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Archive: January 13, 2008 - January 19, 2008
The Cold Sin of Greed
My vote goes to greed: greed is the sin most prevalent and harmful in the world today. Greed goes to the heart of many social and societal issues. Greed keeps war, violence and destruction of lives, limbs and property a dominating experience in the lives of many citizens of this planet.
By Lauren Artress | January 19, 2008; 7:10 PM ET | Comments (8)
Pride as American as Apple Pie
Pride is the great motivator for 21st Century success and accomplishment.
By Samuel Rodriguez | January 19, 2008; 6:54 PM ET | Comments (7)
Generosity Shames Greed
GREED is my choice. It’s both the worst and, in our society today, the most prevalent and harmful. But greed can be shamed by generosity, as in the life and work of Muhammad Yunus.
By Willis E. Elliott | January 19, 2008; 5:52 PM ET | Comments (43)
Pride Before Many Falls
From my choice to join the Marines, to cramming through law school nights, to marrying into the right family, to angling for my position as Special Counsel to the President, I had been driven out of pride.
By Charles "Chuck" Colson | January 18, 2008; 12:14 PM ET | Comments (35)
The Infection of Society
It appears, at least to me that selfishness is the seed of all sin; murder, robbery, lying, cheating, road rage, child abuse, embezzlement, discrimination, hatred and the list goes on.
By Lyle Dukes | January 18, 2008; 8:05 AM ET | Comments (53)
The Sinful Pride of the Post-Modern World
Our pride in being western post-enlightenment humans (or indeed our pride in having attained the degree of sophistication to call ourselves post-modernists!) gives us the further license to make up our own rules.
By Nicholas T. Wright | January 17, 2008; 2:32 PM ET | Comments (813)
The Value -- and Temptation -- of the List
The question itself—which is the worst of the sins?— is a temptation. It assumes a list, and it plays to our love of ranking and categories. But not so fast.
By William Tully | January 17, 2008; 1:37 PM ET | Comments (1)
Pride Caused Us to Attack Iraq
Prideful behavior on every level is what caused this administration to violate 1,600 years of Christian moral reasoning, the Just War theory, and attack Iraq. This kind of prideful behavior is not only a political and strategic error, it is a fundamental faith error.
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite | January 17, 2008; 9:10 AM ET | Comments (136)
Sins and Virtues
There is no list of "Deadly Sins" in Jewish theology, nor is there a list of worthy virtues. We do not believe that good and evil are defined by particular qualities.
By Adin Steinsaltz | January 17, 2008; 8:20 AM ET | Comments (32)
Self-Indulgence: A Chronic Human Failing
Shedding innocent blood, habitual lying or calculated divisiveness are far worse than many or all on the list of the "deadly seven."
By Michael Otterson | January 17, 2008; 7:36 AM ET | Comments (37)
Global Sin
As bad as all these things are, it may be gluttony and greed that will do us in as a species.
By Thomas J. Reese, S.J. | January 17, 2008; 6:38 AM ET | Comments (42)
A $100 Million Bet on Pluralism
Eboo Patel | The multicultural jet set shifts into constructive, youth-oriented action to counter the so-called Clash of Civilizations.
By Eboo Patel | January 16, 2008; 6:24 PM ET | Comments (50)
Greed is the Seed of All Sins
In my opinion the most deadly of the seven sins is GREED. It not only makes people selfish but it enables people to rob the poor for their own personal aggrandizement.
By Arun Gandhi | January 16, 2008; 12:53 PM ET | Comments (93)
Envy: Personal and Political Poison
Although there's nothing good to be said on behalf of gluttony and greed (and American society is certainly filled with both), it seems to me that envy is the most prevalent and destructive of all sins.
By Susan Jacoby | January 16, 2008; 9:25 AM ET | Comments (303)
Only One Truly Deadly Sin
There is no "gradation" of sin in Scripture.
By Cal Thomas | January 16, 2008; 8:05 AM ET | Comments (105)
Greed and Other Social Sins
GREED and its brothers and sisters ARROGANCE AND SELFISHNESS lead the pack.
By Bob Edgar | January 16, 2008; 7:08 AM ET | Comments (6)
Pride and Other All-Consuming Sins
Americans in particular consume excessively (both in terms of gluttony and lust, and in terms of electricity, gas, and other natural resources) while giving only a pittance to the poor of the world.
By Pamela K. Taylor | January 16, 2008; 6:08 AM ET | Comments (69)
The Gandhis and Their Moral Blind Spot
Mr. Gandhi’s refusal to even reference the formal state of war that most Arab nations still maintain against Israel . . . reflects the moral blindness of his grandfather regarding Jews and deprives his moral analysis of the power it might otherwise posses
By David Saperstein | January 14, 2008; 5:35 PM ET | Comments (217)
The Future of Jewish Americans
The more American Jews become identified with the prevailing culture, the sooner they can expect the same future as so many other immigrant communities who assimilated into mainstream America and lost their unique identity.
By Adin Steinsaltz | January 14, 2008; 2:18 PM ET | Comments (60)
Jewish Identity and Popular Religiosity
The Jewish faith is not burdened with the Christian notion that “Outside the Church there is no salvation;” or that only baptized Christians go to heaven.
By Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo | January 14, 2008; 1:15 PM ET | Comments (9)
Freedom's Genius
Judaism in the United States has been inventive and adaptive.
By Gustav Niebuhr | January 14, 2008; 12:34 PM ET | Comments (1)
Life as a Minority Isn't What it Used to Be
We have Iftars at the White House, a congressman who is Muslim, and a presidential candidate who is not only black but also attended madrassa as a child.
By Pamela K. Taylor | January 14, 2008; 11:50 AM ET | Comments (22)
Muslims are Europeans, not Foreigners
Eboo Patel | Europe’s Muslims -- no longer foreigners -- can view their faith as a bridge just as easily as they view it as a bubble or a barrier.
By Eboo Patel | January 14, 2008; 3:47 AM ET | Comments (132)
