Does God make you fat?

[nangiggles]

I made me fat... and I didnt it all by myself!

 

[inkspot]

Anyone who tries to find happiness or block unhappiness with material things has enslaved themselves..

All of those things..even religion put a wedge between people and God/happiness/freedom.

I really don't understand what you mean by this. Specifically "block unhappiness".

 

[lartinos]

religious people are too lazy to think for themselves, they generally, as a population dont *understand* anything science.

they dont know waht *good food* and *bad food* is

The sheep will follow

 

[cindylou]

I really don't understand what you mean by this. Specifically "block unhappiness".

I probably used a bad phrase....I'm sick today. IMO...humans have a dual nature..a physical nature and a spiritual nature. People seek feel good happiness for the biological.. and value based happiness for the spiritual. You don't have to believe in my God or God at all to believe that humans have this non-physical nature either. Usually when people try to substitute feel good happines for value based happines they run into problems.

Usually when people eat themselves to death there is something they either want to think and feel or something they don't want to think or feel. Certain foods are not "bad". At least imo..nothing material can be immoral or "bad". You are not a bad person for eating a piece of cake any more than a piece of cake can be "bad".

Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— 21 “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22 which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Someone who does not address the non-physical reasons for eating themselves to death...even though it seems wise to diet the way someone would who is not in love with food..it will do them no good..it's only temporary. They are not addressing the root cause. The reasons xtians might fall into this category so much is because they tend to be too busy looking at other people's lives and not dealing with their own lives. I'm just guessing though. Who knows.

 

[PICK3]

You are not a bad person for eating a piece of cake any more than a piece of cake can be "bad".

same for rum & xannies





just sayin'

 

[ceo]

Certain foods are not "bad". At least imo..nothing material can be immoral or "bad". You are not a bad person for eating a piece of cake any more than a piece of cake can be "bad".

what about swine? God said don't eat it. Jesus the Jew didn't eat it.

 

[Black Boxster]

I was raised in a very religious household and remember one of my mothers church friends that would pray before meals...."and Jesus make this non fattening"......she was like 5'2" 350 lbs! I asked her and told her to make better choices of what she ate and she looked at me like I was crazy! She said " Jesus said what ever you ask for in my name"..... I cut her off and said God expects you to use common sense too! You wouldn't stand in your house while is on fire and pray on Jesus name please save me from getting burned would you? no! If you died in the fire god would be " I told you to run out.... Why didn't you listen!"

 

[AFeedz]

what about swine? God said don't eat it. Jesus the Jew didn't eat it.

Christians don't abide by Levitical laws because Jesus was like "forget that shit yo, here's some new rules" and then he died on the cross and made those animals clean and the heavenly father was all "Let there be bacon".

Part of that sentence is kind of true though.

 

[cindylou]

Going back to the book of Lev we can undersatnd why the kosher laws were in place. They were to teach the Israelites the difference between clean and unclean physically so they could undestand the spiritual concept of holiness. Those lessons didn't go over so well...lessons meant to teach people morals and ethics didn't lead to moral and ethical people...in fact it lead to self-righteousness. Given this conversation before that Jesus was having in the NT in Mark 7..it would appear he was changing the Kosher laws...and it's easy to see why. There is nothing evil about eating pork....or anything moral about washing your hands...

 

[uamaverick]

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Duderonomy