NationStates Jolt Archive

What should it be?

Pleasuring yourself with an eggwhisk. It's just ... wrong.

Sloth ought be knocked out of the original seven. It means spiritual apathy, rather than being lazy as is often thought.

Blowing whistles over nothing.

I have an egg whisk in the shape of a squid, which i think moves it from wrong to so, so right.

Crochet

illegal downloads.

illegal downloads.

Ouch.. I'm going to a very special place in hell if that's the case. :<

Optimism.

Breathing. That ought to catch those remaining hard-to-guilt people.

Moaning about the recession/economic downturn/whatever.

Lurking.

Stopping on the on-ramp.

Sunglasses with headphones attached to the arms. If you wear them, I'm letting you know that you look dumb and should go to hell.

Stubborness.

Either antitubso or antibissonomy, I'd wager.

Sunglasses with headphones attached to the arms. If you wear them, I'm letting you know that you look dumb and should go to hell.

Likewise those bluetooth ear things where people run around with their ear glowing green and talking to themselves.

Inconsiderate...ness.

You guys aren't keeping with the theme. The 7 deadly sins were things that more or less everybody would be guilty of at some time. So you need to pick something fairly universal.

How are the religious leaders going to control people if they can't call them sinners?

You guys aren't keeping with the theme. The 7 deadly sins were things that more or less everybody would be guilty of at some time. So you need to pick something fairly universal.

I already did. Here is another: "Hypocrisy".

Lurking.

Saying the word soccer.

Eating okra and/or grits.

You guys aren't keeping with the theme. The 7 deadly sins were things that more or less everybody would be guilty of at some time. So you need to pick something fairly universal.

How are the religious leaders going to control people if they can't call them sinners?
ok

rationalizing your behavior.

Putting the milk in before the hot water and teabag.

Stupidity. *nods* Yep, it should be a sin.

Contentiousness
;)

Stopping on the on-ramp.

^^ THIS!

A thousand times this.

Stupidity. *nods* Yep, it should be a sin.

Aww... beat me to it.

Poor spelling, bad grammar, not citing your sources, presenting opinions as facts, not supporting opinions with facts, presenting anecdotes as evidence (without the caveat that, as an anecdote, it is in no way admissable as proof).

(we're all going to Hell).

Rick Rolling

Policing peoples lives

Stupidity. *nods* Yep, it should be a sin.
There'd be lots of smiting!

I'm all for it.

presenting opinions as facts, not supporting opinions with facts, presenting anecdotes as evidence (without the caveat that, as an anecdote, it is in no way admissable as proof).
^THIS! Completely and totally.

Ouch.. I'm going to a very special place in hell if that's the case. :<

Dude you don't admit that... Geez. Destroying the Environment should be the first and the murder should be seventh, rape should be the 2nd and the 2nd should become the 8th.

Dude you don't admit that... Geez. Destroying the Environment should be the first and the murder should be seventh, rape should be the 2nd and the 2nd should become the 8th.
...

Excuse me while I go value the tree in my backyard more than a human life.

There'd be lots of smiting!

I'm all for it.

If nothing else, it would be mildly amusing. :)

Poor spelling, bad grammar, not citing your sources, presenting opinions as facts, not supporting opinions with facts, presenting anecdotes as evidence (without the caveat that, as an anecdote, it is in no way admissable as proof).

(we're all going to Hell).

And I think they'll have some reserved seats for a lot of Music History Book Authors.

The 8th Deadly Sin is assumption.

...or aerial hunting. :tongue:

Ignorance :p

Believing in deadly sins.

But... wait, what? How...?

Oh :(

Ignorance :p

Excellent, but it needs one modifier:

WILLFUL ignorance.

Excellent, but it needs one modifier:

WILLFUL ignorance.

No, no, no, no, no....

How does that serve my purpose of sending Billions to Hell, in the slightest?:p

The 8th deadly sin?

Participating in ALL of the first 7... at the same time.

The 8th Deadly Sin is only available in the expansion pack.

The 8th Deadly Sin is only available in the expansion pack.

The Qur’an?

The 8th deadly sin?

Participating in ALL of the first 7... at the same time.

