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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:09 AM
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Poll question: Favorite deadly sin?
In case we go back to Defcon 3 again and polls quit working, here they are, per Wikipedia and Gregory the Great: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride. The suspense is not noticeably killing me. I would have put "voting Republican" on, which is certainly the deadliest sin, but nobody here would call it the favorite one.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:22 AM
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1. Blasphemy
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:24 AM
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2. I'd have to say LUST.
*breaks out a Playboy*
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MN ChimpH8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:28 AM
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3. Sin is a man-made concept but if I had to choose,
sloth is my favorite. :beer: turns on tv,:boring: Cats have much to teach us.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:29 AM
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4. I'm really fucking good at a lot of those.
But I have to go with lust.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:31 AM
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5. I like lust, interspersed with sloth
the others I pretty much avoid. But sex and naps are both good things, so I'm probably OK.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:32 AM
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6. I LOVE LUST!
Oh my yes.

david
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:37 AM
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7. Gluttony and lust are tied!!
Edited on Tue Sep-13-05 11:38 AM by Shell Beau
Food and sex... Can't beat that! (on edit, not necessarily together!)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 11:38 AM
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8. The "deadly sins"
aren't deadly except to some smartassed pilgrim or some other megalomaniac who wanted to keep the peasants under his thumb.

Lust: he could prevent people from straying too far from the home fires, in order to maintain lawfulness;

Greed (avarice): He could prevent his people from trying to kill him and take all his wealth;

Gluttony: He could make sure that the family didn't overeat, and keep them dependent on him for additional food and supplies;

Sloth: He made sure that there were few people other than the infirm, the eldery or the very young were lying around being unproductive;

Anger: He could make sure that there was little violence, particularly to himself and his kin;

Envy: He didn't want the peasants to be comparing notes, because if they did, they might choose to overrun him;

Pride: Pride would often lead the peasantry to feel like actual human beings, and he had to nip that in the bud.

Let's face it: 7 deadly sins are nothing more than a method used to keep people from succeeding in their lives. While some blame them in some periods of history for letting things get out of control, the truth is, humans will always have these traits, and why shouldn't we celebrate them and the differences between us all, and not worry if we have an envious moment or two, or if we decide to overeat when we can? :)
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 01:00 PM
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12. That's so true. This list is one big guilt trip.
But Lust, while it may not be a deadly sin in my book is something I crave.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 12:14 PM
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9. Avarice and Envy are the same thing
And you're mising vanity :)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 04:16 PM
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16. Actually
vanity would be the same as pride

Avarice is greed, and envy is desiring other people's goods/looks/fortune.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 12:19 PM
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10. Lust, of course.
Yay lust!
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 12:57 PM
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11. Sort of a combination
of gluttony and sloth. At my age the lust thing is playing a bit less of an important role.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 01:01 PM
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13. Lust
Duh!!!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 01:02 PM
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14. I always get the sins confused with the commandments
I was thinking "coveting" when I saw the subject line but that's a commandment, not a sin. ~sigh~ And I do so love to covet.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 01:26 PM
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15. I voted other..
I've always been partial to lust and sloth myself but "voting Republican" combines everything into one tidy package.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 04:17 PM
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17. I confess
My own personal favorite is sloth. Show me a couch anytime and I'll be sprawled on it in seconds.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 04:18 PM
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18. Tossup between sloth and lust
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 04:19 PM
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19. Well, believe it or not....LUST...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:30 PM
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20. The Seven Sins







The Seven Sins: Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Greed, Sloth, Wrath (Pride is missing, no spoilers)
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:36 PM
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21. You beat me to it!
I love Envy the most, but Wrath is just so cute!
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:43 PM
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23. At first I thought Envy was a woman
Do to the way he dressed, but then I read online that he was a guy.
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:51 PM
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26. Yep
Edited on Tue Sep-13-05 05:54 PM by TimeChaser
He's just really, really girly in the form he likes the best. His original form, however, isn't so girly (I don't know if you've seen the last two episodes yet, so I won't give it away). It also doesn't help that his dub voice sounds like a woman.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:55 PM
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28. Don't worry
I have already seen the eps.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:40 PM
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22. Lust. Hands down.
Or hands on, as the case may be.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:45 PM
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24. I can think of a number of appropriate prepositions.
:evilgrin:
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Meatwad Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:45 PM
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25. No such thing as sin.
Only human nature.

:)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:54 PM
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27. Can it be that I am the only one who went for that Oasis over Beatles one?
Good Lord.

(Oasis is so much better. I'd come to have more faith in DU.)
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Graf Orlok Donating Member (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 05:55 PM
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29. I'd have to agree with you on that.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 07:16 PM
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30. I really only commit two of them, and lust is the best.
It's the most fun. Unfortunately, I also commit the deadly sin of sloth, and that gets me in more trouble than lust.
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raptor_rider Donating Member (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 07:30 PM
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31. There is not such thing
as sin. Live life to the fullest. All is loved and forgiven. Father/Mother loves their children, no matter what they do.

Then again, man, if not, I would have to say LUST!! :P
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blackcatpgh Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 08:29 PM
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32. some other thing:
incredible beer consumption. heh.
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