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My response to: "which of the 7 deadly sins are you?"
17 years ago
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Hmmm.....”sins” you say? Well since I can be quite a pretentious naive naturalist noodlebrain I'm going to have to lay down my own exhaustive interpretation of what sin is before I answer. Feel free to lynch on whatever statements the micro-culture deems idiotic or inappropriate, any response welcome though I cannot promise a response.
First off I do not believe that Good and Evil exist in reality. They are abstract concepts that are used by humans to encourage a stable hierarchy. However the tree of knowledge can only grow in the soil of a stable hierarchy.
Sin is a term that it used to uphold a moral code of conduct. Every culture (yes even some non-human animal cultures) has different moral codes of conduct depending on the goals of its creators. So those creators label every behavior in their underlings that they see as detrimental to their cause as sins.
Now do I think that these 7 behaviors are detrimental to the society that we are a part of? Yes. Western civilization (in conjuction with the abrahamic views) was built off the goals of repressing these instincts and it seems to flourish when they are. Although these instincts (what many refer to as sins) are in place for a very practical reason (to preserve homeostasis in the wild) unfortunately for our biological tuning, living life in the large hierarchies of the modern era is very different from living in the reality our bodies have adapted to deal with. So wrestling against these impulses can be tricky sometimes. In the end though I'd have to agree with the Abrahamic traditions that this struggle has the potential to be highly rewarding.
Since I live in (and support) a capitalist country it almost goes without saying that I am guilty of Greed (on more levels than I wish to be conscious of).
Since I am a healthy young adult male living in a patriarchy: lust is par for the course (and apparently too "disturbing" and "unprofessional" to detail in a public forum).
Envy? No, I feel great that I live in a country where the roads are full of enormous speeding luxury vehicles with over sized chrome wheels and televisions in every headrest (thrift store bicycles are for “slothful” “losers” anyway).
I would be content to travel the country on a bicycle, supporting myself by working for food on farms along the way, and since I've been told it wouldn't be living up to my true potential, I guess I'm a slothful little undesirable.
Since I do not exist on 1500 calories of rice and vitamins everyday I must be guilty of gluttony. (My mate is also quite the little food-y and her delicious kitchen creations do not help this furry repress his desire for choice examples of sustenance)
When strangers come to my door or confront me in public and bombard me with ethnocentric “religious” propaganda and trite little mind games I find that it can be rather difficult to subside wrathful thoughts.
Pride? Well I am writing this monstrosity aren't I?
Oh and I was wondering if its not too much to ask if I just go ahead and add another sin here, just for the fun/blasphemy of it. Since sins seem to be descriptions of socially undesirable behavior I think this one counts. If it were a sin I think this one is the sin I am the most guilty of, though I'm sure it can be interpreted as one of the original 7 by someone who is more into that sort of thing.
The sin Fear (of man), since it completely dominates my life like some kind of twisted business manager on a legally prescribed amphetamine induced power-trip. There is not one moment that passes where I am not thinking about how someone who has no fear, such as manipulative powerful people with huge social and financial support networks will try to exploit me to fit their own desires (its happened in many personally traumatic social situations and with each new one the anxiety gets little more intense, and steadily more irrational). It is something that keeps me from trusting anyone, and as a result I can never give enough of myself to anyone to make them want to be my friend or interpret what they say in a way that is not potentially offensive. So I am working on it, and I'm hoping that writing this will at least help me with it.
In conclusion I hope this superfluous gaggle of text will reveal a little bit more about myself to anyone who has the time to care. Best of wishes to all fellow MiFur friends and a big thanks to Trouble for posting this fascinating example of social experimentation.
First off I do not believe that Good and Evil exist in reality. They are abstract concepts that are used by humans to encourage a stable hierarchy. However the tree of knowledge can only grow in the soil of a stable hierarchy.
Sin is a term that it used to uphold a moral code of conduct. Every culture (yes even some non-human animal cultures) has different moral codes of conduct depending on the goals of its creators. So those creators label every behavior in their underlings that they see as detrimental to their cause as sins.
Now do I think that these 7 behaviors are detrimental to the society that we are a part of? Yes. Western civilization (in conjuction with the abrahamic views) was built off the goals of repressing these instincts and it seems to flourish when they are. Although these instincts (what many refer to as sins) are in place for a very practical reason (to preserve homeostasis in the wild) unfortunately for our biological tuning, living life in the large hierarchies of the modern era is very different from living in the reality our bodies have adapted to deal with. So wrestling against these impulses can be tricky sometimes. In the end though I'd have to agree with the Abrahamic traditions that this struggle has the potential to be highly rewarding.
Since I live in (and support) a capitalist country it almost goes without saying that I am guilty of Greed (on more levels than I wish to be conscious of).
Since I am a healthy young adult male living in a patriarchy: lust is par for the course (and apparently too "disturbing" and "unprofessional" to detail in a public forum).
Envy? No, I feel great that I live in a country where the roads are full of enormous speeding luxury vehicles with over sized chrome wheels and televisions in every headrest (thrift store bicycles are for “slothful” “losers” anyway).
I would be content to travel the country on a bicycle, supporting myself by working for food on farms along the way, and since I've been told it wouldn't be living up to my true potential, I guess I'm a slothful little undesirable.
Since I do not exist on 1500 calories of rice and vitamins everyday I must be guilty of gluttony. (My mate is also quite the little food-y and her delicious kitchen creations do not help this furry repress his desire for choice examples of sustenance)
When strangers come to my door or confront me in public and bombard me with ethnocentric “religious” propaganda and trite little mind games I find that it can be rather difficult to subside wrathful thoughts.
Pride? Well I am writing this monstrosity aren't I?
Oh and I was wondering if its not too much to ask if I just go ahead and add another sin here, just for the fun/blasphemy of it. Since sins seem to be descriptions of socially undesirable behavior I think this one counts. If it were a sin I think this one is the sin I am the most guilty of, though I'm sure it can be interpreted as one of the original 7 by someone who is more into that sort of thing.
The sin Fear (of man), since it completely dominates my life like some kind of twisted business manager on a legally prescribed amphetamine induced power-trip. There is not one moment that passes where I am not thinking about how someone who has no fear, such as manipulative powerful people with huge social and financial support networks will try to exploit me to fit their own desires (its happened in many personally traumatic social situations and with each new one the anxiety gets little more intense, and steadily more irrational). It is something that keeps me from trusting anyone, and as a result I can never give enough of myself to anyone to make them want to be my friend or interpret what they say in a way that is not potentially offensive. So I am working on it, and I'm hoping that writing this will at least help me with it.
In conclusion I hope this superfluous gaggle of text will reveal a little bit more about myself to anyone who has the time to care. Best of wishes to all fellow MiFur friends and a big thanks to Trouble for posting this fascinating example of social experimentation.