I did that once. I recommend it. :)

Definitely stupidity. Look, it's already punishable by death (www.darwinawards.com)!

You guys aren't keeping with the theme. The 7 deadly sins were things that more or less everybody would be guilty of at some time. So you need to pick something fairly universal.

How are the religious leaders going to control people if they can't call them sinners?

All sins are committed by the living. Thereby, living is a sin.

/thread.

All sins are committed by the living. Thereby, living is a sin.

/thread.

Ah, I need to get Necrodermis...

http://www.fighting-hellfish.com/images/kevin/kevin-necrons.jpg

Nsg

pizza o wonderful delicious sin!

Eating okra and/or grits.

[wrong answer buzzer] Grits are one of the things that, like beer, proves that God loves us and wants us to be happy. You crumble some bacon in there, put some salt and pepper on 'em, that's some good eating.

The 8th deadly sin? Whining.

Astroturf.

All sins are committed by the living. Thereby, living is a sin.

/thread.

But murder, birth control, and suicide are all sins.

a sourcerer! . . . . oh wait you said sin not son. sorry sorry

[wrong answer buzzer] Grits are one of the things that, like beer, proves that God loves us and wants us to be happy. You crumble some bacon in there, put some salt and pepper on 'em, that's some good eating.

The 8th deadly sin? Whining.

I'll concede that grits might, just might, properly prepared, be edible. But I will not accept that okra was intended to be food.

But murder, birth control, and suicide are all sins.

All committed by the living, on the living. If there are no living, there is no sin.

Mobile phone usage in the cinema.
I should definately be allowed kill anyone who violates this rule, hence it is a deadly sin!

I'll concede that grits might, just might, properly prepared, be edible. But I will not accept that okra was intended to be food.

Yeah, grits do need to have some care expended on them, or they will crawfish on you and go horribly wrong.

All committed by the living, on the living. If there are no living, there is no sin.

But what should we do to annihilate the living? Total celibacy? like that will work.

I already did. Here is another: "Hypocrisy".

That's a good one.

Your mom.

But what should we do to annihilate the living? Total celibacy? like that will work.

Do nothing. What would the deity (assuming there is one) have to do if there were no sin?

The 8th Deadly Sin? Putting beans in chili.

The 8th Deadly Sin? Putting beans in chili.

Then my ex-mother-in-law and I will surely burn in Hell - with our Tex-Mex Five Alarm Chili Con Carne y Frijoles.

Then my ex-mother-in-law and I will surely burn in Hell - with our Tex-Mex Five Alarm Chili Con Carne y Frijoles.

It's no more than you deserve, heretic ;)

Eating okra and/or grits.

I'll concede that grits might, just might, properly prepared, be edible. But I will not accept that okra was intended to be food.

Only ever had okra in the Indian dish Bhindi bhaji and it is delicious as a side dish to go with a curry

http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Indian%20Section/bhindi_bhaji____veg___ht__indian.htm

And here I was expecting a poll.

But what should we do to annihilate the living?

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But what should we do to annihilate the living?

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Berlusconiness.

Berlusconiness.

He was the Italian President(Prime Minister? Head Italian?), right? What did he do that he gets his own sin?

Stupidity. *nods* Yep, it should be a sin.

Then I'm going strait to hell.

Definitely stupidity. Look, it's already punishable by death (www.darwinawards.com)!

I beat you to it on page two....

Then I'm going straight to hell.

I believe you mean "straight"; 'strait' refers to a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies.

Stubborness.

Well I'm going to hell.

I believe you mean "straight"; 'strait' refers to a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies.

Yeah, and there are already enough movies of liquid things connecting two bodies on the internet.

Uhm... cheating in multplayer games?

Sloth ought be knocked out of the original seven. It means spiritual apathy, rather than being lazy as is often thought.

Sloth (or gluttony?) was already kicked out to make room for AOL Usage :p

Seriously, though, the seven sins should look something like this:
* Hatred
* Violence
* Tyranny
* Oppression
* Betrayal
* Greed
* Deception

Not getting wubbed. That's the 8th deadly sin, kills your self esteem dead.

