Australians World's Worst Sinners

A British research team has ranked Australians #1 for sin; Australians are the most likely to sin, according to the team. The researchers used a point-based system to determine which countries were the worst offenders of the Biblical "Seven Deadly Sins" - pride, covetousness, envy, gluttony, anger, sloth, and lust. The country received 10 points for placing first in a category, nine for placing second, and so on. The breakdown follows:

• Lust: South Korea
• Gluttony: U.S.
• Greed: Mexico
• Sloth: Iceland
• Pride: Iceland
• Wrath: South Africa
• Envy: Australia

Experts criticize the system, pointing-out its many flaws included counting the number of sick days people took-off from work, as compared to the number of hours worked per week, and that the study focused on men instead of both sexes equally.

© C Harris Lynn, 2010