The 7 Deadly Sins

I am not Catholic, but I like the seven deadlies because they’ve been bandied about since the 4^th century and have inspired many works of art and literature.

Removing the influence of monks, there are these abominations from Proverbs 6: 16-19:

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

But, the monks were onto something crafting a list of vises to work with because these are not as zippy and give much pause: False witness? Discord sowing?  It’s hard to walk out the door in the morning with a vow not to sow discord; much easier to commit to not getting all greedy and gluttonous with the work donuts on Friday.

But, Proverbs’ warning is more thorough.  Sowing discord encompasses a lot of things – gossip, hatred, cruelty, selfishness and pride. Wicked imaginations, when boiled down only to lust, leaves out lots of other bad, bad imaginings.

All that said; I’m going with The Seven. Why? Because this is a blog, we all scan blogs for zippy, and now I have a post for each day of the week.  Deadly sin week starts Monday.  See you then, gluttony.