gluttony
ericka

12/14/04 		I know you mean well, but the definition of gluttony is this: excessive eating or drinking. Therefore, it DOES pertain to food.
ellen

12/21/04 		Dear Ericka,
I hope you will go back and read all the way through both the gluttony article and "To Hell on a Cream Puff", and you might discover that food/drink is not the basis of gluttony, just a symptom. It is the mistake humans make when they act out the disrupted relationship with the divine that says, "I, not you God, can fill myself and satidfy myself." What both these articles are trying to get at is that ordinary eating and drinking cares for the body in a graceful and heallthy way, while in gluttony the mind uses some sort of excess- it could be just quantity or even excessive pickininess- to refuse health and avoid gratititude or a sense of abundance. After all, you don't have to be thankful for what you have if it isn't enough or isn't "right", right?
Gluttony is called a capital sin, as in capital crime, because it is a fatal mistake that destroys the loving relationship between the glutton and God/grace/spirit/the divine when the glutton lies to him or herself about what s/he needs and who gives it. In the Christian tradition, we describe seven deadly misunderstandings; Pride, avarice or greed, envy, wrath or unjust anger, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Gluttony is more than just overeating; sloth is more than just laziness. Expand your thinking and see what you learn.