The Seven Deadly Sins

1.) Lust

Lust (Latin, Cupidita), or lechery, is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Dante’s criterion was excessive love of others, which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary.

Mega-D.I.L.F. Panda Bear, Terminal 5, NYC (photo: Joseph “Whoa Whoa Whoa” Roth c/o Eat My Shots.)

 

2.) Gluttony

Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony (Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food, or its withholding from the needy.

Red Bamboo‘s seitan sandwich.
 

F&B‘s Great Dane veggie dog combo. 
 

Kate’s Joint Southern Fried Tofu Cutlet sandwich with a scoop of yam mash.
 

Marissa’s Birthday Cupcakes!

 

3.) Greed

Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was “a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.”

My empty wallet in my bag in a doctor’s exam room, where I waited for 30 minutes to see her for 15.

 

4.) Sloth

Sloth is defined as spiritual and/or actual apathy, putting off what God asks you to do, or not doing it or anything at all. Acedia is a Latin word, from Greek akedia, literally meaning “absence of caring”. Acedia is also deemed to lead to God’s wrath. Sloth can also concern wasting due to lack of use or allowing entropy, expanding into almost any person, place, thing, skills, or intangible ideal that would require maintenance, refinement and/or support to continue to exist.

The Wire Season 3 all-day marathon.

 

5.) Vanity

In many religions vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one’s own image, and thereby becomes divorced from the graces of God. The stories of Lucifer, Narcissus and others attend to a pernicious aspect of vanity. 

Extended arm photos. The thorn in the side of digital camera but who can resist?

 

6.) Envy

Like greed, Envy (Latin, invidia) may be characterized by an insatiable desire; they differ, however, for two main reasons. Those who commit the sin of envy resent that another person has something they perceive themselves as lacking, and wish the other person to be deprived of it. Dante defined this as “love of one’s own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs.” 

CandyPenny‘s shot of the Veggie Pride Parade, which I missed because of Drunkeness (below) and Sloth (above).
7.) Drunkeness
Drunkenness, or inebriation, is the condition of being intoxicated by consumption of alcoholic beverages to such a degree that mental or physical faculties are altered or impaired.

Post-Semester drinks/Marissa’s Birthday bash


Sources: Wiki