What are the modern deadly sins?
The Seven Deadly Sins, as you may know, are: Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Pride and Sloth.
As Gyles Brandreth found out, this list of sins has been around since the Middle Ages. Back then committing these sins resulted in punishments such as being put in frozen water and smothered in fire and brimstone.
But, in terms of guidance, are the seven deadly sins as relevant today as they were back then?
We want to know which sins you think should be added to the list today.
Rudeness, perhaps, impatience or maybe insincerity? Or is it as simply bad customer service, people who talk too loudly on their mobile phone or eat smelly food in public places?
It's over to you - what should the modern deadly sins be? Let us know here.
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Pointlessly going on about Carol Thatcher
Jethro,Cheshire
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Distraction -
Everyone I know, including me, when trying to work always end up on Facebook (other networking sites are available :P)
Without distraction, everything would get done much quicker!
Sorted :D
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Thou shalt not dump by text.
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My husband the Baggies' fan thinks that supporting Wolves is a deadly sin!
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I think Bullying should be a modern sin. I was bullied at school and have recently left my job because I was being bullied at work!
H
London
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Going to church is today's deadly sin.
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Littering!!
Have some respect for your surroundings folks! You wouldn't drop rubbish on your floor at home would you?
Clean is good!
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1. Credulity
2. Being an obscurantist
3. Taking Bronze Age fables literally
4. Despising science
5. Believing in moral absolutes
6. Ignorance
7. Agreeing with Adrian Chiles
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text message/phone calls made to people when you have had a little tipple...... or two.......or three!
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A deadly sin today is "Impatience" its creating a decline in society and our interaction with each other.
Another could be intolerence.
Steven
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Social networking sites!!
Becoming a slave of your Mobile phone!!
Repetitive generic music!!
Becoming a 'fool'!!
Daniel, Manchester
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My family eat really loudly, it gets very annoying, I believe it should be a modern sin.
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The RBS after todays news!!!!
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ONLINE PORN - Must be in there probably at the top ;)
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£650,000 pension to RBS quitting chairman. and at 50!
not having tools in your house- so many people don't even have a simple set of allen keys! ggrr
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Gloom & doom mongering. It gets everyone down. Look on the BRIGHT side!
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'Brown-nosing' or 'Kiss-a**eing'
To advance your career or social standing through sucking up to people and generally being sycophantic!
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they shall not say i pittie a fool without anger.
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'Text Messages' used for extra marital affairs. It is so easy to send a quick message, it is exciting, addictive and easy to undertake....
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selling your story to a tabloid/magazine!
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1. Credulity
2. Being an obscurantist
3. Taking Bronze Age fables literally
4. Despising science
5. Believing in moral absolutes
6. Ignorance
7. Agreeing with Adrian Chiles
Lozzer, Grantham
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eating chocolate when u promised to give it up
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The most deadly sin must be Political correctness. It has destroyed the great British spirit and made fools into politicians.
Andy
North Wales
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'inhumanity' should be a sin
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1. Ignorance (Including Racism)
2. Deception
3. Violence
4. Rudeness
5. Drugs
6. Sitting at the tv wasting your brain away
7. Religion!!!
Charlie, James and Brendan from Liverpool!
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Thou shalt not use her sister's straighteners without permission.
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thus shalt not give bankers bonuses
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Thou shall not rob banks of their money-unless you happen to be the managing director in which case it's OK
Thou should not covert thy neighbours wife because she is non to pretty
Lets face it these so called sins were thought up as a way of imposing religious servitude on the masses in order that the church could control.
If it was pleasurable then the proletariat was exempt.
William of newbury
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Being moody
Unkindness
Using The One Show as excuse for never getting supper ready!!!
Assuming that everyone at a church funeral is a Christian - 'we are here to give thanks to god for the life of...' etc etc Arrrgghhh!
Bea
Didcot
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Middle lane hogging should become a new deadly sin!
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thou shall not spit all over the place
thou shall pay the fare on bendy buses
thou shall not live on take aways only
thou should have a good old snog on saturday nights
thou should banish parsnips from earth
thou should invite 2 neighbours round for dinner
thou should make me a saint
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I think things that are overpriced should be a sin :)
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Seeing someone talking on a mobile phone while being served in a shop or in a bank - drives me mad! Never mind the customer always being right, the staff should say something like "Can you talk just to me please...?"
