Of the Seven Deadly Sins, which is the most 'immoral'?

Yes, I know Pride is viewed as the worst of all the sins, but I I think wrath and greed are the worst. It is a known fact that humans will do anything for money, and it often fuels 'wrath'. And not to be insensitive or obtuse, but I really don't think gluttony (unless it involves consuming humans) or lust are 'sins'. What do you think?

And since I have never even so much as touched the Bible, I remain fairly uneducated, but good thing it didn't greatly lessen my understanding Dan Brown's book. Brown was more concerned with Dante's message, not that of the Bible. Like you said, Dante created his own portrayal of Hell, and this is wholly separate from the Bible's portrayal (which as you said, is fairly ambiguous). At least I know some facts lol, but I really should become more theologically aware if I intend on reading classic literature, which is often riddled with Biblical allusions.

Thanks for the info; I didn't know the word "Hell" itself was not mentioned in the Old Testament...hmmm why do so many people who are proclaimed Christians say that "you are going to Hell because of blah, blah, blah" or whatever? Does God ever actually say that certain groups of people will be condemned for things? I'm curious Sleeves, indulge me (I know nothing!).

Lust is the desire for pleasure and gluttony is the desire for excess. They don't sound that bad, do they? Pop culture portrays lust as the desire to 'know someone biblically' and gluttony as overeating. Traditionally and theologically, however, lust included desires for other physically luxuries, such as drugs, and gluttony is applied to the overconsumption of anything. While they're not nearly as bad as wrath or greed, I'm sure you can see where doing drugs and taking more than your share of things are 'bad.'

As far as I know, the whole 'you're going to Hell' thing originated around the Middle Ages as a result of the power of the Catholic Church. It's made its way into other forms of Christianity and become sort of a cliche. Oh, God definitely condemns certain groups of people. Once again, I only really know the Old Testament well enough to say for sure, and in the Old Testament he doesn't really say 'you're going to Hell' but he does punish people. For the most part people were punished for worshiping idols or breaking one of the Commandments. His punishments were usually vague and along the lines of 'you will not be one of my people.' God said to the Hebrews (not word for word) 'I will punish your enemies and bless your friends.' In the Old Testament, God really just wanted to be worshiped. The Ten Commandments, which are the closest thing to the deadly sins ever really mentioned, were really just suggestions God gave us to help ourselves. It's not until the New Testament and the rise of the Catholics that people were threatened with Hell for not doing what they were supposed to.

Please keep in mind that I am not a scholar on the Bible. I've never been to church, everything I know was either self-taught or taught to me by my father. Take everything I say with a grain of salt.

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