Sloth (or gluttony?) was already kicked out to make room for AOL Usage :p

Seriously, though, the seven sins should look something like this:
* Hatred
* Violence
* Tyranny
* Oppression
* Betrayal
* Greed
* Deception

Take out deception, maybe betrayal and change hatred to bigotry. Then it works.

Hatred seems to cover bigotry. As for deception and betrayal, what would you put in over them? Keep in mind that by deception I don't mean little white lies...

I think if I had to go with a 8th deadly sin. I think Apathy should be raised. That feeling that things are just too complicated and the parties involved are just too entrenched to sort out. It doesn't affect me so why should I get involved?

Hatred seems to cover bigotry. As for deception and betrayal, what would you put in over them? Keep in mind that by deception I don't mean little white lies...

Well, I was thinking this: why is desiring just vengeance a sin? And deception's a means to an end, doing it for good generally is good. And if you betrayed your (hypothetically) evil, oppressive country, why'd that be bad?

Pride is the worst. It allows you to think why should I be judged anyway? Nobody has power over over me, I can do what I want to whomever I want.

Apathy as the eight is understandable, but kepe in midn that (like sloth) it's not an evil action so much as a lack of good action.

Apathy as the eight is understandable, but kepe in midn that (like sloth) it's not an evil action so much as a lack of good action.

Good answer, I support it.

Driving slow in the left hand lane.

I called apathy, this person called indifference, same thing. A nice quilt to go with it although I think it will provide little comfort.

http://www.quiltart.com/challenges/ds/index.html

I have chosen the sin of indifference for this challenge. Throughout the history of mankind, the silence of humanity has often been responsible for the perpetuation of crimes against mankind.

On the background, I have painted in red, graffiti style, some of the names of places and the crimes and atrocities from my lifetime. They are: Columbia, Sarajevo, The Congo, Iraq, Germany, Darfur - Sudan, Kosovo, South Africa, USA, Auschwitz, HIV-AIDS, Abu Graib, Hate Crimes, Genocide, Apartheid, Death Squads, Ethnic Cleansing, Segregation.

I have chosen our current president as the icon of indifference (not to say he is the only one, just the most prominent in our times). I have screen printed his image over the graffiti background, in 3 poses. Hands have been appliquéd over the eyes, ears and mouth to represent see no evil, hear no evil and speak of no evil.

I found some significant quotes by famous people that I have printed on fabric using screen printing, the printer or by image transfer using a solvent. I embellished the piece with some organza printed with linear lines to represent being behind the bars of indifference, Then I over stamped with various abstract designs to represent how we trample on
the rights of others.

All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men and women to do nothing.

The actual quote,“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” was written and said by Irish politician Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)

But you could just as easily say that all it requires for good to win is for evil people to do nothing.

Karaoke.

* Hatred
* Violence
* Tyranny
* Oppression
* Betrayal
* Greed
* Deception

Sometimes violence and deception are necessary and serve a greater good, though. I'd replace 'violence' with 'apathy' and 'deception' with 'willful ignorance'

Hatred seems to cover bigotry. As for deception and betrayal, what would you put in over them? Keep in mind that by deception I don't mean little white lies...

Hate can be good...

*badum ba hate something.. badum ba change something... badum ba hate something change something make something beteeeeeer*

Sloth (or gluttony?) was already kicked out to make room for AOL Usage :p

Seriously, though, the seven sins should look something like this:
* Hatred
* Violence
* Tyranny
* Oppression
* Betrayal
* Greed
* Deception

All canceled by economic stability (directed at Neesika ;)).

Idiocy. The absolute refusal to approach a problem with logical examination of all possibilities, and to ignore verifiable and discernable facts in favor of one's own misconceptions based only on fundamental arrogance. THAT should be number eight.

Idiocy. The absolute refusal to approach a problem with logical examination of all possibilities, and to ignore verifiable and discernable facts in favor of one's own misconceptions based only on fundamental arrogance. THAT should be number eight.

Superbia is already a sin.

Being a control freak and ruining someone's life.

Being a control freak and ruining someone's life.

Adolescent, much?

Gerontophilia

Adolescent, much?

Can you blame me?

Can you blame me?