Jules,
Leatherhead
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Thou shalt not stay in the middle lane of the motorway.
Neal, Oxon
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rudeness
anger
speed
frivolity
wastefulness
polluter
noisiness
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I have my own personal 11 Deadly Sins-
1) Extreme Gluttony
2) Laziness
3) Fanaticism/Intolerance
4) Wallowing in Stupidity
5) Self-Pity
6) Adultery
7) Irrational Fear
8) Shame
9) Hypocrisy
10)Nepotism
11)Racism
I also have my own personal 12 Commandments.
-Dave- Wellington, Somerset
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Ignorance
Impatience
Distraction
..
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Spitting
Believing Newspapers
Spamming
Queue Jumping
Inconsiderate Driving
Trolling
Suddenly Stopping in the Street for no Apparent Reason
Russ and Pen Cotgrave
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Thou shall not support Man utd
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Society .
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If you are a banker thou shall not expect large bonuses
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Deadly sins:
1. wearing a brown jumper with a blue shirt while presenting the one show.
2. stupidity/ignorance
3. not abiding by T's rules. pity the fool
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farting and saying it wasn't u hence the name a modern ''SIN''
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Watching The One Show is the biggest sin!
Stephanie Williams from Ellesmere Port.
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I would change Sloth for Apathy, and add deceit, bullying & harrassment.
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Melanie from Ascot
One of the 7 sins should be not texting/phoning/emailing your mother at least once a week to let her know you are ok.
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Leeching off the state and making no contribution to society
Andy
Flitwick
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1. Racism
2. Xenophobia
3. Liking Eurovision songs
4. Voting Gordon Brown
5. Having 13 for a lucky number
6. Not recycling
7. Leaving the toilet seat up
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Undoubtedly the world's most common sins are utter stupidity and selfishness. Just look around you or in the news to see what I mean. John G
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Paying the tv licence fee. we all pay virgin or sky etc for tv
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seven deadly sins should be
gluttony,using a mobile on a plane or train,sqeezing into clothes that don't fit,wearing a thong that shows above your trousers,wearing any tight lycra leggings if you are fat,wearing jeans so low slung that your underpants show and smoking anywhere.
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I think Inattention or perhaps Negligence should be in the list somewhere. Perhaps the seven deadly sins pre-suppose our caring about them in the first place...
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Thou shalt not use her sister's straighteners without permission.
Liz
London
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Modern commandments according to Facebook:
- Thou shalt not walk slowly.
- Thou shalt not send annoying application invites, lest you recieved them first.
- Thou shalt flip thy pillow to get to the cold side.
etc.
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Happy slapping
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TOURISTS TAKE NOTE.....
Thou shalt not stop walking in the middle of Oxford Street.
Thous shalt no walk slowly on pavements.
Thou shalt not travel on the tube in rush hours unless its an emergency, and certainly not with luggage.
Thou shalt not talk to Londoners on the Tube.
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Crocs (esp with socks)
Corduroys
Marmite
Singing out of key/flat
Whinging
Living in tracksuits when you dont do sport
Writing a list of 'sins' based around pet peeves!
Kathryn, Taplow
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oh and as this is tyhe new version......
thou should find me a job, please...
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Paying the tv licence fee. we all pay virgin or sky
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watching the jeremy kyle show.
chavs
supporting manchester united, (always support your local team)
speed bumps
being unable to cope with a bit of snow
reading the daily mail
political correctness
karl from stoke
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1 Christianity
2 Islam
3 Judaism
4 Buddhism
5 Sikhism
6 Hinduism
7 Spiritism
8 Scientology
9 primal-indigenous
10 Juche
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1. wanting everything now.
2. wanting what everyone else has, even if I don't need it.
3. working too hard.
4. carrying others who don't work.
5. tolerating ignorance.
6. living our dreams through our children.
7.not telling my family that I love them.
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7 Deadly Sins:
Obesity
Drug Abuse
Terrorism
Paedophilia
Racism
Drunkeness
Licentiousness
Without these sins the world would be a wonderful place to live in!
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women who look their age over 35 are committing a deadly sin nowadays
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Thou shall not "cell "and drive.
