Certainly, by religious groups and other moral groups, many sins are demonized, but the media and mainstream society also glamourizes them to a great degree.

Ergo, what do you think is the most accepted sin? The sin that, upon seeing it in any form, is commonly accepted. Be as detailed as you want in your answer.

I think that the top three are Greed, Lust and Wrath. Greed is the basis of capitalism, really, which makes it a huge part of our society even without the constant glamourizing in media. Lust, of course, is everywhere as, despite the FCC, shows constantly strive to be the skankiest and show the most erotic lesbian love.

Wrath, I'd say, is recent due primarily to the war. ;Remember 9/11! Never forget! Get them Iraqis!;

So, what's your theory?

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I would have to say sloth seeing as how we pay athletes(I CAN'T SPELL TODAY) millions of dollars to hit a ball with a stick.

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Someone needs to invest in a dictionary! What athletes do is the opposite of sloth.

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Why are they sins when they're the primary driving forces behind any good economy?

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Except for sloth and wrath. Those come after you cash out.

But Wrath is definitely accepted by a lot of people as well.

Take your pick.

I don't see how Wrath is socially acceptable. There are a few socially accepted cases of Revenge (which are also not LEGALLY acceptable), but there are also people who get out of their car and shoot someone because they got cut off in traffic.

Envy and greed are socially present, but not socially acceptable. It's okay for a company to cut jobs for the sake of profit, but it is still pretty much universally frowned upon.

Also, gluttony extends beyond simply eating. Things like alcoholism are considered gluttony. The results of gluttony, while not appealing or praised, are certainly accepted and excused. They have to be, with so much of the nation obese or overweight.

Gluttony is overindulgence and consumption of material things, while Greed is more the possession of things for the sake of possessing them and the accumulation of wealth beyond your practical needs. I think that by this definition, gluttony is absolutely our society's greatest and most personal sin.

Lashanna fucked around with this message on 11-28-2005 at 05:08 PM.

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Someone needs to invest in a dictionary! What athletes do is the opposite of sloth.

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Maybe he was tiring to intimate we all be fat lazy bastards because ewe would rather watch someone else hit the ball with a stick and drink copious amounts of beer rather than get off out buts and hit the ball with a stick ourselves?

--And how could you not know what sloth is?

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Seems like people go out of their way sometimes to gouge that extra dollar. Maybe even demand that raise, so they can buy that nicer house / boat / car that they "deserve."

Second on the list would have to be Sloth, particularly when you apply it to the attitudes of many "First World" nations towards the poorer developing nations (either Second or Third World in classification). The whole notion of dumping bags of wheat, etc on these nations may solve the short-term effects of starvation etc, but does little to solve the chronic underlying problems in the longterm. Teaching them efficient means of agriculture, self-sufficiency, etc would turn many of these countries into 'civilised' nations, rather than being the beggars that they are today.

All of them have varying degrees of taboo in terms of society's perspective on them, but I think that Pride is the only that's embraced and condoned as often as it is.

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