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Australia is "most sinful" nation on earth

Published: January 29, 2010

Australians top the list as the world's most envious people in a global tally of the seven deadly sins. They also score highly for the other six, making Australia the "most sinful nation" on earth, according to a BBC magazine show.

While America is dominated by gluttony and greed, South Africa by wrath, and Japan and South Korea by their lustful natures, Australians take the prize for envy, the Herald Sun reported.

The tally compared national statistics for plastic surgery (pride), theft (envy), violent crime (wrath), number of annual holidays (sloth), annual salary (greed), money spent on fast food (gluttony) and porn (lust).

Focus Magazine awards Australians the dubious prize of being named "the most sinful nation on earth" for scoring highly in every one of the seven categories, the report added.

Popular Melbourne priest Father Bob Maguire said Australians had their vices, but they were also very virtuous.

"I think the people who did this survey are just jealous of we Aussies, and rightly so," he said.

"Australians like to indulge and enjoy the good things in life - we are open about that. But people forget that the mirror image of the sins are the seven virtues and Australians also have a lot of virtues on balance. We're just too laconic to talk about the things we do right."

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Australia is named the most sinful nation on earth (Herald Sun)

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Recent Comments

  1. Who knew that sin could be so easily tabulated and localized?

    Posted By: MJ

  2. Why am I not surprised? Especially as we have a media which constantly celebrates sin and denigrates those who advocate virtue.

    Posted By: Michael Bernard

  3. Did they survey the Vatican?

    Posted By: Michael Flanagan

  4. No real surprise really. We live in a secular society which our media and social commentators promote and defend at all costs. The emphasis is placed on the material world and a self gratifying lifestyle, to the detriment of old-fashioned Christianity.

    Posted By: Noel

  5. What silly nonsense!

    Posted By: Gavin

  6. I don't fit into any of these but I guess I am still considered a sinner.

    Posted By: Jan

  7. Given the BBC's superiority complex, it is surprising that it did not point out, as the Herald-Sun writer has done, that Australia's superior sinfulness befits a country founded as a penal colony.

    Posted By: Ray

  8. I am surprised the BBC can see through the plank!

    Posted By: david anthony davies

  9. What an extraordinary concept to quantify! Only the Calvinists who started the colony could have dreamt up such a ridiculous poll. Let them continue with their ridiculous carping while most Australians ignore these things and focus on the more important message of Christ's humanity and desire for us to enjoy our lives. All round, I think Australians are pretty good compared to the selfsh, inward looking Europeans and others. Too bad if they don't like us!

    Posted By: eulalia

  10. My word! And to top it all we're becoming global warming sceptics, too!

    Posted By: John

  11. Australia most sinful? I won't buy into that one.

    Posted By: L Newington

  12. Sounds like one of those opinion polls where everybody hangs up on the callers and they make up their own answers.
    Sin, like heaven and hell, is something made up to frighten children anyway.

    Posted By: John

  13. From a French point of view, it's interesting to see a partner of the WASP Intl Inc criticizing another partner.

    Posted By: jacques DUMON

  14. Any purported list of sins that omits abortion, which is brutal murder, is not a list of sins.

    Posted By: Jon

  15. The BBC network is the most sinful for telling many lies or inaccurate information. Australia the most sinful? What a joke and it's on BBC.

    Posted By: Nick

  16. I have not heard of most sinful nation -- Australia -- but I suggust that Australians should repent of their sins and turn to God, and pray for Lord Jesus Christ!

    Posted By: Michael J. Hutchinson

  17. We seem to be on track, according to St Paul: Where Sin Abounds, Grace Abounds Even More (Romans 5:20).

    Posted By: Tony Robertson

  18. Annual salaries are considered sinful in this list? And not a word about the sins of abortion? Divorce? And other sins crying to heaven for vengeance? Problem here is most folks have lost their sense of sin. Heaven help us.

    Posted By: JS

  19. Why do think we got World Youth Day here?

    Posted By: Chris

  20. in Britain 14% of the population is Catholics; in Australi, 25%. That makes Britain more heretical. Sounds stupid? Then both hypotheses have something in common.

    Posted By: Andrew

  21. I'd like to see s competition started between nations on being most virtuous, instead of most sinful. Why not measure that, you sinful statiticians?

    Posted By: Len Jurena

  22. Judge not, lest ye be judged.

    Posted By: Garry

  23. This is one of the most rediculous points of view I have ever heard! Does someone have a hidden agenda or simply a desire to discredit Australia? Speaking of sinful, did they consider China and their one child policy or the USA with their abortion stance and their exportation of abortion funding and war around the world? How about the African nations which are in a constant civil war and live in unspeakable evil.
    This BBC Magazine must think we are all idiots!

    Posted By: man from uncle

  24. Everyone will need to pluck the plank out of their eye after reading this.

    Posted By: Mon

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