Thou shall not smoke whilst driving with children.
Thou shall not drop litter.
If a "Merdle" thou should not accept your bonus.
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Comment 23
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Worthing council shall not take away another recreational activity/passtime away from the town.
Ian Levins
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I think BETRAYAL
is,if not the worst,then definitely in the top three of Deadly Sins!
ScillyGirl5
Girvan,Scotland
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1. Ignorance
2. Selfishness
3. Lazyiness
4. Rudness
5. Spitting
6. Queue Jumping
7. Road Rage & tail gating.
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or, just listen to 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobious Pip
dont let the name put you off-its a brilliant reflection of young modern society!
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The single deadly sin that controls and sits above all the other sins is the inability to feel another person's suffering.
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Bad impressions of "I pity the fool"
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Modern day deadly sins should surely be:
1. Mismanaging a Bank;
2. Having too big a pension at 50;
3. Not being able to laugh like Ms Bleakley;
4. Driving the kids to school in a 4x4;
5. Sending your children to clarinet lessons;
6. Sending your children to ballet lessons;
7. Having children in the first place.
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thou shalt not run thy business into the ground, create the largest financial loss in history and STILL get a £650,000 pension per annum!
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I think addiction is the new deadly sin....either drugs, alcohol, food or sex...people suffer from many addictions in our time!
Rhonda McLaren
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Bad impression of "I pity the fool!"
Emma, Amersham
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I think that men wearing tiny 'speedo's' should be classed as sin in these modern times!!
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Bad manners, especially when driving, spitting, automated telephone answering and answerphones, political correctness, taking things to extremes as in women wanting sensible equality as in pay and in rights and then having Chairman or Madam Chairman changed to Chair!!!
Pat, Suffolk
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1) Addiction. A significant modern sin.
2) Failing to take resposibilty for the development of your own children
To a lesser extent...
3) Impatience
4) Intollerance
5) Not taking responsibilty for your own actions
6) Making unsolicited telesale calls
7) Excessive use of excaimation marks
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Dumping by text and rebellion.....Im guilty of the second ond...the first one...had it done to me. lol
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I think we have a lot to learn from the final episode (well and all the previous episodes) of Seinfeld - I think social and political apathy has to be one.
J, Felixstowe, Suffolk
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8) Bad spelling
sorry
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Telling tales (take note adrian)
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The modern 7 deadly sins are:
greed
selfishness
racism
lack of compassion
intolerance
violence
bullying
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Thour shalt not use mobile phones in public
Thou shalt not wear leggings if over size 10
Thou shalt not leave dog poo!
Thou shalt not spit in public
Thou shalt not block supermarket aisles with your trolley
Thou shalt not flytip
Thou shalt not have your car stereo on loudly
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I think the comment that religion is dying and will be nearly exstinct within the next few years is untrue. The conventional church may be having a hard time but you need to look at other options. I am a member of the Bournemouth Community Church and the average attendance on a Sunday is around 150. Is that dying? The churches may be empty but the faith is strong. I think more research needs to be done before making these sweeping remarks.
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What is Christine on this week?
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Harping - constantly - back to winning the World Cup in 1966 and consistently failing to win it again
Predicting - the weather
Moaning - about the weather
Losing - (any major national football trophy since 1966) - at cricket since the Flintoff Ashes - at rugby since 22 November 2004.
Indicating - that is, failing to do so at junctions and roundabouts
Escapism - through constant exposure to 'Reality TV' - there is nothing real about it
Eastenders- the Jane/Ian pole dancing plot
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My version of 'The moden 7 deadly sins' are:-
1/ Blaten lies!
2/ Greed!
3/ Wanting before you can afford it!
4/ General dis-respecting others!
5/ Lazyness!
6/ Selfeshness!
7/ Dis-honouring vows you've made!
Obiously these are just my thoughts which are based on my expieriences of my 48 years.
Neil. Uckfield. East Sussex.
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In reply to 61 everyone is entitled to a belief.
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secondRuthHelen
Exploiting those poorer than oneself, as in unfair trade policies
Not even trying to 'do as you would be done by'
'Throwing rubbish around and expecting someone else to clear it up
Wasting the planet's resources
Abuse (all sorts) of the vulnerable
Cruelty to animals
Leaving no space for silence in life
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The modern deadly sin is in full evidence. It was addressed in your show last night, when Al Murray referred to his recent audiences being extreemly annoyed by the lack of action in bringing the bankers to account for the present financial crisis.
