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Americans Baptists filled with the Holy Spirit. And Cream Cakes!

  • 07-02-2010 1:32pm
    #1
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks!

    Check this out:

    "Christians are fatter than other Americans. One of several studies revealing this, published by a Purdue University team in 2006, found that 30 percent of Baptists are obese, followed by 22 percent of Pentecostals and 17 percent of Catholics, compared to only 1 percent of Jews and 0.7 percent of Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. According to the Journal of the Southern Baptist Convention, health screenings were given at the SBC's 2005 annual meeting: Over 75 percent of its 1,472 participants were found to be significantly overweight.
    It makes sense that some within the movement would want to restore health to the flock. Gluttony, after all, is a sin. But how do you persuade religious Christians to adopt a dietary regimen that has been beloved by hippies for 30-plus years and by polytheists for thousands? The very fact that "health food" is an alt-culture staple is enough to taint it in the eyes of some. How do you convince them to switch their Sunday hams for lettuce-lentil roll-ups? By telling them the Bible says they must."

    http://atheistnews.blogs.fi/2010/02/06/christians-are-fatter-than-other-americans-7958297/


Comments

  • #2
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Blessed are the fat, for they shall inherit heart disease...


  • #3
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    Dades wrote: »
    Blessed are the fat, for they shall inherit heart disease...

    Blessed are the cheese-makers...


  • #4
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I find it surprising that the rate is so low among Buddhists. I mean look at Buddah!


  • #5
    ChocolateSauce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭ChocolateSauce


    Galvasean wrote: »
    I find it surprising that the rate is so low among Buddhists. I mean look at Buddah!

    Most Buddhists aren't like Buddah, just like most Christians aren't at all like Christ. :)


  • #6
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    While it is fun to poke .. er .. fun, I imagine there is more of a socio-economic explanation going on here than merely religion.


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  • #7
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    Wicknight wrote: »
    While it is fun to poke .. er .. fun, I imagine there is more of a socio-economic explanation going on here than merely religion.
    The article does imply that. I personally have a hard time imagining the likes of Jerry Falwell eating anything other than steaks and whatnot.


  • #8
    Xluna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    Mmmmm sacrelicious....


  • #9
    Antbert
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Antbert


    Wicknight wrote: »
    While it is fun to poke .. er .. fun, I imagine there is more of a socio-economic explanation going on here than merely religion.
    I think I'd prefer to poke fun.


  • #10
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    This just in, a vision of Christ has appeared in the neck rolls of a Pastor in Texas!
    Over to Rick who has more, Rick?


  • #11
    pljudge321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭pljudge321


    Xluna wrote: »
    Mmmmm sacrelicious....

    Ah, back when the simpsons was still funny.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnH9NECSUU


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