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In many religions, vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-idolatry in which one likens oneself to the greatness of God for the sake of one's own image, and thereby becomes separated and perhaps in time divorced from the Divine grace of God. In Christian teachings, vanity is an example of pride, one of the seven deadly sins.
John Bell in 1995 defined adultism as "behaviors and attitudes based on the assumptions that adults are better than young people, and entitled to act upon young people without agreement". [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Adam Fletcher in 2016 called it "an addiction to the attitudes, ideas, beliefs, and actions of adults."
2. One-Third of Married Adults Consider Monogamy Optional. Fully 1 in 3 Americans report being "monogam-ish" and married couples are no different: 32% say they are "monogam-ish" rather than ...
For example, depression and drug use among LGBTQ people have been shown to increase significantly after the passage of laws which are considered discriminatory. [3] By contrast, the passage of laws that recognize LGBTQ people as equal with regard to civil rights, such as laws supporting same-sex marriage , may have significant positive impacts ...
The first Pride marches started the following year, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the multiday riots, and these one-day celebrations eventually evolved into a full month of LGBTQ pride ...
Outrageous arrogance (nga-rgyal-las-kyang nga-rgyal) is a puffed-up mind that feels one is better than someone superior to oneself in some quality. Egotistic arrogance (nga’o snyam-pa’i nga-rgyal) is a puffed-up mind that thinks “me” while focusing on our own samsara-perpetuating aggregates (nyer-len-gyi phung-po).
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The spiritual descent of Lucifer into Satan, one of the most famous examples of hubris. In the Septuagint, the "hubris is overweening pride, superciliousness or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution or nemesis". The word hubris as used in the New Testament parallels the Hebrew word pesha, meaning "transgression". It represents a pride ...