For my sins I was a Chartered Professional Civil Engineer for most of my working life.
Had I, or any of my colleagues, been responsible for Professional negligence, say for example a bridge we had designed or maintained, had failed causing death and injury to a coach load of people, through our neglect, we would be struck off by the Institution of Civil Engineers. Similarly Doctors proven to have caused death by neglect are often struck off by the GMC.
Why then is this government shying away from retrieving the peoples money from these extreemly negligent bankers who seem to insist they are Professionals.
It's no good saying to us you know what to do, get on your bike and vote in another party at the next election.
That will be too late and another party will have to sweep up this mess, created by a slack government who could not see this disaster coming. In fact an obvious world wide slackness.
So as seen in Al Murray's shows the people of this country are quite rightly in almost revolt (which takes a lot of doing here unlike France) and demand heads to roll, not bonuses continually upheld to these totally unprofessional bankers, who will say sorry until hell freezes over as long as they keep there second and third homes in Monte Carlo etc. and continue their yaughting life styles.
This time we've had enough, mates of Gordon Brown or not we want OUR MONEY back in Our Banks.
Regards
Lloyd Rees Bsc. C.Eng. M.I.C.E. M.I Mun. E.
M.I.H.T.( gained before retirement)
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Mr T said don't drink and drive, take heed you stupid fools.
No one ever say again on this blog, you fool.
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It should be regarded as a modern deadly sin to drive a 4X4 unless you live on a farm.
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It should be regarded as a modern deadly sin to drive a 4X4 unless you live on a farm.
- Scott from Wendover
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In today's climate I suppose gluttony (9/10 obesity looming in the not-to-distant future), greed (banks/bigwig pensions; and our wonderful politicians, e.g., Home Secretary housing disgrace) and lust (teenage pregnancy on the news again) stand up quite well.
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In today's climate I suppose gluttony (9/10 obesity looming in the not-too-distant future), greed (banks/bigwig pensions; and our wonderful politicians, e.g., Home Secretary housing disgrace) and lust (teenage pregnancy on the news again) stand up quite well.
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itsnotmyfaultism
Iwasherefirstism
everythingIdoiswonderfulevenwhenIbehavelikeapratism
WhenIseeyouinthestreetIsometimesacknowledgeyouandsometimesdon'tism
rulesareforeveryoneexceptmeism
....whereas I, of course, am above such things. Yeah, right!
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7 deadly sins:
1. Envy
2. Looking awful in the mornings
3. Greed
4. Self centered
5. Neglect
6. Drugs and alcohol
And the worst till last....
7. Anorexia when the models always have to be size zero >:(
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The modern most deadly sin is putting self before others.
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If everyone in this country obeyed the Ten Commandments and avoided the Seven Deadly Sins, this country would be a wonderful place - very little greed, not much family breakdown, not much dishonesty, no homegrown scams, no murders, no muggings ... let's have a Christian revival!
Eileen, Worcestershire
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Driving without using your indicators.
All forms of mobile phone use.
Rudeness.
Calling me a grumpy old woman.
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I don't care what the sin is as long as i can have fun doing it with Christine! I love that really sinful laugh she seems quite unable to suppress Is a provocative smile and laugh a sin? There will be a lot of lovely ladies beyond recall if that's the case. Sin is where you see it, to someone else it could be quite innocent. Judge not,etc. etc..
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103 posted by John on the Wirral
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I agree with what no.86 said about the mythological decline in church attendance - some of us are on i-church instead, but in Lincoln, church attendance is still strong.
