Deadly sins

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In addition to the well-known deadly sins of the Catholic Church, which by the way contrasts it with the main virtues, there are other deadly sins, namely those of modern society, which were first recognized in March 1925 by Frederick Lewis Donaldson were presented publicly, but only with Mahatma Gandhi gained worldwide importance when he published them in the same year.

In the seven deadly sins the Catholic Church is: pride, stinginess, lust, Wrath, gluttony, envy and idleness.

By the way, the four main virtues, which have existed with changes since at least antiquity, are: bravery, Freedom, Deck and Justice or wisdom, Justice, bravery and moderation.

The meanwhile eight deadly sins of modern society, then Arun Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, later added an eighth, are:

  1. wealth without work
    (Wealth without work)
  2. Pleasure without a conscience
    (Pleasure without conscience)
  3. knowledge without character
    (Knowledge without character)
  4. business without morals
    (Commerce without morality)
  5. science without humanity
    (Science without humanity)
  6. Religion without sacrifice
    (Worship without sacrifice)
  7. Politics without principles
    (Politics without principle)
  8. Rights without responsibilities
    (Rights without responsibilities)

Virtues and mortal sins are good pegs to use as a guide as you navigate your way through life.

It is very interesting to see how the deadly sins have developed over the course of history and thus also show where the focus is for us today.

Things are a bit different with the main virtues listed above, because they have probably never been so popular, and apparently there were hardly more than three virtues anywhere (Faith, of Love and hope) or five virtues (respectively found in China and India).

And it goes to the Ten Commandments right here …

“There are two cardinal human sins from which all others derive: impatience and laziness. They were expelled from paradise because of impatience, but they do not return because of laziness. But perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. Because of impatience they were driven out, because of impatience they will not return.”

Franz Kafka, Aphorisms

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