Essay about The Deadliest of The Seven Deadly Sins

In numerous books, I noticed how it is looked down upon to be a prideful person. This is a lesson that too many people do not seek knowledge of. Those are the few who do not realize the way that you act towards other is only a reflection of yourself. I have seen up close and personal how being a prideful person can seriously hurt your life. In the Popol Vuh I saw them mention pride countless times and one example of that would be from the story of the twins grandparents healing the Lord. “They had desired the death of Seven Macaw, and they were able to do it. For they saw pride as evil and went to do these things according to the word of Heart of Sky.” (p. 88, PopoVuh). What is evil to one could be good to the other, just as what is good

Jonathan Edwards's sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is moving and powerful. His effectiveness as an eighteenth century New England religious leader is rooted in his expansive knowledge of the Bible and human nature, as well as a genuine desire to "awaken" and save as many souls as possible. This sermon, delivered in 1741, exhibits Edwards's skillful use of these tools to persuade his congregation to join him in his Christian beliefs.

When is excessive pride considered Dangerous? That is the question people have been asking throughout history. Based on your beliefs, one may deem that their actions on this earth is worth far more than the consequences you could receive in heaven. On the other hand, The Puritans were strong believers of the total opposite Ideology. During the 1600s in Salem Massachusetts the majority of the population were Puritans, who believed that their solitary goal in life was to please God to secure their place in heaven. In order to secure his place in heaven, John Proctor committed an honorable act to hang instead of admitting to any relation to Satan.

The experiences we have in our lifetime shape us to be who we are. Every experience can be taken and used to change our perspectives and help broaden our horizons. Sin and virtue play a small part in the direction of an individual’s life, as I see it. I have learned that they must be defined for oneself, not by following the directions of a divine being. Basing decisions off of anything but what you know to be true from personal experience can be risky. Each individual person must act as their own leader. It is only fair to love and respect yourself before you conform to any laws that say you shouldn’t.

Edwards' creative choice of words that he uses describes the power of God and the terrible Hell awaiting sinners. These words easily infiltrate into the minds of his congregation and frighten them beyond belief. These choices of words and his use of such vivid images are mostly successful in their intent, to scare and put fear into his audience. Edwards held his audience locked up with his promises of eternal damnation if proper steps were not taken. The congregation felt the intense impact of his rhetorical strategies and lived on the fear of the power of God. In this way, he was able to keep his followers from sin and away from the fiery pits of Hell.

Spenser chooses to portray Lucifera as the sin of pride because it is the most deadly, serious and powerful out of the Seven Deadly Sins. Pride is considered the original and the source of the others. Lucifera full of pride, shows off for the Redcrosse knight by calling her couch, which is pulled by six beasts upon which ride her six counselors: Idleness, Gluttony, Lechery, Avarice, Envy and Wrath and their appearances are appropriate to their names.

In many different passages, Krishna provides lessons on the ways pride can destroy a man’s connection with God. The beliefs presented in the Bhagavad-Gita indicated that everything around in the world is a part of God. The panentheism of the world is separated when man’s belief is he or she is superior than those around them. From the instance an individual is fueled by pride, the natural course of loneliness and insecurity begins. Cursed by the desire to feel superior, man cannot connect to the world around him due to his chase for the unattainable. The isolation from this can be detrimental to the soul, as the connect to God is severed. Krishna presents that statement here while speaking to Arjuna, “Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance – these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Prtha” (CITATION). The notion that this trait, amongst the many others, creates bondage rather than freedom, “The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demonic qualities make for bondage…” (CITATION). A person who is free from pride is free from the mental shackles to always have the most. The mind is able to be unrestricted in the cruel nature evil it brings forward. The tranquility the mind has is what Krishna was speaking about. An individual does not carry himself higher than others, but does have self-confidence. Once man loses the things that he or she may pride themselves on, the feeling of bravado evaporates as quickly as

Pride, observed Mary, . . . is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or another, real or imaginary.

This paper explores the novel Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh, who published the novel at the end of 2012. This novel is about Walsh’s journey as he follows Lance Armstrong and his life as a cyclist for 13 years as Lance deals with critics and skepticisms about his correlation with doping. Lance Armstrong was a glorified athlete who won many Tour de France titles after conquering testicular cancer. He was widely appreciated for cycling, but many people were questioning how he was able to make such a comeback after his cancer diagnosis. This book explores what happens from David Walsh’s point of view and the struggles he had to face as a Tour de France sports journalist: whether he should just celebrate Armstrong’s victories or question his usage of drugs. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief summary of the novel, and to reflect on the novel while still linking it to the issues and concepts of drugs and cheating in sports.

Dr. Don W. King wrote "Narnia and the Seven Deadly Sins," an article stating that each of the seven stories of Narnia represent one of the seven deadly sins. In his article, King stated that the novel The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe could easily be found to represent the sin gluttony. Many quotes from the text can be used to show that all or most of the seven deadly sins can be directly represented as well.

This semester brought the remaining of the seven deadly sins gluttony, greed, anger, and lust. In the order from least to worst. Gluttony takes the number one spot as the least worst deadly follow by lust, greed, and ending with anger as the worst. Gluttony is the least worst because the desire of gluttony can be reduce by being more charitable. Individual who seek to share what they have oppose to keeping it all for themselves are practicing good habits that help eliminate this sin. Lust is the second worst because lustful urges can lead to inappropriate actions such as rape to relive their impulses. Following lust is greed as the next worst sin. Greed and gluttony are similar but differs, Greed is the excessive need to want more of power,

1. There are many different sins not listed here. However, many of these great sins, like murder, adultery, stealing, etc., have root causes, like Pride. Pride was the devil's great sin, as he wanted to be like God, and rebelled. There are 7 basic kinds of sin that lead to all others, known as the Seven Deadly sins. It takes heroic virtue in most cases to overcome these. Most of us are afflicted greatly with at least one or two of these. And once you give in to one of these sins, the spirits of the other 6 will be only too glad to come into your soul also. All of these sins will lead you directly to hell.

     Adam and Eve, the two that started it all. These two names will remain as a reminder to us forever because of their actions. Genesis chapter two talks about how man was made perfect; flawless and in God’s favor. These two individuals change how mankind would be from that time on. Sin entered the world and things began to change.

Satan is so high in his own esteem; he cannot bear to be a servant and must be a leader, as he says in Book I, “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n” (line 263).

In The Deadliest Of Sins Robertson Davies, the seven deadly sins are briefly talked about but his main focus is directed towards the sin, Sloth. He talks about the sins in a speech to fellow Queen’s University graduates and is explaining to them what sloth, or as he refers to it throughout the speech, Acedia, does to the mind and why it was considered a sin. I will summarize Davies points as well as add in my own opinion to the subject.