tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27836089.post728550693989109510..comments2023-11-02T02:49:12.689-06:00Comments on Waiting for Charlie...: Fatty fatty 2 by 4...majellamomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809626019321902004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27836089.post-91444001944460158252008-05-04T22:39:00.000-06:002008-05-04T22:39:00.000-06:00What? You don't like this fat free recipe?http://...What? You don't like this fat free recipe?<BR/><BR/>http://catholicbabyboomer.blogspot.com/2007/11/sure-recipe-for-fun.html<BR/><BR/>I think if you address the issue on her site she might give you a fair hearing.<BR/><BR/>"Pondering and Discussing" is not about one-liners thrown out at someone else's expense. Actually, the definition of gluttony, according to the old Catholic Encyclopedia, is more nuanced, and you might even say "alcoholism" would fall into this category more clearly than "overeating" . http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm<BR/>In fact, you could even understand the text to say that if a person is struggling with alcoholism or overeating, that person is not engaging in gluttony at all, and certainly not the "mortal sin" version of it.<BR/><BR/>Gluttony is a sin because it is a spiritual battle that has unique corporal consequences, like many of the other other deadly sins. <BR/><BR/>That you do battle with the "god of the belly" is more important than the casual observer's assessment with how (un)successful you are in said battle.<BR/><BR/>You aren't being oversensitive in that she's being tart in her posts, but you are being oversensitive in that I don't think you fit the profile of her strawman.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, in the comments on the original site, someone mentioned how the inmate may be "protected" from diabetes by being made to lose weight. Well, if he's eating white bread and bologna every day at lunch he's not being protected that much. . .Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718011747484428178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27836089.post-82583789820416890252008-05-03T10:21:00.000-06:002008-05-03T10:21:00.000-06:00I'm really scandalized by those remarks. I don't ...I'm really scandalized by those remarks. I don't think you are being sensitive at all. And I think it is so wrong. There are so many reasons that a person might be overweight or fat, whether it is nature, metabolism, even drugs. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps for some it really is portion control, cutting back on junk foods etc, but there are so many different reasons that to lump them all together...eeerrr, I don't even know how to get my thoughts together on this.<BR/><BR/>I may be back in a few days to share when I've thought through everything and am not moving...:)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949743218077305159noreply@blogger.com