Greed is the act of taking a certain amount more than your fair share over a particular period of time; usually, the certain amount is “everything” and the time is “before anyone finds out”.
One of the longest silent movies ever made was Greed, starring Zasu Pitts. What’s it like watching a six-hour silent movie? I’d imagine it would be like sitting vigil at the bedside of a dying mime.
The Bible states that the love of money is the root of all evil; so, that nephew of yours that REALLY loves collecting coins is definitely going to Hell.
Pigs are considered one of the greedier animals; however, in return, they give us back everything they possibly can.
Anyone who doesn’t mind starving children so that they can get a little richer will end up in an unpleasant place surrounded by coin-collecting pigs.
In Western literature, Jews often represented unbridled naked greed; whereas, those who killed or imprisoned Jews and took all their money represented business as usual…
Avarice is the opposite of Marxism. Its credo: “From each according to his ability. To each according to his greed”.
In Greed-Hell, the greedy are forced to tip service workers huge fortunes of their own monies; so, it doubles as “Doorman Heaven”… and “Waitress Purgatory” because, let’s face it, waitresses can’t get into heaven.
In Dante’s Inferno, the greedy fought each other with giant boulders, proving once and for all that irony was not something the Italians were very good at.
In Victorian England, misers were a big deal. Charles Dickens wrote about them a lot because misers had a strong union at the time. The best cure for this type of avarice at the time was to show the miser what his life would become… although, this treatment was only effective as long as a miser’s future life wasn’t awesome…
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
greed would make the list maker invent new sins beyond seven, it leads to invention
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I’m working on a book and “sins” are an entire chapter… including those beyond the seven deadly sins.
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wow book sounds great, good luck!
seven hearty sins?
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Seven Inconsequential Sins
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Isn’t greed any 25-27 year old relative 😊
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You must have coin-collectors in your family, Deb…
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Yeah, they like collecting my coins 😦
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My brain is stuck on the dying mime vigil…..
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Well… as long as it isn’t lobster and groundhogs, I’m happy…
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I can’t promise anything on the woodchuck front…
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Yes, I’m still laughing at the dying mime vigil and this one “usually, the certain amount is “everything” and the time is “before anyone finds out”.” Fun morning read!
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Thanks, Robyn. Essentially, these are notes for a chapter I’m working on concerning sin and morality.
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You got some good stuff here! Good luck!
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My daughter has the magical ability that when I am handing her a dollar bill, it somehow turns into five. Or ten. Perhaps that is less an example of greed and more an example of what a sucker I am.
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Have you considered that your daughter might be a Jedi? I’d have a midichlorian count done on her immediately…
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The Marxism line reminded me of the old joke: in capitalism, man exploits man. In Communism, it’s the other way around.
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Sounds like something Groucho might’ve said, actually… you know, as he free associates a speech to whatever nation or college has foolishly taken him on as leader…
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