FAHAD SATAAR 06

SIN"something human beings do

which causes them to be unreasonable and unhappy."

PRIDE/Vanity(a desire to be important or attractive to others)

A person thinks he/she already "knows it all" and "has it all".

Pride is a sin when it is in excess because it prevents one from growing and evolving, and from accepting oneself and others fairly and realistically.

2. GREED/AVARICE (a desire to possess more than one has need or use for.)

One allows material items control his/her sense of contentment.

People under the influence of greed want more and more and are never satisfied

3. ENVY(resentment of others for their possessions; jealous

competitiveness.)

• Those suffering from envy wish they were someone else because of the qualities and/or possessions a person has.

• Instead of honoring what they do have, they dishonor the gift of life they were given by being dissatisfied with it.

ENVY

4. ANGER(Uncontrollable feelings of resentment, revenge or even

denial, it is also known as Wrath. )

One becomes angry at someone or something to the point that one loses control over actions and words.rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation, offense, rant, temper, seethe, livid, annoyance, antagonism, rile… “Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct

understanding.” --Mahatma Gandhi

ANGER

5. Lust Sexual desires that disrespect the dignity

of self and others

Sufferers of lust may have a strong sexual attraction towards a person and can't get him/her out of their minds.

Lust

6. GLUTTONYeating for pleasure; overindulgence in food, drink

or intoxicants

Instead of being satisfied with what one has, he/she wants more, more, more.

The chief error about Gluttony is to think it only pertains to food. Some people can't have enough toys, television, entertainment, sex, or company.

It is about an excess of anything.

GLUTTONY

7. SLOTH(laziness or idleness)

Slothful people occasionally do something, but they only do it haphazardly -- only enough to get it done.

Instead of giving life their best, they give much less than their best.

SLOTH

“True happiness is not found in riches or wellbeing, in human fame or power, or in any human achievement , but in God alone, the source of every good and of all love”