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136. Is Sloth a Sin or a Virtue?

No Stupid Questions

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The Seven Deadly Sins Are Not the Same as Being Lazy

Being slow and reflective in your judgment is not the same thing as being, well, let's use a more contemporary word like lazy. The concept of seven deadly sins is probably wildly outdated for at least two reasons that I can think of off the top of my head. Modern norms change, but also just language changes. So sloth, we think about as laziness today, but there's an Arizona State University English professor who elid the seven deadly sins from communities to individuals.

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