Pastor Tom brought this up when he mentioned the often confused definition of sloth, one of the listed 7 deadly sins. Not a phrase from the Bible, but one that is often thrown about ...this one is 'thrown about' the internet, listings on Wikipedia for Evagrius Ponticus, Pope Gregory I, or Dante's 'The Divine Comedy'. Yet, it is no comedy to experience the devastation of it. Pastor also mentioned 'acedia' as another Tom referred to it ...Thomas Aquinas looked at it as 'to not caring that one does not care'.
Wikipedia : {Sloth is defined as spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting what God has spoken, and being physically and emotionally inactive. Sloth can also indicate a wasting due to lack of use, concerning a person, place, thing, skill, or intangible ideal that would require maintenance, refinement, or support to continue to exist.
Religious views concerning the need for one to work to support society & further God's plan, and work also, suggest that through inactivity one invites the desire to sin. "For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." ("Against Idleness and Mischief" by Isaac Watts)
In the Philokakia, the word dejection is used instead of sloth, for the person who falls into dejection will lose interest in life.}
And we should certainly not lose interest in the life God gives us ...and how He lovingly asks us to live it, for our own benefit.
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