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You are guilty of SLOTH. Based on your responses, we're surprised that you even finished this test. Our guess is that you only took it as a way to get out of other, more pressing tasks. It appears that you're probably living a life centered around avoiding work. Do your weekends consist of short excursions from beneath the warm covers of your bed? Do you consider TV Guide great literature? Although you may deem the remote control one of the great design achievements of the century, don't forget that someone had to do a little work to invent it. Why don't you try your luck and put a little effort into something as well? You may be surprised at what you can accomplish when you commit to something, besides napping.

According to early religious scholars, sloth destroys zeal. When we close ourselves to the vitality of life, the sleep of complacency gradually worms its way into our hearts. Responding to the zeal and energy of our inner nature should combat the deadening of our spiritual senses. The medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri considered sloth only the fourth most deadly of all seven sins, behind pride, envy, and wrath. That ranking was based on Dante's own love of sleeping.

Dante

Date: 2000-09-20 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] billijean.livejournal.com
"Inferno" Dante? I bought that book a long time ago and never read it... guess that would be more of that sloth, huh?

yup!

Date: 2000-09-20 07:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
but If you're slothful, well, then I'm in good company!

Re: yup!

Date: 2000-09-20 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] billijean.livejournal.com
We could have a party. Nah, that'd be too much work.
I think that Livejournal creates, contributes to and amplifies sloth. How many hours have I sat here, reading other people's thoughts, rather than making the effort to form my own? How many times have I looked up from my Friends List or some random journal to find that it is too late in the day to finish even half of my work? I could jump up then and make every effort to finish what I could, but I'm usually too tired. *sigh* Lj is ruining my life...

;-)

hmm...

Date: 2000-09-20 08:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
well, be careful... lj looks like it could get to be quite the addiction. some folks peek in on it for hours at a time!

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