The Seven Deadly Sins for sinners (video)

The School of Life, June 16, 2017; Pat Macpherson, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Seven Deadly Sins

(The School of Life) The Seven Deadly Sins is a list of psychological flaws first identified by Christianity in the 4th century. It was wise to spot the errors, but rather ungenerous in explaining why they existed. Given that we are all, in a sense, "sinners" (people who "miss the mark," an archery term), we need to find better explanations for our unskillful behavior.

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