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The Most Worthless Sin

The Most Worthless Sin

It’s Not Lust, Gluttony, Anger, Greed, Pride, or Envy

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The Geography of Hell: Boticelli’s Map of the Inferno

Laziness might not be the worst sin from a theological perspective—I’m not qualified to make that claim. But it is the most worthless sin, and the most unchivalrous. The worthlessness is expressed in the gulf between laziness and anything even vaguely good, however imperfect or inverted. Other capital…

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