Sin... A discussion with a mouse

A tumid thing to talk about because who is without it... Aye! The first sentence is a statement, no intentions whatsoever, hidden or otherwise, to make it interrogative in a manner or so implicitly as with the subject itself. Now, straight to the discussion with a clown, or a mouse, not sure eh ... I am sorry he seems disfigured that I cannot make up what form he is taking, albeit I can see him standing in front of me. Weird isn't it? I am affirmative into saying that I am not intoxicated, nauseous or suffering from any maladie that could hinder my mind from functioning with logic. I can assure you that I am prudent and this article I owe to the clown or the mouse or whatever he is, though I need prodding to write this discussion (pray, hear me that it was not a discussion, as it appears to me for it was just him who's babbling..) down. For whatever reason he made this discussion, I honestly cannot fathom .

He said (holding the Bible ...) under Proverbs 6:16-19, it is stated that "These six things doth the Lord hate:yea, seven are an abomination unto him.." Here it is as enumerated:
= (17) A proud look
= a lying tongue
= and hands that shed innocent blood
=(18) A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations
= feet that be swift in running to mischief
= (19) A false witness that speaketh lies,
= and he that soweth discord among brethren.

He further added that there is no where in the Bible where the traditional deadly "seven sins' are located or listed, but a given that they are all condemned in various parts along with several others. The only one clear thing in the Bible is that there is only one cardinal sin, an act that disobeys God's law that separates man from a perfect God, placing him in need of redemption and salvation. In another article by Dante Alighieri, basing his thoughts on St. Thomas Aquinas dissertation (the mouse or clown does not want to name the literature where this so-called dissertation is included...), hubris or vanity (pride) is considered as the most serious of the seven deadly sins. The need to feel more important than the others. Dante's definition for pride is stated as "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor."

The clown ... er ... mouse, whatsoever, further now into the discussion cited Bishop Gianfranco Girotti's (head of the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Vatican..) seven modern sins : environmental pollution, obscene wealth, infliction of poverty, drug trafficking, morally debatable experiments, and the violation of the fundamental rights of human nature. There is also a new set of sins in the book of Galatians (5:21 of the New Testament): envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. The list of the so-called deadly sins is getting longer and longer. I am getting wheezy now.

Whoah...Stop, please hold your thoughts, I told the mouse .. or the clown, whatever.... just what are you trying to insinuate? I asked him ...

He just smiled and blurted a question (instead of an answer) ... Who proposes the criteria of sin? ... I said people.
He laughed ... And to who do you think these criteria are imposed on? ... I said on people...

Then he gave me a toothy grin ... He has become more like a clown now that he is grinning... He stood up laughing and took his leave... His laugh echoing along the walls wherein landscape paintings hang.