Lisa Frank 7 Deadly Sins

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Lisa Frank, the author, wrote of “The Evolution of the Seven Deadly Sins from God to the Simpsons” in an article for the Journal of Popular Culture. In her writing she talks about how the seven deadly sins are still all around in modern society. Lisa Frank provides multiple examples of how people are vulnerable to sins and how people are tempted to commit sins in their everyday life.
She starts out by writing down what she does before lunch in a normal day and associates her everyday actions with the seven deadly sins, Lisa Frank says “Every day and every hour, acts of gluttony, lust, covetousness, envy, pride, wrath, and sloth are portrayed on television. Social ethics have shifted dramatically since those early days, as has our regard for

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