Is It Moral to Buy A 4-Pound Jar of Jelly Beans?

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Why wouldn’t it be?
Are you just assuming this many in one place could automatically be a near occasion of sin, lol?
They have a long shelf life, and a 4-lb jar probably presumes they’re for sharing.
(Or are you really asking if it if moral to sit down and eat 4 lb of jelly beans all by yourself, lol?)
 
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Lord knows I’m not sharing. Is it moral to eat an entire 4-pound Jelly Belly jar by myself?
 
What do you think, lol?
I think if you buy that jar, you at least ought to get a guardian for it, to dole those out to you in rational portions. It is gluttony that is wrong, not eating “X” amount of something in some period of time.
And of course you’re sharing. Don’t be a Scrooge, they’re jelly beans, lol. You can afford to be generous.
 
You’re right I guess. I’ll have to buy a second for myself then. 😂
 
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You’re right I guess. I’ll have to buy a second for myself then. 😂
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That works. Unless they’re all diabetic or told you they’re avoiding sweets. Then you’ll do better to eat them all yourself in secret.
In that case, figure out how to limit yourself, I guess, lol.
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No

Jelly beans should be free.
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The morality of people charging other people money because they know those others need their jelly bean fix is not the topic of the thread, though. This thread is about the morality of obtaining 4 lb of fix.
 
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Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to carry, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. Matt 23:3-4
 
I’d say in this case it comes down to how quickly you intend on eating them. If this jar is going to be gone in a week, then you’d probably be dangerously close to gluttony. If it’ll last you for a few months, then you’re probably all right.

I have to stop myself from buying the jar of M&M’s at Costco, because I’m pretty sure I’d eat the whole thing in like a week.
 
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ProdglArchitect said:
If this jar is going to be gone in a week, then you’d probably be dangerously close to gluttony.
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In a week?
Did you know there are about 6800 calories in 4 lb of jelly beans?
Downing them in a week would be getting close to 1,000 calories of jelly beans a day for 7 days in a row!
I don’t think I’d call that “dangerously close” to gluttony, lol. Seriously, they’re pure sugar with just enough pectin in them to make them gummy. That would be terrible for your health!

This is not to say I couldn’t do it personally, but I’d put that level of consumption well past gluttony and into the “somebody please take these away from me” neighborhood.

Having said that, if you’re getting ready for a colonoscopy, I highly recommend eating gummy candies and drinking clear Ensure instead of eating jello. Since they give something to chew, they seem much more like actual food. The protein in the Ensure helps to prevent going batty from all that sugar.

On that side note, I wouldn’t dismiss eating 1000 calories of jelly beans in a single day as automatically being gluttony. There could be extenuating circumstances, lol…
 
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PetraG said:
Did you know there are about 6800 calories in 4 lb of jelly beans?
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No, I didn’t know that. That’s insane…

I try to avoid jelly beans most of the time, they’re too good. Especially the Cold-Stone Creamery ones from Jelly Belly…
 
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I try to avoid jelly beans most of the time, they’re too good. Especially the Cold-Stone Creamery ones from Jelly Belly…
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Yes, I tend to need a guardian over jelly beans, red ropes, Mike and Ikes, all that stuff.
(Don’t even get me started on what I can do to the vat of candy meant for the trick or treaters on Halloween…)
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I have to stop myself from buying the jar of M&M’s at Costco, because I’m pretty sure I’d eat the whole thing in like a week.
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Costco is for the strong of character, lol.
 
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PetraG said:
Yes, I tend to need a guardian over jelly beans, red ropes, Mike and Ikes, all that stuff.
(Don’t even get me started on what I can do to the vat of candy meant for the trick or treaters on Halloween…)
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Yeah… jelly beans, gummy bears, M&M’s, Kit-Kats, and Twix… I need to be restrained…
 
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I wish there was a little 😂🤣 icon next to the heart, cause that post above was totally LOL
 
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Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to carry, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. Matt 23:3-4
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…Give us this day, our daily…
 
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