I think everyone here remembers from Sunday School, that gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. Not only that, heart disease caused by over-consumption is the number one killer of North Americans cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htmThings to think about.1) The food eaten by the sinner could instead go to the hungry and homeless.2) The money used to treat the gluttonous sinner's heart disease and associated health risks, could instead go to other charitable causes.3) Curing your sin is as simple as not eating excessively! It doesn't require any money or Herculean effort.4) If you maintain an unhealthy lifestyle, you are essentially commmitting a slow form of suicide, which we know the Lord frowns upon.5) I think it is the duty of every Christian to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and to help other Christians do so.6) This is perhaps to easiest sin to rectify.If you are concerned about your health, you can check your BMI here nhlbisupport.com/bmi/Anyhow, I think this is the worst problem plaguing Christianity today, much worse than abortion or alternative lifestyles.
Is Gluttony still a Sin? Should we excommunicate the overweight?
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sure Gods law shows our sin's Even our minds that lust after so many things show that us Christians are sinful.BUT DID YOU KNOW every commandment that was intended to bring us life actualy brings us death? Romans 7:10every single one of us christians struggle with sin . we do the things we do not want to do. as the bible says .who will deviler us from this body of death?Thank God for Jesus Christ.The law came through moses but Gods grace and truth . His free and full forgivness for all of our sins past present and future . came through our only savior from our sin's .Jesus Christ.bible study suggestion Romans 7:7 all the way to Romans 8:38
DUMBEST THREAD EVER!Gluttony is excessive over eating and Binge Drinking. Obesity is caused by a number of factors, genetics, medication, high carbohydrate diets promoted by the government.Notice how everyone remains silent on the drinking part.
All things in moderation is the key as Ive said before eat a steak fine eat the whole cow its gluttony
Well that shows you how smart they are sense the body converts carbs to sugar unless you are an athlete that diet will make you fat and sick
The #1 cause of obesity is shoving massive quantities of food down your throat. Yes there are other factors but overeating is #1.
(DONNIE;39552)
The #1 cause of obesity is shoving massive quantities of food down your throat. Yes there are other factors but overeating is #1.
I agree, but even more important are the reasons why people do this. Animals generally don't. The main reasons for obesity are the reasons why people stuff, not just that they do. Any ideas why? Something missing from life, perhaps? That God-shaped something? Maybe....
The #1 cause of obesity is shoving massive quantities of food down your throat. Yes there are other factors but overeating is #1.
I agree, but even more important are the reasons why people do this. Animals generally don't. The main reasons for obesity are the reasons why people stuff, not just that they do. Any ideas why? Something missing from life, perhaps? That God-shaped something? Maybe....
I think you guys are being a little narrow mined here gluttony is not the unforgivable sin and being over weight is not a sin and there are many reasons and its not ours to judge but gluttony can not be confined to food are you a glutten on the computer, video games, soft drinks, text messaging, telephone,music ,T.V. gluttony is overindulging in anything which of you can cast the first stoneGluttony:1. Given to or marked by gluttony.excess in eating or drinking 2. Indulging in something, such as an activity, to excess; voracious. greedy or excessive indulgence
(kriss;39613)
I think you guys are being a little narrow mined here gluttony is not the unforgivable sin and being over weight is not a sin and there are many reasons and its not ours to judge
I think there is only one unforgivable sin? But even if we agree that obesity is not in itself a sin, I think one has to look at the whole picture to see the wrong in it. Obesity, if purely due to overeating, means that one has consumed more than one's own body requires. In every town in the world there are others who are suffering from a deficit in nutrition, medical aid, counselling, etc. If one person consumes more than one's own requirement of "manna" knowing that someone else is short of their needs, then one is going against God's instructions for sharing and Jesus' "commandment" to love one another. Also, the body is the temple for the indwelling Holy Spirit. Do we not have a duty to care for it accordingly? Also, obesity leads to unnecessary health costs by society which could be better used elsewhere. In a recent program discussing the effects of oil running out (we are already apparently past peak production capacity), it was argued that the world will no longer be able to support feeding any near as many people as there are at present - and the global population is still expanding rapidly. In this light, it is a duty to humankind in general to be sensible about all forms of consumption, not just food wastage. But perhaps an even worse example of waste that is only indirectly related to obesity is the habit of foodstores to throw away tons and tons of perfectly good food. For example, as soon as a new shipment arrives, all the "old" is jettisoned even though stilll prior to its "sell by" date. This is simply to meet the requirements of the customer to always have the freshest possible.
