tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post4023001875816478070..comments2024-03-18T00:53:33.065+11:00Comments on in all honesty: dieting and gluttony (5a) Os Guiness on gluttonyJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-26236832754794000302008-03-16T11:41:00.000+11:002008-03-16T11:41:00.000+11:00What a great quote!I particularly liked his commen...What a great quote!<BR/><BR/>I particularly liked his comments:<BR/>'People overeat to compensate for emotional emptiness, but the overeating never compensates. The belly is stuffed, but the heart is hollow. Like all addictions, gluttony deceives. ...' <BR/>and<BR/>'For most of the West, the shift from scarcity to abundance...was paralleled by an accompanying shift from the gluttony of excess to the gluttony of delicacy. As modern people, we may not admire indulgence and obesity, but we have a thousand polite words to cover our fussing over food. ...'<BR/><BR/>Both highlight the idolatrous relationship with food and our appearance (or as Guiness puts it...'our flat abdominal muscles') that we demonstrate when we lift our need for daily sustenance '... out of its place and distort both food and eating.'<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this quote Jean.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992726762594431762noreply@blogger.com