this entry is the 6th entry which i am going to talk about the 7 sins. it will be written from a generic view, perspective, focus. as this might arouse, provoke the pinch in you. please read it as non provocative manner.*wink* what trigger me to write such a thing, you might ask. well, it all started when things in your life aren't gonna be what you least expected. it's the surprise of the surprises.

i will try to do it on weekly basis.( ayy i am busy with my work k~) And most of you know, my ink-girlish not the very powderful. so you have to ta-han with my D7 grammatic expression in words. ( then why bother to attempt it?? duh~)

Jokey Synopsis
What it is: Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.

Why you do it: You live in possibly the most pampered, consumerist society since the Roman Empire.

Your punishment in Hell will be: You'll be boiled alive in oil. Bear in mind that it's the finest, most luxurious boiling oil that money can buy, but it's still boiling.

Associated symbols & suchlike: Greed is linked with the frog and the color yellow.


greed(P)Pronunciation Key: grd; n.
meaning: An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth: “Many... attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed” (Henry Fawcett).

Greed is wanting and taking more than one morally deserves.

Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas said of Greed: "it is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them... it is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, inasmuch as man contemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things."


below is what i have qouted from Chicago Sun Times , Published on Friday, August 20, 2004 by Andrew Greeley on America's Disease is Greed.

.....The serious spiritual problem is reckless and untrammeled greed. Greed caused the disgraceful corporate scandals that fill our newspapers. Greed is responsible for crooked cops and crooked politicians. Greed is the reason poor white Appalachians, poor African Americans and poor Native Americans must fight the wars that the wealthy start.

In America, Greed is responsible for the obscene salaries of CEOs. In the '90s the ratio of CEO compensation to average workers' compensation was 250 to 1, meaning that the boss earned on his first day of work during a year as much as the worker did in a whole year. In European countries the ratio is closer to 100 to 1. estimates put the current ratio at 500 to 1 -- the boss makes as much before lunch as the worker does all year. Greed is the cause of the high wages paid to the bosses even if the company is failing.

Ambition is not evil within limits. The struggle for success is not bad within limits. Hard work and fair rewards are good within limits. It is not good to take from the poor and give to the rich. will i get to see this scene in this barely half a century old nation yet transformed into a developed machine within one of the shortest time a country could do....

the last time i witnessed a scene of greed was after a farewell party a couple of months back. something which i never thought it will happen in my another group of friends. some of you might know what i am talking about. i will not name anyone here.

we were having this pool party for a friend of ours, Y who's returning to states for studies. all well was fun, plenty of fun, pool splashing and dunking into the waters. some even got wasted. and photos from the owner A of the pool party was showing me some pictures he took while doing shoots overseas. i really enjoyed myself that night.

till arrived at this disco place, only to find out Y with his gf outside the disco looked abit uneasy and pissed( nope, not from the drinks). and the next thing was these fists, kicks and push all over the thief. now tell me where in the world will you as a thief still stays at the scene with the loot still in your possession. the safest place is the most dangerous place don't applies here. is it really the money or the thrill of stealing that root this person?

"For the love of money is the root of all Evil."
I Tim 6:10

i don't know. all i know that hopefully this person learnt his lesson and never to appear again. not only did he betray the trust we placed in him, he also betray the trust that J another of mine who stood by him when this thief was being questioned.