The Seven Deadly Sins are still relevant - the comments about banker's bonuses refer to Greed, so doesn't need to be an addition ;-)
I would add (not in any particular order):
Religious intolerance (see 61)
Fascism
Racism
Sexism
Disablism (against CBBC presenters)
Paedophilia
Porn
Rape
Rap
Child abuse - (Baby P, God rest his soul)
Bullying
Ageism
Homophobia
Drug abuse
Jonathan Ross - bad language and bad jokes
Richard Dawkinism
Chris Moyles' arrogance and oafishness
War (although that comes under "Thou Shalt Not Kill)
Claiming that war is the fault of religion when in fact it's started by evil people
Terrorism
The oversexualisation of the young
Reading The Sun
Listening to U2
Churches not playing Justice - Cross very loudly on Saturday night :-D (look em up on Youtube/myspace)
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Living our lives in this world, without any reference to God, will always be our biggest sin, but Jesus came to save us from all our sins so we dont have to live like this.
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mahatma gandhi listed the7 greatest"blunders"in the world.
wealth without work
pleasure without conscience
knowledge without charecter
commerce without morality
science without humanity
worship without sacrifice and
politics without principle
gandhi's grandson arun gandhi added anotherrights without responsibilty
i don't think there is anything to be addad to this list
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1. Pretending you don't see what's happening.
2. Walking-by when someone needs help.
3. Taking the easy option instead of the right one.
4. Talking on your mobile when you're driving.
5. Putting money above people.
6. Following America.
7. Reality TV.
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My Top two modern deadle sins are:
1) Incompetent Government
2) Banking
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Christine is almost a deadly sin...far too cute!
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1, Rights without Responsibility
2, Rewarding Failure
3, Political Correctness
4, Selfishness
5, Lack of Respect
6, Intolerance
7, Greed
Joan, Goring by Sea
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Seven modern sins plus 2
1 PC aka hypocrisy aka humbug.
2 Egalitarianism- dumbing down -the rise of the brain dead.
3 Sentimentality or Princess Diana syndrome includes tears for entertainment.
4 Bigotry-not forgetting green activism or who is not with me is my enemy.
5 Small mindedness-Traffic wardens disease see also bureaucracy.
6 Teenage pregnancy - our lifetime burden.
7 The blame culture-I'm a victim, I need to sue somebody.
8 Incompetance-focus of infection-The Palace of Westminster; other sites- the city of London.
9 Indiscipline- I have the answer but space constrains.
tom mcharg
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Prying
looking for faults - relentlessly
Profiting from the misfortune of others
Using the term ' I haven't done anything wrong..'
Applying disproportionate tariffs to mistakes - if I make a mistake it's it's not so bad, but if you make the same mistake it realy is the end of civilisation as we know it.
Sorry to be so serious, but on the point of being emotionally and financially ruined due to the above.
Add 'Self-pity' to the list.....
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Being of the TOG age of listener, my list of Seven Deadly Sins is perhaps coloured by personal experience.
Amorality
Anger
Apathy
Disrespect
Fraud
Irresponsibility
Selfishness
Charles - Swindon
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The seven deadly sins hit the nail right on the head, esp[ecially when we see the obscene greed manifested by high-flying bankers (greed, pride) these days.
Let me add, as a fan of The One Show, that I was somehat put out by the rather "jokey" attitude to sin in yesterday's programme. Sin is a serious matter and not something to be taken lightly. Don't worry - I'm not going to complain about having been "offended". Keep up the good work!
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1. Taking notice of anything to do with Simon Cowell
2.Getting old
3. Driving four wheel cars to take kids to school while wearing a shell suit
4. Believing it will be alright in the end
5. Putting towels down to save sun beds
6.Smoking
7.Drinking lager
Les
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1. Failing to thank other drivers that give way
2. Not switching your mobile phone off in the cinema
3. Farting in the lift and staring accusingly at the person standing next to you
Robert, Slaithwaite
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1.I think Christine should/could be a deadly sin.....a sin that you cant get enough of.
2.People who use their mobile phones as a stereo for all to hear. The quality is poor and its always rubbish songs.
3.Supporting Man Utd, come on they are the Red Devils after all
4.Driving at 50mph in the middle lane of the motorway with no traffic infront of you because its all piled up behind.
5.Sending Spam emails
6. Littering
7. Spitting
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Supermarkets promoting the sale of Hot Cross Buns from January, a Christian cake that represents Christ's crucifixion, and should only be eaten on Good Friday.
Supermarket employees who, when asked why the supermarket is promoting a Christian food dedicated to one day a year, several months early, claim that "it's only their job" and claim that people do actually buy them.
Buying hot cross buns in ignorance.
