Gluttons for punishment.While I read the March Reader Survey ("The state of sin") by Bryan Cones with great interest, it is no surprise that one of the most ignored, denied, and commonplace sins--gluttony--should only garner a 7 percent response rate by your readers. The sin of gluttony Gluttony See also Greed. Belch, Sir Toby gluttonous and lascivious fop. [Br. Lit.: Twelfth Night] Biggers, Jack one of the best known “feeders” of eighteenth-century England. [Br. Hist. should be 50 to 60 percent or higher. Gluttony is the overconsumption of food and drink. More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Simply put, obesity not only shortens lives but it also significantly decreases the quality of life and increases the demands upon others in society. Obesity, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the U.S. surgeon general The U.S. Surgeon General is charged with the protection and advancement of health in the United States. Since the 1960s the surgeon general has become a highly visible federal public health official, speaking out against known health risks such as tobacco use, and promoting disease , will harm far more Americans than terrorism ever will. The sin of gluttony also applies to Americans' enormous excess in spending and personal debt. For the first time since the Great Depression, Americans have a negative savings rate Savings rate Personal savings as a percentage of disposable personal income. . This means we spend or run up debts in excess of our disposable income disposable income Portion of an individual's income over which the recipient has complete discretion. To assess disposable income, it is necessary to determine total income, including not only wages and salaries, interest and dividend payments, and business profits, but also . In my opinion, this is wasting and usurping the financial blessings bestowed to us by our heavenly Father. Peter M. McGowan Denison, Texas |
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