goes with lust, bigotry with pride, cruelty with anger). The list remains the same as ever.An excellent point.
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posted on
02/08/2005 8:06:52 AM PST
by
Peach
To: dead
OK, but they have to tell God, not me.
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posted on
02/08/2005 8:07:41 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Vous pouvez vous rendre au garde de securite!)
To: Rocketman
The seven deadly sins are not referenced biblically. They were written about by Milton in Paradise Lost and Dante in Inferno.
All the same, this is nothing but an example of Moral Relativism at its best.
To: dead
from a better-researched article on this: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=142672005
It is thought that the Greek theologian, Evagrius of Pontus, first drew up a list of eight wicked human passions, which were then whittled down by the 6th century pope, Gregory the Great, to the seven vices he thought were most at odds with divine love.
I had always wondered about where they came from... did not recall finding them in the Bible anywhere.
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posted on
02/08/2005 8:09:09 AM PST
by
Rio
To: dead
According to a female Brit who I talk to on the Internet, the favorite sin of British men remains drunkenness; lust is a distant second. After the age of 25, they'd rather be boozing with the boys than chasing the ladies. There was an obscure Rolling Stones song called "I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys," and that seems to sum it up.
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