I've noticed that even though BAs and fundies are very quick to speak out about sinful things like committed relationships between adults and protecting the environment, they have little to say about gluttony. I find it odd, because they so often back up their "Jesus is against gays" arguments with statistics about how unhealthy gay sex is for society. But not even the most lurid fundie imagination could dream to suggest that gay sex is causing worse health problems for society than obesity.
So how about it? Why is gluttony given a free pass? I know most of you BAs and fundies would be upset if you found out your pastor was visiting strip clubs, but I bet you don't mind if he is 150 pounds over weight and is a regular at the McDonald's Drivethru. Why is that? Why are BAs given a free pass to be crisco gobbling porkies? Why not free passes for internet porn or cruising truck stops for bi-curious action instead?
2007-10-16 04:52:14 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have yet to see any good explanation for fundies are so much more tolerant of gluttony. How many fundies have forever scorned a known gay yet regularly smile with fondness as they watch a friend or family member tuck right into the desert table at the latest church picnic?
2007-10-16 05:07:32 · update #1
I do not think they give gluttony a free pass. it is just not one of their talking points.
It is similar to how BAs support George Bush because of his stand on gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, and abortion as Christian values, but ignore things like preemptive war, torture, suspension of habeus corpus, and illegal wiretaps.
2007-10-16 04:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I eat like a horse most of the time. It's wrong. And you're probably right, Christians should address the problem more often. But if we wait until someone is qualified to teach about any subject, we'd be speechless. As a matter of fact, in my position as a part time minister, I usually preach about things I have some trouble with. As far as speaking out against gay rights, I take a different approach. I'm more worried about a person's salvation. If you convert the soul, you don't have to worry about the behavior. It's harder to do but if I prevent them from obtaining civil rights and they are lost, spiritually, I've accomplished nothing. Having said that, I do understand some Christians' perspective that they want a better, Christian society for all Americans. I respect that.
2007-10-16 05:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by starfishltd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins and it should be avoided just like any other sin.I think it is not mentioned as much as other sins because it is harder to qualify. For example, homosexual sex is always a sin no matter what but eating is not. Having a basic meal is not a sin but gorging on 3 plates of food is. For some, it is hard to determine the difference so it is harder to qualify it as a sin.I think that gluttony is one of the common sins accepted in society by religious and those not, however that does not excuse it or imply that is is right. Sin is sin and sin is wrong.
2007-10-16 05:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people are "150 pounds overweight" that have never given way to gluttony. There are also many skinny people like myself who have often given way to gluttony (which I too have done, I must shamefully confess). It is not about weight. But it is a sin nonetheless. Christianity does not give it a free pass at all.
2007-10-16 04:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It is not it's because every time we get together we eat. No and excuse, it is a sin and a tough one for Christians. Praise God and pass the cake and cookies right on by. GOD bless there are many good people in my contacts now.
2016-05-22 22:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like that "crisco gobbling porkies" that's hilarious
well, They can't be wrong because they follow in jesus blahblahblah.
apparently someone else's personal habits that may be unhealthy is worse than their own. they A can't mind their own business and/or B play the "oh look at the distraction" game to get the spot light off themselves
2007-10-16 05:42:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just another of many available examples of how tradition and society bend and change religion over time. ironically, the fundies do not recognize how even their own religion has and is "evolving", lol.
and to answer sisterzeals disagreement: why is gluttony listed alongside lust as one of the 7 worst (deadly) sins? and the bible is clear that no one sin is in fact "worse" than another. to god, all sin is equal.
2007-10-16 04:57:54 · answer #7 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
And who was it who said, "Nowhere in the Bible does it say I must wear rags" (or something to that effect)? Fundamentalist Christians generally do not avoid financial gluttony either.
2007-10-16 04:58:11 · answer #8 · answered by Peter D 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because gluttony touches their own lives too closely.
The fact that fundamentalists and evangelicals pick and choose which scriptures they decide to follow and which ones they "let slide" should not be a surprise.
It's easy to pick on gay people and making a stink about sexual sins titillates them. Gluttony is not only critical of them personally or their family members, it's also not as scandalous as sex.
2007-10-16 04:55:53 · answer #9 · answered by Acorn 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
I'm surprised that you would get an answer from a Christian after being so rude to us, dear one. Your demeaning term of "fundies" shows that you have no respect for yourself or anyone who you believe thinks differently than you.
Shame on you! Repent of your arrogance before you try to point out sins of others!
2007-10-16 05:07:43 · answer #10 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