Glutonny is the deadliest of the 7 deadly sins

[Cathrine Wheel]

In Dante's "Inferno," the gluttonous are consigned to an even lower circle of hell than the lecherous because of the sheer animal grossness of their vice. Gluttony may have seemed bestial to the Carthaginian church father Tertullian, who complained of the mass belching that soured the air at great Roman feasts. But there is more to this alleged vice than just stuffing one's face.

Pope Gregory the Great identified five aspects to gluttony; eating too soon, too delicately, too expensively, too greedily, and too much. And no one has accused Americans of eating "too delicately." In fact, it may be our very lack of delicacy at the table that gets us into trouble on the scale.

[wally]

I was hoping for a thread of yours again.

[hendy]

Aw hell, I'm a fan of all seven.

[tcm]

compelling thoughts. thank you, Jim Holt and the Boston Globe.