The Seven Deadly Sins of the World.

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how the world has succumbed to The Seven Deadly Sins?  The Bible tells us that these are the seven characteristics of Man that God despises the most.  Why then have we made them a way of life?

Sloth:  The number of benefit cheats and scroungers is steadily increasing.  Everybody wants something for nothing but nobody actually wants to work for what they have got.  The human race has become lazy in their work habits.

Lust:  The profitability of the Porn Industry is just one example of how we no longer control and repress lustful thoughts.  More and more people are living a life of promiscuity and sexual depravity.  We have become obsessed with fantasizing over human flesh.

Greed:  The want for material possessions has taken over most peoples’ lives.  Even those that appear to have it all still want more.  It doesn’t seem to matter how much we have, it is still never enough.

Envy:  We always want what someone else has got.  Our own jealousy stops us from celebrating other peoples’ success.

Gluttony:  The alarming statistics on obesity speaks for itself.  We have taken to eating more than we actually need to and then continue to eat more.  Our desire for food and bingeing has taken this sin to a whole new level.

Wrath:  We are controlled by our anger.  We lash out at anyone who has done us wrong and never stop to think of the consequences.  People will come to blows over the smallest of things, leaving death and destruction in their wake.

Pride:  We will never admit when we are wrong.  No one ever wants to admit to being a failure and so we just carry on making the same mistakes until the fall hits us hard.

So it would seem that over time we have turned our backs on the teachings of God.  Now we have become people who are lazy, promiscuous, greedy, jealous, fat, angry and worst of all proud.  We are actually proud to be all of these things.  The real question is:  Are you really happy?  God doesn’t just teach us how to lead good, clean and boring lives.  His lessons are about how to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. The Seven Deadly Sins were written to teach us how to respect ourselves and others.  They are about learning to appreciate the things that you have in life and accepting that you can’t have the things that you do not.  Until we can learn to do this our lives will never be complete.