Pride is the root of all sin.  It's at the bottom of everything we do wrong.  It was there at the beginning, when Eve said to the serpent, "Yeah you're right.  God and Adam don't know what they're talking about.  This fruit won't kill me."  It was there when Lucifer wanted to have as much power as God.  This is why he was cast out of heaven.  It's in us when we say "Why does bad stuff happen to good people?  Why is there suffering in the world?  Why does evil exist?" because we're saying we know better than God.  It's there with rape/murder/theft/assault, because it's saying, "I'm better than this person."  It's there with sex before marriage, because it's saying, "I know God doesn't want me to do this, but God just doesn't understand the situation I'm in."

I think you can break everything down to this one thing:  pride.  More to come later. #religion