I think you guys are being a little narrow mined here gluttony is not the unforgivable sin and being over weight is not a sin and there are many reasons and its not ours to judge
I think there is only one unforgivable sin? But even if we agree that obesity is not in itself a sin, I think one has to look at the whole picture to see the wrong in it. Obesity, if purely due to overeating, means that one has consumed more than one's own body requires. In every town in the world there are others who are suffering from a deficit in nutrition, medical aid, counselling, etc. If one person consumes more than one's own requirement of "manna" knowing that someone else is short of their needs, then one is going against God's instructions for sharing and Jesus' "commandment" to love one another. Also, the body is the temple for the indwelling Holy Spirit. Do we not have a duty to care for it accordingly? Also, obesity leads to unnecessary health costs by society which could be better used elsewhere. In a recent program discussing the effects of oil running out (we are already apparently past peak production capacity), it was argued that the world will no longer be able to support feeding any near as many people as there are at present - and the global population is still expanding rapidly. In this light, it is a duty to humankind in general to be sensible about all forms of consumption, not just food wastage. But perhaps an even worse example of waste that is only indirectly related to obesity is the habit of foodstores to throw away tons and tons of perfectly good food. For example, as soon as a new shipment arrives, all the "old" is jettisoned even though stilll prior to its "sell by" date. This is simply to meet the requirements of the customer to always have the freshest possible.
I can not disagree with you Kalixx but my point was that gluttony is excessive indulgence in anything to confine it to obesity is in error We are a gluttonus societywhether it be oil or food or a closet full of clothes we are all gluttons in one way or the other. So to sit in judgement of a person who is overweight by just assuming they are over indulging in food is wrong perhaps they are taking medication that causes this ect.Im not saying that the main cause of obesity is not our over eating it most likly isbut unless one has never been guilty of any over indulgence in anything We have no right to judge anybody to even suggest if an overweight person should be excumicated when one is most likley guilty of gluttony themselves on some level seems to me the pot calling the kettle black mentallity. A my sin isnt as bad as your sin attitude.
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Not real funny there Stephey............something is lacking, like maybe..................integrity, compassion,...........
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be funny. I was just commenting on how I feel in those situations
Not real funny there Stephey............something is lacking, like maybe..................integrity, compassion,...........
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be funny. I was just commenting on how I feel in those situations
(kalixx;39554)
I agree, but even more important are the reasons why people do this. Animals generally don't. The main reasons for obesity are the reasons why people stuff, not just that they do. Any ideas why? Something missing from life, perhaps? That God-shaped something? Maybe....
You've never met my cat chester! He eats out of his bowl and my other cat's bowl. As a matter of fact if we didn't put up a fuss he would eat out of our bowls. In other word's where does my cat, chester eat? anywhere he can.Richard
I agree, but even more important are the reasons why people do this. Animals generally don't. The main reasons for obesity are the reasons why people stuff, not just that they do. Any ideas why? Something missing from life, perhaps? That God-shaped something? Maybe....
You've never met my cat chester! He eats out of his bowl and my other cat's bowl. As a matter of fact if we didn't put up a fuss he would eat out of our bowls. In other word's where does my cat, chester eat? anywhere he can.Richard
(RichardBurger;67801)
You've never met my cat chester! He eats out of his bowl and my other cat's bowl. As a matter of fact if we didn't put up a fuss he would eat out of our bowls. In other word's where does my cat, chester eat? anywhere he can.Richard
Sounds like your cat Chester and my cat Neo have much in common!!!
(I keep strict control of his Friskies consumption!)HERE'S a new clip of him
You've never met my cat chester! He eats out of his bowl and my other cat's bowl. As a matter of fact if we didn't put up a fuss he would eat out of our bowls. In other word's where does my cat, chester eat? anywhere he can.Richard
Sounds like your cat Chester and my cat Neo have much in common!!!
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