Buying Hot Cross Buns on Friday 13th.
Supermarkets selling Easter Eggs in January.
materialism
Santa (Satan)
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My new 7 deadly sins are :
Bigotry, Prejudice, Greed, Deceit, Self-interest, Inhumanity, Apathy
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modern deadly sin? Ambition!
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doing 35mph in a 30mph limit!
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Setting fireworks off 4 weeks before Guy Fawkes, and 2 weeks after. Putting up exterior Christmas lights in November.
P.S. oops! did I say Christmas lights, I meant winter lights.
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Gossip.
It's not harmless fun. It can offend. It can spread lies. It can wreck reputations. It can lead to retaliation.
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swearing in public.
litter.
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To treat sin as a joke.
To ask clergymen who don't believe in sin, to define sin.
To ignore the fact that: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
To think that hell is a laughing matter.
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Re: 29
Not 'deadly', but spot on about the funerals. Drives me crazy!!
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The seven deadly sins are just as relevant today but I would add :
1. CRUELTY
2. CARELESSNESS
3. INDIFFERENCE
4. AGGRESSION
5. RESENTMENT
6. WASTEFULNESS
7. IGNORANCE
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I would say that the modern deadly sins are pretty much the same as the original ones but could add a couple.
Selfishness and sheer lack of respect. Complete lack of awareness of anyone else in the vicinity. Noise annoys and the only saving grace one can gain from suffering the emissions of the thumpety thumpety numpties in their 'evy amps on wheels would be - just think how much noisier it will be for them in the future. Mmm naice.
Bullying - anytime, any place, anywhere.
Cruelty of any sort.
Rudeness, esp. swearing - anytime, any place, anywhere.
In my Dad's day you might hear:"You got a problem mate?" with the tone ascending.
Nowadays, more likely:"You got a problem mate?" with the tone descending.
The descent of man. I think decent man will be around for a while yet but he seems to be an endangered species , especially if these PC pillocks carry on the way they are doing. Put 'em out to graze and produce something useful.
Oh yes, one other. Roadrunnerism. MeMe madness. Egotistical egomaniacal sleb slosh! We're drowning in a putrifying me- and-the-media obsessed swamp of it. Glug glug! Mmm . . perhaps we are destined to return back to the swamp? Is this where we came in? Better get Dicky Dawkins on the line to save us all!! Glub. Oh bollo! He's been glooped. 15 minutes of
Ross - Elgin
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Wastefulness and irresponsibility in disposing of it is a blight on everything; the countryside, cities, towns, villages, roadsides, oceans and other waterways, shorelines, mountains. It affects everything it touches and harms, sometimes kills wildlife.
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1. Lust/promiscuiosness
2. Lying/Deceiving
3. Impatient/short tempered
4. Self-centered
5. Media obsession/ materialism
6. Sheer rudeness (swearing in public etc.)
7. Wasting your life away
Danika, Northern Ireland
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Cruelty
Deceit
Dominance
Hate
Indifference
Intolerance
and I think Greed should be kept in.
I know this is a bit on the serious side but I think it would sort out a lot of the troubles in the world.
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Not sure if any of you have noticed but the original 7 sins cover absolutely everything that people are writing about now..... Think about it.......
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Two deadly sins for the One Show Team.
1. Thou shall not snitch on colleagues.
2. Thou shall not refer to anyon as Paddy.
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being a litterbug
not respecting your elders and betters!
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Social Networking sites! We all set out to work on a PC and always find ourselves on those instead!
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SEVEN MODERN DEADLY SINS
unbelief
hypocrisy
dissentation(which divides communities)
pride
gossip
worldliness
ingratit
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How many new or old sins has Gordon Brown committed in flying in a private BA747 to an American Air Force Base to visit Obama in Washington.
How can he justify that greed when a scheduled service (with adequate security) would have done? How can he look the rest of us in the face in this current financial crisis? And what of Climate Change/Carbon Footprints/Greenhous Gases etc? Isn't it about time he, and people like him, acknowledged the need to provide value for money and cut such extravagances?
