Gluttony

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I’m trying to figure out if I’m a glutton or not. I like to eat a whole lot. I think I enjoy food too much. I’ll eat till I’m very, very, full sometimes. However, I’m not overweight, and I stay physically fit. Is this gluttony? What is a good definition of gluttony?
 
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ThornGenX:
Sounds like a low carb option:D
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Bump,there has to be a more conclusive definition somewhere,the thread starter as well as others may be compelled never to eat again:eek: :eek: :eek:I am concerned about the toads and rats in hell thing:eek:
 
That definition makes me nervous about seeing what the punishments for the other deadly sins would be.:eek:
 
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That definition makes me nervous about seeing what the punishments for the other deadly sins would be.:eek:
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I know thats right:eek: :eek: :eek: Makes you want to live in solitary confinement by choice:eek:
 
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grandadmiralboo:
I’m trying to figure out if I’m a glutton or not. I like to eat a whole lot. I think I enjoy food too much. I’ll eat till I’m very, very, full sometimes. However, I’m not overweight, and I stay physically fit. Is this gluttony? What is a good definition of gluttony?
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from “My Catholic Faith”

Gluttony is an excessive desire for or indulgence in food or drink.
  1. *** Gluttony is greediness***, intemperance in eating and drinking. Of the gluttonous, St. Paul said that ***“their god is the belly” ***(Phil 3:19).
We do not live to eat, but eat to live." We must not take what is injurious to health, even if its taste is pleasing. We must have regular hours for our meals. We should not be too particular about food, eat what is set before us, and not get angry when a dish is not very appetizing.
  1. Gluttony produces dullness of mind, laziness, and sensuality. The vice of drunkenness is a terrible evil, leading to worse sins. A man when drunk does more than lose his reason and make a fool of himself; he often becomes a source of grief and even of terror to his family. If reason is the chief differnce between man and the beast, why should one extinguish it by drunkenness?
“The sensual man does not perceive the things that are of the Spirit of God” (1 Cor. 2:14). It is well for young people to abstain from drinking alcholic beverages and smoking till after they are twenty years of age. If they do this, the likehood is that they will not contract vice.
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I too struggle with the sin of Gluttony (just the eating) and I frequently confess it.
 
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I too struggle with the sin of Gluttony (just the eating) and I frequently confess it.
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Same here 😦 …at 5’3" tall and over 300 lbs…I would say so:( :eek:
 
Aw…you guys shut up and eat yer rats! Hey, hand me those two toads over there willya please?
 
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Mike_Olson:
Take a look at this site.
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Thank goodness for the Internet. I use to wonder what punishment in hell might be, and now – thanks to their brief “sin"opsis” – I know. Not only that, I can blame it on mom, too! And I can get a stylish tee-shirt, to boot? :confused: :o

The “Gluttony is an excessive desire for or indulgence in food or drink” quote is interesting, but what constitutes an excessive desire for or indulgence of? I mean, I’m not terribly picky when it comes to food – I’ll pretty much eat whatever is put in front of me. And therein lies the problem!

I don’t think I’m a glutton, but I have wondered about it. I mean, I like good food, but I don’t think I’m obsessive about it.

Right now, I’m hauling around a few extra pounds of carcass that I need to get rid of. Picked them up while my wife was in the hospital. She was in ICU for about eight days and in the hospital for a month. My breakfast was a pair of donuts and coffee from Quick Trip, there were a few trips to the hospital vending machine throughout the day each day and then dinner in whatever restaurant was still open when the nurses finally kicked me out at night. Can’t say I enjoyed any of it much, and it was eating to live not living to eat. Still, I managed to put on the weight. Does that make me a glutton?

Usually, though, I end up thinking that whatever vice is in question, no matter how much I indulge in it that I need to indulge just a little bit less. Then just a little bit less, again. And so on. Probably it’s not really possible to know for sure exactly when you stop eating to live and start living to eat, so why get too close to the line, right?
 
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Aw…you guys shut up and eat yer rats! Hey, hand me those two toads over there willya please?
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On the other hand… I had to go out on a business dinner last night. Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse charges $12.95 for frog legs. Are we to assume that they are free in hell?

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I personally like this post & am appreciative to the one reply. I mean, think about it, though. How easy is it to commit it in the west here? Would going up for seconds be considered gluttony? How about desert? What about when you get that feeling of “I have a taste for something, but, I don’t know what, but, I feel like a nosh.” I mean, this is some serious stuff. It is a psychological thing, too, I believe. I’d love to stay & post more, but, unfortunately, I’m going to grab me some diner.
 
Well I would like to nail the definition in Roman times the definitions were the Romans had vomitorium and would eat until nothing else could fit and throw up and eat more.So the definition is important the tads ,rats,and snakes in hell thing makes it necessary to find out:eek:
 
I am so grateful for this thread! First of all, ya’ll (I’m from Kentucky) are funny! I confess gluttony regularly too, but what I am wondering is I have considered it a venial sin, but now I am wondering if it is a mortal sin. I am fit and not technically overweight (I’d like to lose 10 lbs), but food does interfere with my turning to God. I eat for many reasons, with hunger being low on the list. I especially treat stress with food and I know He wants me to turn to him in prayer. The reason I ask about it being a mortal sin is, if it is, I believe I will be able to avoid this because I would either have to confess weekly or miss out on the greatest thing in my week, the Eucharist. So what do ya’ll funny people say? Do you think they’ll be serving up rats and toads in purgatory too?
 
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