GLUTTONY

Gluttony (Latin: gula, derived from the Latin gluttire meaning “to gulp down or swallow”) means over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or wealth items, particularly as status symbols.

In Christianity, it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for food causes it to be withheld from the needy. Some Christian denominations consider gluttony one of the seven deadly sins.

Gluttony is defined as the over-indulgence or lack of self-restraint in food, drink, or wealth items, especially as status tokens. The English word comes from the Latin and means to gulp. Gluttony worships food to feed our own self-love.

Gluttony worships food to feed our own self-love. Merriam-Webster defines gluttony as habitual greed or excess in eating…greedy or excessive indulgence.

• Gluttony plunged the whole human race into a state of sin and misery with the first transgression .
• Gluttony, or “excess of food,” led to a curse of utter destruction upon Sodom, the standard example of God’s wrath and judgment .