February 19, 2009
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Struggling with Sin
The Vatican did a study on sin and found that women struggled most with the sin of pride. Men struggle with lust. Here is the link: Link
For men the top sins in this order were:
1. Lust
2. Gluttony
3. Sloth
4. Anger
5. Pride
For women, the top sins were:
1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Anger
4. Lust
5. Sloth
Which sin do you struggle with the most?
Comments (171)
Sloth. I’m on the ‘net instead of doing what I should be.
None of the above.
I’m perfect.
gluttony. I love food.
envy
envy
@JadedJanissary - Mmm… me too.
Seriously, probably pride.
Lust and Gluttony are definitely at the top for me.
@JadedJanissary - I love food too. Yet…I don’t see how that’s a sin. The bible confuses me.
S L O T H; most definitely. i can be a very lazy, unmotivated person when i want to be. sometimes the couch and the remote are my best friends.
i’m not too prone to envy or pride; at least, not in a big way.
as for wrath and gluttony, i am rarely ever guilty of those, either. my temper is fairly mild, and i don’t over indulge or over stuff myself on anything — i tend to involuntarily practice moderation in most cases.
lust, well … no. i’m not very lustful, and it’s never been in my nature to be as such.
None. I embrace them all! WOOHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
Honestly,right now it is lust,and that is a first.
It’s really not much of a struggle. I’m fairly good at sin.
Sloth
anger
Anger
All of the above …
definitely 2, 3 and 5. (I’m a girl)
wait wait wait, PRIDE isn’t #1 for men? not even top 3? that’s BULLSHIT.
Pride
I don’t believe in “sin,” as described above. I believe in right and wrong, and murder is wrong. Eating too much is unhealthy, but it’s nothing to condemn a person over. Lust, pride, and envy are natural human emotions which just need to be kept in check (like, don’t screw someone else’s wife or anything). Being lazy is also sometimes unhealthy, but again, not something that I would consider wrong.
Pride without a doubt. Pride is number 1 for everyone.Most every sin starts with pride.
@kelly122192 - It’s not loving/enjoying a thing that’s a sin… it’s overindulging. Like, it’s okay to eat a nice dinner, but it’s wrong to eat all day and be fat and lazy. That’s basically it. A lot of the seven deadly sins have to do with excesses -
Like – it’s okay to be self confident. But over confidence is pride.
It’s okay to view your neighbors doing well as a challenge to do well for yourself. But, it’s wrong to do it just because they have it (envy), rather than because you simply want it.
It’s perfectly normal to want to have sex. It’s not okay to simpy view someone as an object to be used for sexual gratification (lust)
the list goes on, but it’s sort’ve a motivation issue and an excess issue.
Anger and Sloth.
@JadedJanissary - Me too
Sloth.
@JadedJanissary - I gotcha, I gotcha. Thanks =)
definitely envy or anger.
or a mixture.
Sloth
Sloth. I can’t believe it’s at the bottom of the list.
On the Lust one, that can come in many more forms than sex which I’m sure is what it is geared at toward men. Lust would be right there on Prides heels.It runs the gammit of accusations.
Pride first, then lust.
But I don’t struggle with them. I revel in them.
Anger and Envy.
Sloth. I can be very lazy. I also have an aversion to doing math homework. But I am not slow and I am rarely late. So. *shrug*
….Not that I believe in “sin” as defined here, but that fact aside….
gluttony!
And throw in some lust too. :[
pride
sloth and Jealousy pretty much.
I have a lot of trouble with pride. Ask for help? Me? Never.
I’m not exactly one to care about what’s a sin and what’s not, but idleness is a sin to me. I can never not be doing something.
i guess you could say envy/anger because im always angry that i work so so so so hard to get things and i never get them, and then i see people that just get those things handed to them on a silver platter and i dont think its fair i work so hard and they dont and i envy the fact that they have what i want.
envy and pride.
I think I struggle with Sloth or Glutton the most.
Sloth for the procrastination I use toward doing school work and other necessary evils of life.
Glutton the yummy way food tastes.
We all have things we need to work on.
haha. Definitely Anger–anger at other people’s sloth, gluttony, pride, envy, and greed.
