Posted by
Nerdus Maximus on Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:52:13 AM
One of the distinctions
conservatives, particularly Christian conservatives, have over liberals is the ability to see their own faults and
discuss them publicly. Doug Giles
does an excellent job in his post on Gluttony
(this is a Townhall link, so you may have to copy the following and paste it
into the address bar of your browser:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2006/08/05/the_se7en_deadly_sins:_gluttony).
The best line in an excellent and balanced treatment of
the subject is the explanation that churches don’t pursue the sin of gluttony
as whole heartedly as some other sins because “the church is packing more pork
than a congressional subcommittee.” (In
the interest of honest self disclosure, I could stand to lose a few
pounds.) He also points out that
obesity is not the only form or result of gluttony. At its core gluttony is the idolatry of worshipping food. In modern parlance it is living to eat
rather than eating to live. Sometimes
that means endless Big Macs, but other times it means being a Veegan. In my experience the Veegan is more likely to
live to eat than is the average McDonald’s customer.
The value of his post is more than just an excellent
discussion of a topic near and dear to the hearts (and arteries) of many
Americans of every0 political and religious stripe. It is also a good reminder that when you point your finger at
someone else you are pointing four back at yourself. Now where are those tofu burgers we bought?
Nerdus
Rebuttal from Faticus Caticus:
Lacking opposable thumbs, I can eat only what Nerdus opens for me.
Faticus
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