The Great Enabler of Vice

There is a general confusion about the word "sin", and hence its related concepts of vice and hell. The original meaning of sin was to miss, as in err in our striving for happiness and joy. Seen in this perspective, the concept of vice and hell become easier to grasp.

Vice is any habit towards sinful behavior, and hell is the mental state we find us in when we sin. Contrary to the Hell of myths, hell is most certainly real. Anyone who has suffered from depression or anxiety can attest to this. Most people who have had such an experience can also attest to the fact that the hell they experienced was in some way related to the seven deadly sins. This is clear when we list these sins and contemplate what may happen to a person that engages in them on a habitual basis:

1. Lust - watching too much porn is known to induce depression
2. Gluttony - eating too much results in all sorts of ills
3. Greed - leads to an inability to appreciate what we got
4. Sloth - postponing urgent matters leads to loss
5. Wrath - disproportionate anger destroys more than it mends
6. Envy - leads to an inability to appreciate what we got
7. Pride - leads to an inability to fix things and improve our ways

My own experience with anxiety and depression was due to a mix of sloth, greed and pride. However, I managed to mend my ways, and I have never felt better about my place in the world. While still inclined towards "laziness", I no longer postpone urgent matters. I'm more humble in the way I see myself in relation to the world, and I have developed a simple savings plan that keeps me from taking actions based on greed.

Another interesting observation that can be made is that the state has a tendency to encourage vice. In particular, the state encourages sloth, envy and pride. Welfare states enable people to wallow in their own moral weaknesses. People are paid to do nothing. Envy is everywhere, and pride is promoted as some sort of virtue.

Caught up in this, people loose their ability to think straight. Even the most intelligent people become muddled in their thoughts. The epidemic of nonsense that we see all around us can be traced back to the state and its associated banking system. Corruption of money has allowed vice to spread through state funded programs. The predictable consequence of this is hell. A lot of people are going to suffer greatly. Especially when the welfare state eventually buckles under the weight of its own unsustainable debt burden.

By Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Levels adjusted from File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Tower_of_Babel_(Vienna)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg, originally from Google Art Project., Public Domain, Link