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The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a classification of vices (part of Christian ethics) that has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct Christians concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin. In the currently recognized version, the sins are usually given as pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. Each is a form of Idolatry-of-Self wherein the subjective reigns over the objective. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins).

• Pride leads to unhappiness because we are driven to be constantly on the defensive and always appear “perfect”--our wagons must always be circled.
• Greed leads to unhappiness for we are driven to never be satisfied–we always lust for more–more and “better”.
• Lust leads to unhappiness because we are driven to abandon good judgment and common sense. We are deeply antisocial for we are driven to always put our own interests before others’.
• Envy leads to unhappiness for we are driven to always view ourselves in a dim light–others have everything better than we do.
• Gluttony leads to unhappiness for we are driven to stuff ourselves even if someone else is starving sitting at the same table.  It drives us to sickness by our fixation on accretion.
• Wrath leads to unhappiness for we are driven to always be in consuming rages of anger.
• Sloth leads to unhappiness for we are driven to actively avoid reality by not attending to our necessary interests.

The seven deadly sins are not only sins against God, but have in common the direct imposition of chronic unhappiness upon ourselves.  When we commit the seven deadly sins, theologians may argue whether or not we will suffer in hell.  Without question it is starkly apparent we thrust upon ourselves an ever-present hell on earth.

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