Is Pride a Childish Emotion?

And how did pride become one of Catholicism’s 7 deadly sins?

Nebulasaurus
4 min readJun 19, 2024
Somewhat uncanny AI Image, which nevertheless gets the point accross.

I think pride is a confusing emotion for many people. It’s confusing to people whether they know it or not. It’s confusing because we’re proud of so many different things, and because it’s not always clear whether the things we are proud of are things we really “ought” to feel proud of.

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Nebulasaurus

I think most people argue for what they want to believe, rather than for what best describes reality. And I think that is very detrimental to us getting along.