The second deadly sin
Posted by Chewy on Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Here’s what Wikipeida says:
Gluttony (Latin, gula)
Derived from the Latin, gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food, or its withholding from the needy.
Depending on the culture, it can be seen as either a vice or a sign of status. Where food is relatively scarce, being able to eat well might be something to take pride in (although this can also result in a moral backlash when confronted with the reality of those less fortunate). Where food is routinely plentiful, it may be considered a sign of self control to resist the temptation to over-indulge.
Early Church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony (Okholm 2000), arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods. He went so far as to prepare a list of six ways to commit gluttony, including:
- Praepropere - eating too soon
- Laute - eating too expensively
- Nimis - eating too much
- Ardenter - eating too eagerly
- Studiose - eating too daintily
- Forente - eating too fervently
The “obsessive anticipation of meals” is sending me and OCD housewives like Martha Stewart to hell. I hope I don’t have to hang out with them there.

In my America, douchebaggery would be a sin.

Also, I agree that dainty, or picky eaters (with or without the fetal alcohol syndrome), should be sent to the third circle of hell. This includes vegans who request vegan mashed potatoes in the middle of Friday night dinner service, people who order their $27 protein well done and this woman who came in claiming she was a vegetarian / pescitarian but then said she sometimes ate poultry in teeny tiny amounts. What the fuck is the difference between eating a bite of chicken and the whole fucking thing? That’s like me saying, “Oh, I’m not a cannibal, I only had one finger.”