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I was saddened to see the subject of sin taken so lightly and treated as a joke. Sin is the reason why 30,000 children a day die from preventable diseases; it’s the reason why children suffer from child-abuse; why people are in despair because of debt, the fear of losing their homes or unemployment; why people’s lives have been destroyed in Gaza, Israel, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Afghanistan and numerous other parts of the world; why the number of children living below the poverty line in the UK is in 7 figures; why lives are wrecked by drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy and broken relationships; why there is sex trafficking, terrorism and child slavery; why hundreds of millions are starving to death; why there is hatred, violence, prejudice, cruelty and bullying; why Jesus had to die a hideous and bloody criminal’s death on a trumped-up charge . . . Sin is rebellion against God, stubbornly shutting him out of our lives, defiantly scorning his commands. It separates us from him. Sin is detestable to God and is deadly serious. We’re all guilty – the Bible tells us: “no-one is righteous, not even one . . . all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3). What a tragedy that so few understand the priceless blessings and release of accepting God’s invitation to be reconciled with him through Jesus, made clear in the Bible – and the grim consequences of rejecting it . . . Adrian, Christine, Gyles, One-Show-Producer – I urge you to think about these things.
Harry, Wiltshire.
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steve 81, post 133, you are spot on!! there is an old saying, there is nothing new under the sun, my Gran used to say it, so it must be true.
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I don't believe that there are any 'modern' deadly signs. There are 10 commandments by which we are to live by. If we were to examine those commandments then we would realize that the 'seven deadly sins' mentioned evolved from them.
The Book of proverbs mentions seven things that the Almighty hates:
1. Haughty Eyes
2. A lying tongue
3. Hands that shed innocent blood
4. A heart that devises wicked schemes
5. Feet that are quick to rush into evil
6. A False witness that speaks lies
7. A man who stirs up dissension among brothers
Ingrid, Bristol
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ABSOLUTELY
I would ban the use of this pretentious and overused and fundementally dishonest word.
To prove this, just count how many times its used in one day of TV and Radioi broadcasting. (Today the 17/3/09: about 300 times).
Note: It tends to be used by 'the chattering classes' eg: Radio 4 (which I love) and/or those borderline 'educated' who need time to think what to really say, or, don't know what to say whilst 'thinking' it sounds 'intelligent'.
Why not say, 'yes' and then to explain more honestly.
Trevor Birch
Derby
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My new list of seven deadly sins is;-
1. forgetfulness....but I can't remember why.
2. apath
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Brian oxfordshire, A prominent Irish airline who in the event of a disaster ask you to exit the aircraft by inserting c-card in slot £50 to use the safe slide. £2 CHARGE FOR OXYGEN MASKS.--Do not share with another passenger they must pay £2. Free transfer to Ambulsnce--thats a help then.
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So called drivers who need to return their metal monster to its place of origin and have the indicators fitted. They are fitted on cars used for driving tests m.o.t. regulation z09a to be sure. They should be used to exit roundabouts preferably before the said exit. I hate motorway middle lane fixtures. I love driving my Subaru, I dont let it TAKE me for a meander about.
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GOING to BED and not BLOGGING.
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Nice One---Trevor 142 Absolutely I agree its " Fantastic " I would love to see----Banned.
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Noisiness!
Time-wasting!
Indifference!
Intolerance!
Gossiping!
Ignoring!
Patronising!
Being Snide!
Ignorance!
Double Standards taking advantage!
Interference!
Verbal bullying!
Trying to take over in people's homes!
Mischief-making!
Caprices!
Meaningless cliches!
Sabotaging what people are saying!
Belittling in front of others!
Obvious fantasising!
Selfishness!
Preaching denial routines!
Messing people about!
Fobbing off!
Patronising lectures!
Feeding off vulnerable people!
Scapegoating!
Covering up!
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Being TOO good now thats one that I cant seem to give-up 0:)
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oh your forgeting the 8th not so well known deadly sin
ignorance
if anyone else got to it before me a cudos to you
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Politicians
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Talking stop talk, or this half-baked, badly communicated gibberish
because people are too impatient to talk properly. I also do not appreciate people using my time for their convenience and then telling me how busy they are.
I particularly object to all these women who cry to you on the telephone then abuse you about your upsets. they have this knack of crawling round you one day and treating you as a complete stranger the next. And what is this boasting that nothing bothers you, in between playing on my sympathy. Grow up, we are adults not five year-olds.
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