You know how, when something is really delicious or yummy, people describe it as "sinful"? What's up with that?
There is certainly nothing in Scripture that indicates that eating something pleasant is a sin. Proverbs does say, "If you find honey, eat just enough" and warns against overindulging, but nowhere is there any verse about "don't eat that yummy thing, it's a sin."
If pleasant food and drink were sinful, Jesus wouldn't have attended the wedding in Cana, and He certainly wouldn't have made water into the world's most fabulous wine there.
So, is that a carryover from the Puritans, or what? It's a pop-culture thing -- but it still bugs me. Enough actions really ARE sins, that hearing people say that is annoying.
Does anyone have a clue about the origin of this?
2007-05-16 15:23:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From the seven deadly sins
Gluttony
These are:
Pride
Envy
Anger
Sloth
Greed
Gluttony
Lust
It is so good tasting you are tempted to sin/overindulge (gluttony - a sin).
2007-05-17 19:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by cordsoforion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People say that because they equate eating something delicious or yummy to Adam and Eve partaking of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Well after Adam and Eve ate the fruit they knew Good from Evil. People are playing the part of the children of Adam and Eve who were born Knowing Good and Evil, told of how their progenitors disobeyed god and partook of the forbidden fruit and yet they knowingly and almost premeditatively choose to partake of that which they know that they shouldn't eat regardless of there being a commandment against it or not.
I hope this helps.
Peace.
2007-05-16 22:37:14 · answer #2 · answered by yaknow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it was a Puritan concept. I would say it is more of a Pentecostal concept. All that Holiness stuff originated from the early 1900's Pentecostal movement. They think everything is a sin.
2007-05-16 22:29:22 · answer #3 · answered by mxcardinal 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's puritan philosophy, the idea that everything remotely enjoyable in this world is here only to provide temptation. That way of thinking has always poisoned religion. It is most apparent today in the 'end times' philosophy wherein self proclaimed Christians renounce their role as stewards of the earth and of each other and fervently hope for the destruction of the world. Hard to bring about peace when you are praying for death.
2007-05-16 22:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is made up by a tradition. Note in Matthew 13: chapter, that Jesus said people live by the traditions of men instead of the word of God. Note also when he sent the deciples out what he told them as they went house to house, eat whatever is set before you. And remember this belive what the word of God says and not traditions and make up religions. So don't believe anything that isn't written in his word.
2007-05-16 22:34:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry W 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What you're talking about just means that when something is "so good," it should be considered a sin to enjoy it.
2007-05-16 22:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not from the Bible. Perhaps a better word would be tempting - if you're dieting. :)
If something tastes great, eat it and thank God He created taste buds.
2007-05-16 22:27:50 · answer #7 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've only heard it used for sugary and very oily foods and they are not good for the body. Surely you know that.
2007-05-16 22:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only say the Bible says to Love God ,not the things of the earth.
2007-05-16 22:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, if you hear anything enjoyable being described as sinful often enough, pretty quickly "sinful" becomes a codeword for "enjoyable".
Devil's food cake, anyone?
2007-05-16 22:26:45 · answer #10 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