The Seven Deadly Sins

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This paper examines the seven deadly sins of the Christian religion. The paper explains that they are seven "golden rules" to follow in being a decent person and a true Christian. The breakage of each of the "rules" will result in death and Hell. These seven capital sins make a definite borderline between what is good and what is bad. The Seven Deadly Sins represent the opposition to the seven major virtues, which each person should possess from the point of view of Christianity. They are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, and Sloth. They are accordingly opposed to the seven primary virtues of Humility, Love, Faith, Self-Control, Kindness, Generosity, and Zeal.

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"Pride deals with overestimating one's value and achievements over the other people. Envy is connected with a strong drive to posses what other person has or to be like this person. Gluttony is an uncontrolled longing to food and other pleasures. Lust is a self-destructive desire fro sex, power and other bodies pleasures. Anger equals to irritation and fury, especially impatience towards the flaws of other people. Greed is a strong unwillingness to share the material good one has and Sloth is about not completing any spiritual or physical work. Each of these sins is the o being despised in the contemporary world and at the same time each of them is common and ordinary in this world. These seven sins have always caused a lot of arguments and a lot of works have been dedicated to this issue."

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