Which sin, in your opinion, deserves to be absolved or exempted?

Most of you may have heard about the Seven Deadly Sins:

1. Greed - Wanting too much of something than you require. (Money, love, attention, fame)
2. Gluttony - Similar to greed, but gluttony is the action of taking too much of something, or doing too much of it (endless video gaming, binge watching TV shows, excessive drugs, excessive eating etc)
3. Lust - The need to fulfill unspiritual desires (not just sexual desires, but bloodlust too)
4. Envy - Jealousy; wanting to have what someone has.
5. Sloth - Being too slow, lazy, indifferent, or apathetic
6. Wrath - Vindictive anger; angry revenge.
7. Pride - Being too self-satisfied and content (eg. you'd rather die than ask someone for help, money -- reluctance to apologize)

My question isn't which one is the worst, but which sin out of these seven do you think deserves redemption? Deserves not to be a sin? I know everyone has their beliefs (or lack thereof), and you may dismiss all of these as sins, or something else, but for the sake of debate put a pin in that for a moment. And pick a sin you think shouldn't be a sin.

Oh, and you get extra brownie points to explain why you think your choice shouldn't be a sin :)

Sloth 12
Envy 2
Greed 6
Lust 7
Wrath 4
Gluttony 4
Pride 11
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  • handsignals

    Sloth's aren't hurting anyone, leave em alone God!

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    I think Greed is permissible. It's so common, even the ungreedy are greedy.

    In reality, who actually needs anything but simple roof over their head, shower, laundromat and bus ticket in our world..? Who needs anything other than that and whatever medical supplies they need to function? No one.

    No one needs a nice car, no one needs a nice set of dishes or nice clothes. Greed is wanting more than you need and we all want more than we need, even the most altruistic of us. Even those who are charitable who pull income can justify to themselves owning a Prius when they could easily spend a fraction of it on an old Corolla and give the rest of that money to charity. Even the most altruistic can justify spending $10 more on nice, new clothes when they can get the same quality online or at a thrift store when that $10 would be better spend buying a meal for a homeless man... Right?

    We can all justify providing ourselves a certain level of comfort even if it means unwillingness to sacrifice a certain level so that others can enjoy basic necessities. It's reasonable, it's sane, it's greed and we are all guilty. The sin is in the actions we take to meet our material desires. The business owner who pays himself big money but also pays and treats his employees with fairness vs. The business owner who keeps all of the profits for himself when he could easily give his employees Christmas bonuses, effectively buying those employees Christmas presents for their children and paying overdue bills.

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    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

      settle down there gordon gekko

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  • Envy. Some people get things undeservably be it through genetics or from their family. I can see why someone would envy those who have what they don't have even though they have tried.

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  • ArmusWasTheFirstTroll

    gluttony, doesn't hurt anyone other than the sinner.

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    • wistfulmaiden

      Agree, taking things from others for fun would be greed.

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  • disthing

    Pride.

    But I don't subscribe to the notion that what is morally wrong can be neatly encapsulated by a tick-list of 'sins' like this. I'm not a Christian.

    I also think some, if not all of these 'sins' are in fact uncontrollable emotional responses. It's cruel to suggest that common feelings are shameful or wrong; it's the actions that follow that deserve to be judged.

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  • slings_and_arrows

    Wrath like the anger of Achilles after the death of Patroclus is redeemable and in fact makes him even more admirable.

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  • RoseIsabella

    I think the least sinful of the seven deadly sins is sloth, because it's a symptom of depression and other serious medical conditions.

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  • reminiscent

    Im not sure I can pick one....they are all pretty bad and bad things come from each of them...

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  • Rich_Guy

    Greed and riches are no sin. They are an entitlement.

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  • RealChick

    I said lust because it's the one I have the most issues with. Not just simple lust but bloodlust, the need for retribution. That would also be constituted as wrath but I'm sticking with lust because it's so vast a word. I lust after New shoes, but it's also greed and envy. It covers multiple answers to me.

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    • fab4ever2.

      Are you actually a "real chick"?

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      • RealChick

        Last time I checked. . . Yep. . Lol

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        • fab4ever2.

          Lol, okay

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  • dom180

    I think they're all valid, but if I had to pick one it would be pride. I never truly understood the problem. If you've done something wonderful you deserve a measure of pride. I don't think pride is essentially excessive - you can have a healthy measure of it.

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    • ArmusWasTheFirstTroll

      It is because your pride takes away from the glory God. If god did something or gave you the ability or will to do it, what should you be proud about? Today it would be more accurate to call hubris a sin.

      This is just my own speculation as to why pride would have been called a sin.

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