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Haste/Impatience should have been one of the deadly sins. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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The seven deadly sins are all things that have a serious negative impact on you and your life if you give into them too much. They’re all very general habits/feelings/desires that most people feel/experience which can lead you to hurt yourself and/or others, and haste/impatience checks both those boxes.

And I suppose as “sins” they’re supposed to lead you to do “un-Christian” things, but impatience probably does that more than sloth, right? Like you’re much more likely to hurt yourself and/or others if you do things fast without thinking than you are by just sitting and doing nothing all day.

I guess all of the sins are also all some form of carelessness too which also applies to being hasty or impatient.

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[–] 42 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Both haste and impatience are considered to be manifestations of wrath. Also a lack of patience, which is a virtue

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago*

    Can confirm; impatience has caused a lot of problems for me

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I agree. I have suffered immensely as a result of impatience.

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    • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    All of these seem to have very little effect in how (christian) people actually live their lives. More words, still so little action.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    The Christians who live by their principles generally are fairly discreet in doing so, both because that's one of their principles and because they're embarrassed by the ones who don't.

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    • [–] 11 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Very little critical thought went in to the construction of that belief system. Its results can safely be discarded.

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    • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Sloth is another word for neglect.

    And sustained neglect can do terrible things.

    Think a parent watching TV or playing with their phone and their child suffering from their inaction.

    "I'll do it tomorrow" can have huge repercussions when the thing needing tending is important.

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