Lets Research Sin

Starting off I am going to do what I said in my previous posts regarding research. I will do some base research on sins than in my next post, I will delve deeper into what could be beneficial and deeper meanings.  I will take what seems beneficial in information for my short films. 

What I read:

• The seven deadly sins can be thought of as dispositions toward sin and separation from God.
• This idea would help my devil on the shoulder kind of aspect I would like to represent
• evil entails some good state of affairs that morally outweighs it.
•  a theodicy, an account of why God chooses to permit evil in the world (and why he is morally justified in so choosing)—e.g., that it is a necessary consequence of sin
• response presupposes that humans are indeed free, and it fails to reckon with natural evil, except insofar as the latter is increased by human factors such as greed or thoughtlessness. 
• “They’re called ‘mortal’ or ‘deadly’ because they lead to the death of the soul,” says Richard G. Newhauser, an English professor at Arizona State University
• "Vainglory is where we seek human acclaim.” - This refers to the pride
• avarice or greed shows up on all of the lists of sins -- a desire for wealth but for honors [and] high positions
• Sadness is closely related to envy 
• this can delve into the difference between realism and reality because they are so closely correlated.
• two types: joy at another’s misfortune and [the other is] sorrow at the fortune of someone else
• Wrath:  The Catechism says that “If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely against charity; it is a mortal sin.”
• Early Christian theologians understood gluttony to include drinking too much alcohol and desiring too much fine food, in addition to overeating.
• an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires
• melancholy causes “slothfulness in fulfilling the commands.” 
• transgressions which are fatal to spiritual progress
•  Pride is also known as Vanity.
• Catholic Church differentiates between two different types of sin: venial sin (forgiven through a sacrament) and capital sin (meriting damnation without reconciliation).
• Each sin is a particular way of failing to love God with all one's resources and to love fellows as much as self. 
• Lust: Obsessive, unlawful depraved thought, or unnatural desire for sexual excitement, such as desiring sex with a person outside marriage or engaging in unnatural sexual appetites
• Lust: Greed for Sex, Attention
• Gluttony: Greed for Self-Indulgence
• Envy: Greed for Possessions, Personal Gain
• Sloth: Greed for Avoidance
• Pride: Greed for Greatness
• Wrath: Greed for Revenge 

• Lust means they are too lazy to love
• Gluttony means they are too lazy to consider others
• Sloth means they are too lazy to do anything
• Envy too lazy to think about anything but money and personal gain
• Wrath too lazy to consider the consequences of their vengeful actions
• Greed too lazy to think about anything other than money and power
• Pride too lazy to understand that there is more to life than money and power
•  sloth is plagiarism. "In this Internet culture, cut and paste is so easy," 

References
Little, B. (n.d.). The Seven Deadly Sins and Where They Came From - HISTORY. HISTORY. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from https://www.history.com/news/seven-deadly-sins-origins

religion. (n.d.). Encyclopædia Britannica; Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/religion

Seven Deadly Sins. (n.d.). Seven Deadly Sins. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from http://www.deadlysins.com

Seven Deadly Sins - New World Encyclopedia. (n.d.). Info: Main Page - New World Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Seven_Deadly_Sins

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/12/elc-sins

In researching the seven deadly sins I was able to talk to coworkers around me and understand ideas and apply ideas presented. The way envy can be associated so closely with sadness was something that makes sense once I read the idea but I never formed that thought upon my own mind prior. Associations are quite important in understanding what the sins may mean and how this furthers my interpretations is very helpful. Just the idea of presenting similar ideas in different forms quite actually helped me. I even participated in a conversation on the idea of realism versus reality on the ideas I presented to them on my impression of envy as a relation to sadness. 

The next blog post most likely keeps the ideas I want to learn further in the introductions of sin representation. How I can even further these ideas will most likely be the interpretations I need to make. 

stay tuned...