The seven deadly sins are all things that have a serious negative impact on you and your life if you give into them too much. They’re all very general habits/feelings/desires that most people feel/experience which can lead you to hurt yourself and/or others, and haste/impatience checks both those boxes.

And I suppose as “sins” they’re supposed to lead you to do “un-Christian” things, but impatience probably does that more than sloth, right? Like you’re much more likely to hurt yourself and/or others if you do things fast without thinking than you are by just sitting and doing nothing all day.

I guess all of the sins are also all some form of carelessness too which also applies to being hasty or impatient.

  • IlmariGanander@lemmy.wtf
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    Sloth is another word for neglect.

    And sustained neglect can do terrible things.

    Think a parent watching TV or playing with their phone and their child suffering from their inaction.

    “I’ll do it tomorrow” can have huge repercussions when the thing needing tending is important.