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Um, both of you can be correct.
Yes the Seven Deadly Sins have a religious context and yes, the seven deadly sins have a context outside of religion.
Bottom line: the seven deadly sins ARE certainly human conditions. Very basic. Very powerful.
Cynth, your posts are closer to reality, yes of course. But I believe the purpose of Will's "exercise" or "thought experiment" is hypothetical and meant to provoke discussion no matter how seemingly absurd. He is challenging us to put aside our "realsims" in way to think outside the box. Pan did this once too in a thread meant to explore breaking partisanship.
Just because the human condition seems primed for war and destruction, and history would tell us so, doesn't necessarily mean we have to be bound by it.
Yes, gluttony can be a cause for war. I would argue that "gluttony" is closer to "greed", and that "greed" is closer to "avarice". For me, that context would make more sense (from a cassus belli standpoint).
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