Gluttony

Ah! Super-sized America. Two thirds of us are overweight, four in ten clinically obese. Do we have a national metabolic problem? No, we are a nation of guzzlers: we eat too, too much food, consume voluminous cheap foreign goods to tune of billions of dollars per year, and siphon majority of earth's oil into our gluttonous SUVs. We have lost all sense of moderation and balance. We live to consume and then poison our environment with garbage such overconsumption produces.

Lust

Forty percent of marriages involve at least one affair. Our religious leaders, sports stars, celebrities and even a former President, indulge their libidos when opportunity combines with personal power. Sex has become vehicle for selling anything and everything, its economic value proved over and over. Desperate housewives and Internet pornography are not mere "lusting in my heart" but reveal lurid landscape we have developed that creates superstars out of those who exude sex and virility as if it were a talent or a sign of character. We have birthed industries and empires based solely on gossip, rumor, and promise of sexually-oriented details. Plastic surgeons become millionaires over bodies they rework for goal of increasing desirability and eliciting greater lust in eyes of beholder.

Are these sins really deadly?

Regardless of "moral value" vote trumpeted after 2004 elections, few of us regard all manifestations of these sins as totally unacceptable. We may be tempted, we may fall short of our aspirations. But when we elevate such personal and characterological weaknesses to level of cultural goals, we pay price: a violent, dangerous, and self-destructive society that demands ever more aggressive security, protection, and policing, and produces a burgeoning prison population.

Online Dating Tip #4

When you choose to meet your contact do it in a mutually agreed upon public place where there are plenty of people. Advise a friend of where you are going and leave them a contact number. Provide your own transportation, when date is over, leave on your own as well. If you should both agree to go to another location, use your own transportation. In initial stages this is always a good idea, since it's best to act on side of caution. Your date should be making you feel comfortable with arrangements. Remember, venue for your day or night out is a two sided decision, so anything that is being arranged, you must both be happy with it.

Online Dating Tip #5

Remember that common sense and good judgment get you through life on a smoother road. Don’t let your dreams and desires override this one attribute we all have. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Never be forced, tempted, or controlled into any situation where you are not comfortable. Life is for living. Enjoy it to it's fullest, but be safe and smart while you are doing this.