what do you think about gluttony?

Applying the same rules to gluttony as some apply to alcohol, that first bite of that cheeseburger is a sin...

Up here, one of the things we do to help feed people is our roadkill list. If a moose is hit, the next person on the list is called. No matter what time or what weather conditions, that person is required to come out and butcher the moose. He is required to give half to the next charity on the list, and for his troubles, he gets to keep the other half. We had something like 173 moose hit last year.

 

We used to do the same thing in Alabama when someone would run over one of our deacons, but charities quit accepting the donations. :laugh:


(I had a roommate who did some extended mission work in Alaska--I always thought the roadkill thing was an outstanding provision.)

 

No doubt, tough on vehicles, as well, observing that hitting a deer in KY usually totals the vehicle. Ot has happend to both my nephew, and about three friends.
And a moose is certainly larger than a 'white tail'.

Ed

 

I wonder, CornDogggy, if you understand the role of fat in the human body. In the old south, along the coast, malaria and summer fevers caused a lot of deaths. Heavier people had a better survival rate than thin folks. Were those folks sinners for being fat?

Have you considered how the wild animals get fat every fall in order to help make it through the winter? Our ancestors did that too. The difference is that food is plentiful for us all year long. Are we sinners if we put on 20 extra pounds during good times? Were our ancestors sinners for doing the same?

I have read most of your comments here and doubt that your definition of gluttony is actually based on the scriptures. Have you done that word study?


A.F.

 

How do you know when either you or someone you see is a glutton? When they have more chins than a hong kong phonebook. :laugh:

 

No, I take that back. A better sign is if the post office issues you your own zip code.

 

Hi Saturneptune;
Good to see you back. I need someone to cover my back.:laugh:

 

Eating and drinking too much (of any liquid sort) is sinful.

 

So you are a moral relativist? If it is a sin now it was a sin then.

Gluttony is gross excess. Sin is not determined by current medical guidelines. You are sounding puritanical.

A.F.

 

I fear I may have been a glutton at dinner. After days and days of eating right, we had nachos for dinner and I am stuffed.

 

A friend of mine shot a 1,500 pounder last week, and they will demolish a car. (That's one reason they won't let you keep one you hit yourself; they don't want you buying a $300 car just to take out a moose without a license.) That's enough to feed a Baptist covered dish dinner.

And we all know there's never any gluttony going on there...

 

Corndogggy: There is no old south "issue." It is a medical fact that folks with some fat on their bodies do better when they are unable to eat due to sickness. As to your assertation that fat was a status symbol: maybe you are talking about a different old south. Maybe you mistake fiction for fact.

Thank you for saying "I think......" That is a good way to be on the Baptist Board. We tend to present our opinions as absolutes here.

You are correct that a lot of cheap foods are fattening. That has been true for a long time.

In my opinion you have wrongly equated fat with gluttony. You have an incorrect definition of gluttony. I also think that a bit of extra weight is a blessing from THE LORD. You equate that blessing with sin because of cultural bias.

Maybe we should ask some Katrina survivors if a little extra weight helps in extreme situations. I think that you have the notion that food shortages are a thing of the past. Well they are a thing of the past. Food shortages are likely also to be a thing of the future.

A.F.

 

my thoughts on gluttony

Overeating is still a sin, the Christian is to live a life of moderation. We are a nation in which everything we do revolves around eating. Remember one of the many sins that Sodom was destroyed for was fulness of bread (Eze 16:49).