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Johnny committed the sin of Pride when he said that he's the best, and the sin of Greed when he coveted that gold fiddle.
The Devil got what he wanted as soon as Jonny accepted the bet.
The 7 deadly sins are never mentioned in the bible. They were discussed by a few different people but made popular by Pope Gregory 1st in 590 AD. So therefore are an invention of the church and need to be taken with a grain of salt.
Pride especially is the most stupid one. Should Jhonny not be proud of his skills? Should one not be proud of anything to be able to go into heaven? If you earn a gold medal at a sport would you go to hell for saying that you were the best athlete?
And can we be sure that Jhonny accepted the bet because of greed for the fiddle? Could it not be necessity? Could it not be convenience or simply confidence in his skills?
Ultimately it's just a story created for a song so the specifics don't matter.
The point I'm making is that the 7 deadly sins are stupid and people should stop referencing them
As an outsider it’s funny how religious people pick some invented stories to be better than other invented stories even within the same belief.
Yeah I'm pretty sure the Bible fits into this idea, an invention of the church.
Especially when combined with the fact that people had to fight for the right to be able to read the Bible themselves instead of just having their priest tell them how it is.