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LONDON - The Seven Deadly Sins - anger, gluttony,While we're voting on deadly sins like a new color of M&M, might I offer up 'stupidity' for inclusion? Yes? Thank you.
sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed - are out of date and should include cruelty,
adultery and bigotry, the results of an opinion poll suggest. Greed is the only
one of the seven that should remain a sin in today's Britain, according to the
poll by the Mori organisation for BBC television's "Heaven and Earth" programme.
Cruelty was ranked the worst sin by 39% of respondents, followed by adultery
(11%), bigotry (8%), dishonesty (seven percent), hypocrisy (six percent), greed
(6%) and selfishness (5%). "Attitudes towards sin have changed. We're less
concerned with the seven deadly sins and more concerned with actions that hurt
others," said Ross Kelly, presenter of "Heaven and Earth", a religion and ethics
programme.