Posted on 02/08/2005 7:23:05 AM PST by dead
LONDON - The Seven Deadly Sins - anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed - are out of date and should include cruelty, adultery and bigotry, the results of an opinion poll suggest.
Greed is the only one of the seven that should remain a sin in today's Britain, according to the poll by the Mori organisation for BBC television's "Heaven and Earth" programme.
Cruelty was ranked the worst sin by 39% of respondents, followed by adultery (11%), bigotry (8%), dishonesty (seven percent), hypocrisy (six percent), greed (6%) and selfishness (5%).
"Attitudes towards sin have changed. We're less concerned with the seven deadly sins and more concerned with actions that hurt others," said Ross Kelly, presenter of "Heaven and Earth", a religion and ethics programme.
Of the 1,001 adults interviewed, only 9% said they had not committed any of the sins. 79% said they were guilty of anger - while 41% of men and 26% of women said lust was the sin they "most enjoy committing".
AFP
Man does not change only his excuses.
Right. It would be a sad day for the fanatical creationists if dihonesty and hypocracy made their way to the list.
What has that got to do with anything? I mean why is lusting after a woman considered bad?
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