Know what I think is the deadliest sin? G-R-E-E-D! It has destroyed friendships, families and nations. I don't think any of the ones that made it to the top ten list can come close to the destruction that "greed" can. It's a human thing, and one that seems to be a garnered tradition in most nations, today. I think in some degree we all have our moments when we give into it, but I think those of us, when we do succumb to greed, do it without hurting or stepping on the little people. It might perhaps be ok to walk by a blind beggar and not give him your last dime. But not ok to drop a quarter in his cup with one hand and take out a dollar with the other.

People just don't get it. We are here for EACH other, to be helpful to each other. Greed completely circumvents the humanity in us all, and so we become inhumane to our fellowman. Surely GREED should be an 11th commandment. Don't you think?

firmbeliever

Chek,
You are so right! GREED is a grave sin.
Greed is what makes us cling to this glittering worldly life, thinking it will last forever.

Greed makes us humans less human because greed can overtake our souls and make us do things we never thought we could.

Moomin

I don't know if it's the deadliest sin... I think it won't bring happiness because the person is always left wanting more. I guess to me happiness is being satisfied in all aspects of my life!

KBC

Here we go again

chek101

Greed knows no boundaries: USA, Canada, Great Britain ... wherever! The whole planet is infected! How many children are dying every minute all over the world? Why? Surely the rich could easily feed them all. AND I MEAN THEM ALL! But what do they do when a national tragedy hits, they go beggin' to the PUBLIC to contribute, and why do they do that? Because MOST of the money collected never gets to who it is meant to get to, but often is redirected elsewhere. Billions of dollars (from our national budget) every year is unaccounted for, lost, who knows where, and do Americans care? Hell no ... complacency is now the way "of the people." It's the way that we've been programmed for a long, long, time ... by our own government. Don't you see that?
So much greed, so much complacency ... I can't imagine what kind of America is taking shape now; it doesn't feel right, anymore, anywhere!

chek101

It is a cancer in the heart of America and it is spreading rapidly throughout the entire body. I don't think there is anything that can stop it today. This has to be the saddest bit of news any American has to hear - a great nation is dying, decaying from within.

s_cianci

It's actually covered in the 10th commandment.

Biggie

The deadliest sin is all sin. No one sin holds higher authority over any other. It's all the same.

chek101

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his , nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.


Where?

chek101

I disagree. I think Greed is the precursor to all of them.