Seven "cardinal" sins, not so bad in and of themselves but which could lead you to more serious things. Sin Punishment in Hell Animal Color ''Dwarf'' ''Castaway'' ''Holiday'' Pride broken on the wheel Horse Violet ''Doc'' ''Professor'' ''4th of July'' Envy put in freezing water Dog Green ''Dopey'' ''Mary Ann'' ''St Patrick's Day'' Anger dismembered alive Bear Red ''Grumpy'' ''Skipper'' ''Halloween'' Sloth thrown in snake pits Goat Light Blue ''Sleepy'' ''Lovey'' ''Daylight Savings'' Greed put in cauldrons of boiling oil Frog Yellow ''Sneezy'' ''Mr. Howell'' ''Christmas'' Gluttony forced to eat rats, toads, and snakes Pig Orange ''Happy'' ''Gilligan'' ''Thanksgiving'' Lust smothered in fire and brimstone Cow Blue ''Bashful'' ''Ginger'' ''Valentine's Day'' ''What about the sin of sitting around thinking about what's going to happen to folks you dislike in hell?'' Such could be motivated by any of the above. Whereas the seven heavenly virtues are faith, hope, charity, fortitude, justice, temperance, prudence. What are the rewards in Heaven for the SevenHeavenlyVirtues? ---- It is traditional in the Catholic church to refer to the "Seven Deadly Sins", and the "Seven Cardinal Virtues". ---- Actually, in Christian scripture, "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23); all sins tend toward death and are thus deadly. These are the "Seven Capital Sins", from the Latin caput, "head". These are classically considered the headwaters of all other sins. ---- Ref. - http://deadlysins.com ---- Captain Marvel (of the 1940s -- think Shazam!) fought the SevenDeadlySins. Classic Comic Book Stuff. http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/media/06sinsa2.gif ---- The Cardinal Sins of ExtremeProgramming are... * BigDesignUpFront * TechnicalDebt * All engineers in separate offices * NotInventedHere * ChiefProgrammerTeam * JobSecurity * IntegrationHell * BigBangTesting ---- ''What do people think about '''Apathy''' and '''SelfDeceit''', are these not as big as at least Gluttony?'' I think one could make an argument that '''apathy''' is the root of '''sloth''' and that '''SelfDeceit''' may be a special case of '''pride'''. And '''Gluttony''' seems a little soft as far as great sins of man go ... but then again, '''Unbridled Consumption''' is a pretty ugly thing in any form. {Yeah, gluttony isn't just about eating too much. It's also about SUV drivers.} ---- Another name reuse: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive/2006/08/03/687962.aspx - Seven Deadly Sins of programming