Like Michael Scott, my biggest fault is that I spend too much time volunteering
Seriously, it’s Lust. Always has been. God is still good to me. Thank God.
That’s weird. Sloth is definitely the biggie for me. None of the top ones for women are big issues to me at all. Ah, well, I never have been very “normal.”
anger and lust.
I pretty much ignore all of them, so I can’t really say I ‘struggle’ : )
@Fool0nThePlanet - I have to agree. Total bullshit on that one.
Sloth. And I used to struggle quite a bit with pride.
EDIT: What about you, Dan?
Envy
Anger
Pride
Lust
My default sin is none of the above…its looking at things with hopelessness (sometimes)—which I guess, is really unbelief. God is good though. His Word has always girded me up when I am sinking!
catzndogz9
lust/sloth
not that i actually believe those are deadly sins, but in me greed and sloth race ahead.
Pride.
I believe the one I have the most would be wrath, although I have great patience it does get tried quite often. I love food, but do not stuff myself silly, everything in moderation.
Anger is my biggest problem.
Lust
I struggle with different sins at different times. I wonder how the Vatican is able to “add” sins to the “sin list”. This idea perplexes me
Everything but envy, anger, and greed… I can’t say which is my top one… shizzz…
Lust actually… it’s weird admitting such because people generally think women don’t have sex drives or hormones but really, I’m kinda shallow and I feel terrible about it.
anger
Sloth and gluttony. Haha, I sound so appealing
Envy; or blasphemy.
Lust.
I should have been born a man.. I struggle with sin like one.
Hands down, anger ……
I demand you to change that picture to Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights immediately.
Gay sex.
Envy.
Sloth and Gluttony.
As christians, we all may fall into any of these traps but we must remind ourselves with the Armor of God on, we will have to battle against it by all means.
Sloth. There is a time to rest, but there is also a time to get work done.
Pride, Lust, Wrath
Pride, and I’m a woman. How interesting. Then envy.
lol what kind of study was this exactly? i’m interested in knowing what kind of measures they used….
I think that list varies with each person… because I think that pride would be at the top of the mans list.
envy.
Pride
None of the above. I’m agnostic.
@JadedJanissary - Lust doesn’t always have to do with sex.
Wow, I think I might be a man. In the sin category that is. Lust, Gluttony and Sloth would be my top three too. I think my husband has influenced that alot too. lol.
anger.
I think what it says there is fairly accurate.
Gluttony…it’s not on the list. On the list? Maybe, sloth.
I’d imagine women are more envious than proud.
Definitely Envy for me.
They have to be kidding me… low pride for men, low lust for women?
Not realistic.
I’m not sure what my weak point would be. My sin comes in many wonderful tasting varieties.
ALL!
let’s be honest
Pride with a touch of Sloth.
sloth, no question! i’m a girl btw, just in case you’re testing how many females/males answer what on xanga (and just in case you couldn’t tell by my username!
Hm. I’m not sure. I think a bit of all.
Pride.
Then lust.
And I think the majority of people who are prideful don’t even realize how prideful they are. It’s more of a selfishness that they hold on to. Even depressed people.
I would say pride. It’s my biggest battle. I’m not a jealous person as much as I don’t like people to be better, get what I was striving for, etc. because of my pride. Interesting timing as my pride just landed me in a big big pile of shit.
Suffer? I love my sins! They make life fun.
@UnworthyofHisgrace - Like James3_1. He has some serious pride issues.
A bit of angry (male)
i dont believe in sin.
@hellaz - Yes, and he would be the first to amen that Andrew!
@SnippiesBlog - Oh come on now Becca!
gluttony. I love pop and sugar. Thankful for a fast metabolism.
@UnworthyofHisgrace - what. i believe in right or wrong. But I do not believe in sin.
Probably envy. Not materialistic, just envious of other’s abilities.
-David
I don’t struggle with any of them; I embrace them all.
Just kidding, I have issues like everyone else, I just don’t really think of these things as “sin” since I don’t believe in the bible.
Anger lol
@xthread - It always has to do with sex. That’s its definition.
