Wisdom and Cheese- Deadly Thigamajiggers (General)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, December 04, 2011, 22:19 (4738 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

So this is the follow up on the so called 7 deadly sins, which are in fact neither 7 nor deadly.

So there are two main passages that are used to define the '7 deadly sins', one in Proverbs where king Solomon makes a list that's something like

6:16 There are six things that the Lord hates,

even 31 seven 32 things that are an abomination to him: 33
6:17 haughty eyes, 34 a lying tongue, 35
and hands that shed innocent blood, 36
6:18 a heart that devises wicked plans, 37
feet that are swift to run 38 to evil,
6:19 a false witness who pours out lies, 39
and a person who spreads discord 40 among family members. 41

And Galations 5

5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; 21 only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, 22 but through love serve one another. 23 5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, 24 namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” 25 5:15 However, if you continually bite and devour one another, 26 beware that you are not consumed 27 by one another. 5:16 But I say, live 28 by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. 29 5:17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires 30 that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to 31 each other, so that you cannot do what you want. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh 32 are obvious: 33 sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, 34 hostilities, 35 strife, 36 jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, 37 factions, 5:21 envying, 38 murder, 39 drunkenness, carousing, 40 and similar things.

Now, taking these things without any context of morality, but instead looking at them through the lens of mechanistic 'functional vs. dysfunctional', it is pretty obvious that this is a list of things that will cause dysfunction, either in the individual or in the group.

All of these things are things that will hurt you, hurt someone else, or degrade the functionality of the group. The vast majority of these things have scientifically proven negative consequences that have nothing to do with morality whatsoever. Some are less obvious, such as idolatry, but even here it is fairly safe to say that fixation on a person or thing can be unhealthy(dysfunctional) either individually or to society.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.