Gluttony

Pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth these are the seven deadly sins. Pride the excessive belief in ones own ability. Envy the desire for others things. Gluttony to consume more than needed. Lust the craving for pleasures of the body. Anger is to be mad. Greed is to be stingy with money. Sloth is to be lazy. Dilligaf to lose confidence and have low self-esteem. Dilligaf means to withdraw from society and your peers. Low self-esteem and not loving yourself can…

put a priority on not giving into earthly desires that harm our bodies, including smoking, drinking, and lustful desires. However, as a result other sins like gluttony often take a front burner as a replacement. While the Bible does discuss gluttony, it seems to be a sin that numerous Christians like to dismiss or ignore. In fact, “gluttony does not receive the same level of pastoral or congregational condemnation in most denomination, perhaps indirectly creating an…

The seven capital sins of the catholic faith are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. They are not necessarily the worst sins but, instead are the roots of where all sins branch from. Most humans a guilty of committing each and everyone of these sins at least once in their life. The capital sin of lust can be detrimental to everyone's lives, especially to their relationships. Lust is to have very strong sexual desires towards someone. There is a difference between lust and love,…

"The sins punished in both Hell and Purgatory are lust, gluttony, avarice, extravagance, wrath, sloth, heresy, violence, fraud, and betrayal" (Singh, 1995). This quote shows the different types of sin that Dante believed were punished for in Hell. Like stated before, Dante thought fraud was worse than murder and…

What are the seven deadly sins? The seven deadly sins can be found all around us. People commit these sins without even realizing it. The seven deadly sins are avarice, sloth, envy, lust, gluttony, pride, and wrath. The first deadly sin is avarice. Another word for avarice is greed. Greed is the desire for money and material things. Greedy people are always wanting more; they are never satisfied. In this case, greed would be a successful businessman making it to the top of his company and being…

facing-species extinction, global warming, deforestation, and pollution are just a few. Philip Cafaro argues in the book Environmental Virtue Ethics, that there are four main vices in society that lead to personal and environmental harm. The vices are gluttony, greed, apathy, and arrogance. One of the world’s major environmental destructions is deforestation; these four main vices are the cause of this problem. The world’s forests are complex ecosystems that are rapidly being depleted.…

The pilgrims, or characters of The Canterbury Tales are relatable to the present society in numerous ways. Many of them show traits that are similar to today’s world like greed, pride, envy, and gluttony. The Canterbury Tales consist of a prologue defining all of the pilgrims and individual stories that the pilgrims tell. Each character has his or her own unique personality that is comparable to some well-known personalities. In The Canterbury Tales prologue, there are several characters that…

Society is full of people who sin on a regular basis. The most prevalent sins are known as the seven deadly sins, which are avarice, sloth, envy, concupiscence (lust), gluttony, pride, and wrath. Whether or not a person believes in God, there is a reason why John 8:7 in the bible states “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” Everyone commits sins and we exercise that capacity routinely, but what matters most is how a person redresses it. Students in my classes…

The One Deadly Poem If you were told a sin is not a bad thing, would you commit it? Author Peter Pereira wrote the poem Reconsidering the Seven in which he manipulates each of the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Lust, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, and Wrath. The author compares sins with every day actions that almost anyone can relate with. In using these comparisons, the sins seem unalarming, almost as if they do not matter. The author’s life is reflected in each line of the poem; the doubt and…

an adventure through hell to get to heaven. His guide is named Virgil. Virgil was a poet that Dante greatly admired. They voyage through nine circles representing different sins on earth. Each sin matches to one circle in this order:Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath and sullenness, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. In each circle the souls of the sinners are forced into punishments that fit their sin on earth. In almost each circle, Dante finds people he knew or knew about on earth.…