Food and sin

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Hello, I was just wondering is it a sin to eat food that is nice-tasting? Also if you are really hungry and eat between meals is it a sin too? Any opinions would be gladly appreciated…
 
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Hello, I was just wondering is it a sin to eat food that is nice-tasting? Also if you are really hungry and eat between meals is it a sin too? Any opinions would be gladly appreciated…
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Seanom,

Why would you wonder such a thing at all? I don’t know whether you’re joking, or if there’s a more serious matter behind your question.

One doesn’t even need the miracle of Cana, the feasts instituted in the Sinai Covenant, and mankind’s duty to multiply, to know that God wants people to eat well – especially when the occasion calls for it – and to eat regularly.

Excess in either direction is condemned: frequent over-indulgence, starving oneself, or wastefulness, are sinful.

Even if a holy book or a believer said God made it sinful to enjoy food and enjoy it regularly, would you want belong to that religion?
 
The idea that the material world is evil is a heresy. There is nothing wrong with enjoying things. The problem comes when we use material goods immoderately or place them above God in our hearts. There is no Commandment “Thou shalt only eat three meals a day with nothing in between.”

So relax and enjoy that Snickers bar. 😉
 
Enjoy your meals giving thanks to God! Keep your body healthy.

Moderation is the key.

There are times for feasting, and times for fasting.
 
I understand that there may be an asetic that abhors all forms sensual pleasure from whatever source it comes from. As far as I can see this is from the East, and seems to have infested us from some form of Gnosticsm, which, as you may know, is dualistic, and has a dim view of the physical world. It may have influenced the West via the more severe forms of monasticism, and has been seen in extreme versions of Puritianism.

But you would be right to be concerned about conspicuous consumption, which is wasteful & greedy.

P.S. - pass the jam do-nuts! :cool:
 
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