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[[Image:Idleness - Jacob Matham.jpg|right|thumb|120px|A personification of sloth.]]
[[Image:Idleness - Jacob Matham.jpg|right|thumb|120px|A personification of sloth.]]
'''Sloth''' is the [[sin]] of doing nothing at all, and is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Sloth can take the form of general laziness and reluctance to exert oneself, or a failure to do specific things that one ought to do. For example, a man who stands idly by while a crime is committed instead of stepping in to prevent it is guilty of sloth, even if he is not directly involved in the crime itself.
'''Sloth''' is the [[sin]] of doing nothing at all, and is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Sloth can take the form of general laziness and reluctance to exert oneself, or a failure to do specific things that one ought to do. For example, a man who stands idly by while a crime is committed instead of stepping in to prevent it is guilty of sloth, even if he is not directly involved in the crime itself. An eligible voter who knows nothing about candidates running for election to an important office and has no interest in knowing either them or anything about the issues affecting the safety and well-being of families and the community, local, regional, national, and international, is guilty of sloth.
One of the most famous examples of sloth is [[Pontius Pilate]]'s 'washing his hands' of [[Jesus]]' case and allowing Him to be put to death, when it was in his power to free Him. More generally, inactive rulers may be considered slothful: [[Dante]]'s [[Purgatorio]] has a whole section devoted to rulers such as [[Henry III]] who did little wrong, but did not use their power to advance the cause of good.
One of the most famous examples of sloth is [[Pontius Pilate]]'s 'washing his hands' of [[Jesus]]' case and allowing Him to be put to death, when it was in his power to free Him. More generally, inactive rulers may be considered slothful: [[Dante]]'s [[Purgatorio]] has a whole section devoted to rulers such as [[Henry III]] who did little wrong, but did not use their power to advance the cause of good.
== Sloth in Christians ==
Christians guilty of sloth have no interest in learning more about Christianity, about the Bible, about [[witnessing]] to others, about [[Christian apologetics|defending the faith]], about [[corporal and spiritual works of mercy]], or about the Four Last Things: [[Death]], [[Last Judgment|Judgment]], [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]]. The commandment in [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_peter/3-15.htm 1 Peter 3:15] is either unknown or ignored. See [[Christian In Name Only]] and [[Invincible ignorance]].
== Atheism and sloth ==
== Atheism and sloth ==