@UnworthyofHisgrace - He’s an unrepentant sinner.
All but anger.
lust by far
Pride.
@huginn - LOL my initial thought too!
Why isn’t gluttony on the list for women?
I lust for food all day long. I want a steak so bad right now
lust and gluttony.. love sex and food, specially at the same time
@JadedJanissary - very well explained!
I’d have to say envy & lust.
Sloth – hands down. But I’m good at hiding it – and it shows as procrastination. ^_^
Pride.
Sloth
lust/envy and pride.
What’s really the dif. between lust and envy?
lust is wanting something you can’t have, but isn’t envy as well?
probably envy or anger
I find it funny that gluttony wasn’t on the list for women– I think some women are kidding themselves.
d) all of the above
I sit around, overeat, yell at people who are stupid, feel like better than them because I’m not stupid (clearly), then think about the number of ways I’d fuck John Travolta…envy my friends who have an easier time of it than me…
Really…I’m just a sin machine.
Anger.
Sloth.
If I believed in sin, I’d probably say…all 7
Pride? Really? I struggle with sloth and lust evenly, I think.
sloth
Gluttony and lust.
Though, I don’t really mind those sins.
probably lust and envy
Lust, but I don’t think of it as a struggle. I rather enjoy it….
Anger.
mostly Anger and Sloth…but Pride’s a big one, too. the whole ‘I’m-Always-Right’ thing :/
Pride or lust.
I honestly dunno! I try to be the best girl in the world…I’m never angry, envy, hate, lust, etc are not even really existing in my vocabulary! Well, okay I gotta admit that I’m quite vain – but that’s about covering it already…
Pride and lust.
Probably in that exact order for women–pride, envy, anger, lust, sloth. Wait, scratch that, switch sloth with lust, and that does it.
None, why fight it?
Sloth, gluttony, and sometimes pride.
I’m a pretty sinful person.
Lust.
Oh how predictable I am.
Gluttony. Ahahahaha
pride
lust
I’m a 21 year old virgin. I think you can guess which sin I struggle with. It’s about to boil over at this point.
… I really need a man…
Lust and gluttony. Though I must say, it’s not much of a struggle. I’ve pretty much embraced it.
Pride – I hate to be wrong and sloth – i procrastinate way too much.. like now lol.
Pride.
I find it difficult to admit being bad at something. It is not something I want to face up to.
Pride and sloth. Because of my pride, I’m avoid doing something that I should have done way long time ago.
pfffff, sin…
Pride.
anger.
this was on the radio show i listen to in the am. i can’t remember what the “original punishment” was for anger. oh…it was dismemberment while alive. cool.
Definately envy
Envy
If I had to pick one of those and label it a sin, I suppose I’d go with lust ?!
Lust.
Unusual for a woman, isn’t it?
Either anger or gluttony. But consider that there’re only four people who can anger me, really. Seriously.
sloth and anger
none…I don’t believe in sin…
Pride, envy, and lust.
what’s sin?
Gluttony.
lust
envy
lust && sloth are tied
These days: sloth, gluttony, and anger.
Sloth. I need to get the fuck off my lazy ass and make myself into something.
anger
idk that’s a tough one…i’m guilty of all of ‘em but i guess lust would be my biggest
That’s interesting thank you for the link
What sin do I struggle with the most I’ll give you one hint
I struggle with the sin of magnanimity. My problem is I’m too perfect.
You know, sins are what humans do.
Anger
My super numero uno sin is definitely Sloth. Out of all the sins thats the one I have the worst. The next two would probably be lust and anger. Pride and envy is probably after that. Maybe I’m secretly a man or something.
envy. i get jealous..a lot(?) :]
Lust…:)
Gluttony and sloth are at the top of my list…though I managed to clean my room today =)
sloth
how do you gter this
Hm, out of the ones listed here, I think pride would be my worst struggle.. Hm. Interesting. Makes sense though, I guess.
<3, ~*Akarui Mitsukai*~
I have a big problem with lust and envy. I just can’t seem to stop liking other women sexually and I’m envious of guys who are more successful at it then me.
Envy.