:tongue: No, but it is difficult to sympathize, due to my upbringing: My mother would not let me visit any of my friends, or vice versa, because she thought they were all trying to brainwash me (seriously). My father considers kissing before marriage to be a terrible sin.

The 8th Deadly Sin? Putting beans in chili.

:eek:

I did that once. I recommend it. :)

You can't do all 7 at once. If you manage 6 of them, that's a lot of work. You are therefore, at that moment, innocent of sloth.

Driving in the passing lane and not moving over for someone faster than you.

Kareoke.

Uh...karaoke?

Idiocy. The absolute refusal to approach a problem with logical examination of all possibilities, and to ignore verifiable and discernable facts in favor of one's own misconceptions based only on fundamental arrogance. THAT should be number eight.

Well, it should be the first sin. However, the nature of religious institutions that that the behavior you describe is the highest virtue. That's why Corinthians calls upon the faithful to reject "the wisdom of the wise," in favor of just doing as they're told by their Christian masters.

Well, it should be the first sin. However, the nature of religious institutions that that the behavior you describe is the highest virtue. That's why Corinthians calls upon the faithful to reject "the wisdom of the wise," in favor of just doing as they're told by their Christian masters.

I believe it isn't idiocy it refers to; it may be suggesting the embracing of ignorance.

addictions?

Uh...karaoke?
Uh suck mah balls.

Uh suck mah balls.

I can't. I'm allergic to raisins. :p

Ouch.. I'm going to a very special place in hell if that's the case. :<

I guess we would be there right next to each other;).

Uh...karaoke?

Spelling perfectionism on internet forums is #8. *is occasionally guilty*

More seriously:

There is nowhere in the Christian Bible that a specific list of the Seven Deadly Sins is given, although lists of virtues contrasted with lists of sins are found in certain books of the New Testament, such as the Epistle to the Galatians. The modern concept of the Seven Deadly Sins is linked to the works of the 4th century monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight "evil thoughts" as follows (Refoule, 1967):

Gluttony; fornication; avarice; sorrow; anger; discouragement; vainglory; pride.

The first three of these sins, as Refoule explains, link to lustful appetite; anger links with the irascible; and vainglory and pride link with the intellect. Some years after Ponticus, in 590 AD, Pope Gregory I (Pope Gregory the Great) would revise this list to form the more common "Seven Deadly Sins". note: this article lacks sources

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:19-23, NIV) It seems to me that paranoia about the "7 (or now 8) deadly sins" is absurd so long as the Golden Rule is followed to the best of one's ability. The Catholic and Orthodox Churches in particular, and most other denominations to lesser degrees, seem to want to turn Christianity into a religion of ritual and formula.[/seriousness]

Hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy.

Already had that one.

Already had that one.
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Gosh it's nice to see the Thread Police in action! Thank you, officer!

*Tries to think of suitable joke in response*

*Fails*

Parsimony always sounds like it should be a sin, possibly involving root vegetables.

He was the Italian President(Prime Minister? Head Italian?), right? What did he do that he gets his own sin?

Officially "President of the Council of Ministers". PM more or less. Still is. Would like to be Dear Leader Duce, likely.

As for his own sin, it's a mix of:
poor manners, hypocrisy, bribery, authoritarianism, threathening, suppressing press freedom...

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You seem to be Apropos Picture Guy lately. I don't know if everyone is amused, but I am, and after all isn't that what's really important?

Officially "President of the Council of Ministers". PM more or less. Still is. Would like to be Dear Leader Duce, likely.

As for his own sin, it's a mix of:
poor manners, hypocrisy, bribery, authoritarianism, threathening, suppressing press freedom...

Why suppress press freedom when he owns it? :p

Rickrolling.

Or 'internet meming' (is that a word?)

The deepest pit of hell is reserved for Communists.

Eating okra and/or grits.

insulting southern foods.

The deepest pit of hell is reserved for Communists.

1950's, much?

You seem to be Apropos Picture Guy lately. I don't know if everyone is amused, but I am, and after all isn't that what's really important?

You? :D

1950's, much?

I noticed your location is hell.

Let Marx and the boys know I said wassup.:wink: