Sloth unleashed. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect. A sloth spends approximately 85% of its life hanging completely upside down, mainly because it requires no effort. The entire sloth is designed for a life of inversion. All of its internal organs, including the heart, liver, spleen and stomach, are rearranged inside its body cavity so nothing gets crushed or obstructed.
- Sloth synonyms, sloth pronunciation, sloth translation, English dictionary definition of sloth. Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence. Any of various slow-moving, arboreal mammals of the suborder Folivora of South and Central.
- What is sloth care like? Only the two-toed sloth is possible to own in the United States. Three-toed sloths are the species that have black ‘tear marks’ under their eyes, and even zoos have great difficulty keeping them alive. All sloths require special temperatures and levels of humidity that must be maintained at all times.
Sins
People have always been immoral, shiftless, and self-gratifying. For ages, humankind struggled to find a conceptual system to operationalize their spiritual shortcomings.
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
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Virtues
In this world of iniquity, they are a few gleams of hope in the mire of our shameful indulgences. Various formulations of Virtue have been proposed over the ages: Cardinal, Theological, Contrary, and others.
Resources
In case you're looking for some in-depth info and not just satisfying a bar bet, here are some interesting scholarly and theological works about the Deadly Sins.
Tales
Witness the everyday struggle between good and evil in the Tales.
Features
Sloth Gifts
Read about the history of the deadly sins.
One cleric has assembled a list of the Modern Social Sins. The number seven shows up a lot in pop culture; some people have theories about Gilligan's Island and the Seven Dwarfs, for starters.