COMMENT ON the seven deadly sins from Selhurst62

http://selhurst62-beingbad.blogspot.com/2009/02/7-deadly-sins.html

If we consider the bible to be kind of a moral guide, then the guidelines was written by and for people that lived in a society that was completely different from ours.

I think there’s usually some kind of practical function and/or power structure behind moral rules. When society changes (it’s always changing) then these rules needs to change as well. A lot of the stuff in the bible has no relevance what so ever today, because we’re not the same anymore. Take greed for example; how often, in our capitalist, consumer-driven part of the world is this considered being a bad thing?

We’re not necessarily worse, just different. Let’s face it; human life has always been kind of twisted one way or another. New sets of moral codes arise when needed to extinguish or endorse our new behavior, needs and wants…