RE: Pride - the worst sin according to C.S.Lewis
September 25, 2022 at 9:05 am
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2022 at 9:21 am by Duty.)
(September 25, 2022 at 5:58 am)Belacqua Wrote:(September 25, 2022 at 4:41 am)Duty Wrote: Is it wrong to take pride in one's appearance monsieur Lewis? :cuckoo cuckoo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_Christianity
It is wrong to overestimate, or overvalue, your appearance. If you're happy about how you look, though, there's nothing wrong with that.
I explained earlier how pride -- in Lewis's definition -- is in fact the root of evil and [unjust] rebellion.
Agreed - it's a matter of definitions to a degree, it's just that winning a sense of pride for worthwhile achievements seems fundamental to me, and yet the word is vilified virtually 360 in the culture:
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Quote:[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride]Pride(superbia), also known as hubris (from Ancient Greek ὕβρις) or futility. It is considered the original and worst of the seven deadly sins on almost every list, the most demonic.[41] It is also thought to be the source of the other capital sins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
