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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
I think it's very noteworthy that the Bible doesn't condemn obesity. It's condemns gluttony.
Because, as Lisa pointed out, there are a lot of factors involved in obesity. You can't look at an obese person and know the whole story.
See someone coming back from the buffet with a full plate for the fifth time, you pretty much know the whole story there. That's gluttony.
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no, you really can't tell the factors involved. I gained the majority of my weight as a young mom and housewife. I was comfortable, married to a tall thin guy who never gained weight and ate more junk food than ought to be allowed. I enjoyed cooking big meals every evening.. I lived to cook because I got a lot of praise for my cooking. I'm the only one who gained weight from eating my meals, but I know now that I can't cook or eat that way. Genetics did not bless me with the ability to eat foods like that on a continual basis.
My father was overweight, but my mother was skinny....the most she ever weighed was 117lbs pregnant and she loved to tell that too... she hated weight and made it clear she thought people were inferior because of their weight issues. I never could be pretty enough or small enough to please her and it has been a very sore subject with me.
I have really had to work to accept who I am, as I am...my weight doesn't define who I am as a person. I also have worked to not treat my daughter inferior because she didn't get the tall/skinny genes. I always felt sorry she was short and chunky in the middle of two taller/thin sisters. When someone is made to feel inferior, it never inspires....never.
Oh well.. life goes on... I just started eating healthier foods over the years and I am more concerned with blood work that comes back with a good report. Your eating habits reflect in the blood work... you can't eat junk and cholesterol be good.
gluttony is the sin, and you can't judge a person spiritually for their weight. I believe we should be temperate in all things. God knows when people are and when they are not. He needs to be the judge, not other people.