Glazed donuts are sinful

If gluttony is "inordinate", then the caloric and nutritional balance of a donut must be taken into account when considering whether it is gluttonous and, therefore, sinful: Inordinate means "not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive" "Excessive" "limits" "moderate" all pertain to numerical amounts and, when relating to food, not only pertain to the amount of food eaten, but to the amount of calories. So when the Con writes, "We are not hear to discuss how many donuts you should eat a day or how donuts are not good for you" this is an out-and-out lie. Obviously, gluttony implies excess and therefore "how many" applies. To cite an example from Christendom, the Apostle Paul writes, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) The Con didn't mention the site I posted which, clearly, shows what a meticulous researcher and deep thinker the Con is. To make it country-bumpkin-obvious to you, though, here are the major religions and their teachings on gluttony: Buddhism: Buddhism encourages avoidance of sensory excess. The third Buddhist precept is the avoidance of excess of sex, but many Buddhists interpret this precept as avoiding gluttony in all areas. Buddhists try to transcend the senses but this is not necessarily achieved through suffering. Christianity and Judaism: The book of Proverbs states, "Be not among winebibbers,or among gluttonous eaters of meat; for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags. (Proverbs 23:20-21)." Hinduism: Hinduism teaches the importance of avoiding excess in several areas of life, including food consumption. The Hindu text the Tirukkural warns against overeating: "The thoughtless glutton who gorges himself beyond his digestive fire's limits will be consumed by limitless ills (95:947)." All from http://www.beliefnet.com... Islam is here: http://www.java-man.com... The list goes on. You are sadly mistaken if you believe eating a glazed donut is either healthy or spiritually lawful. They are not. Donuts offer no nutritional value and are eaten purely for the unalloyed pleasure of scrumptiousness they offer. They have a disproportionate amount of bad calories in lieu of their vitamins, too. AND THEY'RE CARCINOGEIC - OH NOOO!!: http://www.livestrong.com... "Doughnuts are the culmination of three major classes of cancer causing foods; they are deep-fried, contain high levels of sugars and are based on heavily refined carbohydrates. The combination of by-products from the frying process together with heavy amounts of sugar and processed flour make doughnuts particularly risky to those hoping to reduce cancer risk." The Con is clearly out to lunch and is probably having a donut for lunch! Probably eating a whole baker's dozen of 'em, all different flavors and washing them down with a piping hot mug of coffee! Probably watching C-Span, too, while they're at it! You've cranked the sin amp to 11, Con, and if there is a God, he's scowling at you for sure!