Yes, they are the seven sins that originally were eight, from the great Greek theologian Evagrius of Pontus, which was then slashed down to seven by Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th century. ... Which brings us to the modern day advertising which they incorporated the seven sins. ... Each of them has the caption at the bottom of what each sin they are trying to represent. ... The Lust is seen for the longing to see what is past the coverings and what is truly on the inside of the bottle and the real prize. ... Finally of the seven sins we come to Wrath. ...

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There have been many times when present day America has been affected by its past but the past of the 1860's and the 1960's especially effected present day America. ... Also at these times if women got pregnant it was a huge sin. ...

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There always seems to be some new major argument in the news from abortion to war. Now people are fighting over whether or not same sex marriage should be allowed. An article "Gay Marriage Will Be Accepted - Eventually" by Philip Gaily, recently appeared in the Honolulu Star Bulletin on August 1, 2...

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Today, behaviors of the past have been recognized as discriminatory and unconstitutional. ... In the long run, the sins of our fathers has left us all with a burden to bear, one that cannot be erased, and refuses to be ignored. ...

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Simply put, it was a country that formed individualistic ideals from a controversial religious and political past - one with boundless opportunities. ... Some have even said sin was institutionalized as its impact was softened by its very exposure. ... Slavery has been simplified to a part of our gruesome past that everyone - including African-Americans - wants to forget. ...

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" People who have sinned in the past ask for forgiveness promising never to make such mistakes again. ... That goal being to learn more about other religions, especially the ones I've judged or put down in the past without even giving them a chance....

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If I want strawberry ice cream it's because my mind tells me that I have enjoyed that strawberry flavor in the past and I want to enjoy that experience again. ... They claim that the Bible possesses passages that state homosexuality is a sin, or going against God's will. ...

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To Ban or Not to Ban?: I Say Nay! As if the celestial bodies controlling the courses of human events possessed some strange sense of irony, the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has in recent years, become a mockingbird itself. The book's only crime has been deepening its reader's p...

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• Grade Level: High School