This is the Baymaw podcast with Marty Solomon.

I'm his co-host, Brent, today we are with Reed Dent to embark on a journey through the vices and virtues and probably convictions.

I'm actually terrified of this series, Reed.

So what are we doing here?

Are you terrified of peering into the depths of your own human nature, Brent? I'm like, my parents smoked when I was growing up, so I don't smoke because that's gross. And I had bronchitis and I, and I don't drink because my parents were alcoholics. And I saw the dangers of that. And so I don't, I just don't even have any vices.

What do you talk about, Reed?

That's why we need to do this series, Brent, is because I'm not sure if you're aware,

but smoking and drinking are actually not listed as the vice, as vices.

Those are habits, maybe, creature comforts that have varying degrees of healthiness or not

but you know the desert fathers were not writing specifically well i mean about smoking cigarettes

at least i don't know uh it's it's all wrapped up in there but it's it's it's broader and it's

deeper than that.

So, yeah.

Yeah, we're doing a series on the vices, the seven capital vices is what we're going to be calling them in line with the tradition.

And then seven virtues that kind of get divided into the four cardinal virtues is how they're known,

and then the three theological virtues, which we will, we'll get to all that a little bit

later in this episode.

Well, I'm going to jump in here and say, how'd this even get through the policing wall?

This is the Bayama podcast.

We do text, read.

We do text.

We don't do topical.

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