Gluttony (Retired)

The Seven Deadly Sins is a collection of vices that achieved infamy because they are sins that directly give rise to ALL other sins. They are classified as __eadly_ because these sins are abuses or excessive versions of natural human needs and passions.

The 7 Deadly Sins have been an important moral lesson throughout history, such as in Dante__ Inferno, where sinners are grouped and punished in Purgatory according to their sins. Even today, priests and preachers use the concept of the __eadly_ sins to help people curb their inclinations before dire consequences and other misdeeds can occur.

This sin is usually attributed to the overindulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. The word gluttony derives from the Latin __luttire_ meaning __o gulp down or swallow._ Our OHM GLUTTONY bead has a large open mouth, eager to devour with abandon, and also sags with pendulous, overfed flesh. Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote that there are many forms of gluttony: eating too expensively, eating too often, eating too much when others have too little. Eating should be pleasurable and culinary art, but it becomes a deadly sin when we __ive to eat, instead of eating to live._