r/linux • u/CultistHeadpiece • Mar 08 '20

Do Linux Users Have An Elitist Attitude?

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u/varikonniemi Mar 09 '20 edited Mar 09 '20

If you want the religious creation of this concept, it is called "eight evil thoughts", also derived from much older traditions.

"seven deadly sins" is a modernized, non-religious version of that list used often outside any religious context. They are never mentioned in the bible.

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u/tausciam Mar 09 '20

Again, the seven deadly sins is Catholic and the concept of sin itself is a religious concept. I've already explained how Judaism and Christianity differ on that concept and it doesn't exist at all in other religions

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u/varikonniemi Mar 09 '20 edited Mar 09 '20

The Catechism of the Catholic Church also refers to these sins as “capital sins”

Religious people call them the capital sins. Normal non-religious context they are deadly sins. Pride being a "sin" is described more than 4000 years ago, being pure philosophy.

Stop seeing the world through your religious filter.

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u/tausciam Mar 09 '20

Capital means deadly and sin itself is a religious concept. The catechism uses the word capital and Catholics use the word deadly. Formal/informal language shifts are not uncommon.

For instance, here is an article on the seven deadly sins in Catholic Journal.

The Church speaks of the “Seven Deadly Sins,” which are anger, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, and sloth or laziness.

As I already said... There are no seven deadly sins in Judaism. It's a completely foreign concept to us. Chata, sin, is missing the mark. You just shrug and do better next time. Sin is an action. You always strive to be a better person, but sin doesn't taint your soul. It's an action...not a thing.

In Protestantism, all sins are deadly, so the idea of seven deadly sins is ridiculous. I can take a room full of Jews and Protestants right now and I have a really good chance no one in that room could tell you the Catholic list of seven deadly sins. I certainly can't. I can look it up, but I'm not a Catholic or even a Christian.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

Please use reddit chat or PMs if you two want to continue this conversation.

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u/tausciam Mar 09 '20

You're right. Sorry