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Dawnofthenew, you make some excellent points. We often judge people without knowing all of the facts. We should, rather, focus our energies on ourselves and how we are living our lives. Now, only you know if you are obeying the Word of Wisdom to the best of your abilities. I must judge that for my own life as well. I have no excuses. If I allow myself to be overweight it is simply because I choose to overeat. I do come from a family of large people, so obesity runs in my family, and I might have the gene. However, I don't have any disease preventing me from counting my calories and watching what I eat to be sure I stay healthy. I need to guard against judging someone else simply because I have this ability. It doesn't mean everyone else can just count their calories and stay a healthy weight.

Now, even one with an endocrine disease, can probably do some exercise. It doesn't mean that person will lose weight, but they will be doing what they can to be healthy. Also, someone with an endocrine problem can still be sure to eat only healthy portions of healthy foods. If they do this, regardless of their weight, they will be doing their best to fully live the Word of Wisdom. It is unfortunate that they will probably still be wrongly judged by others. The good news is, it doesn't matter how others judge them, just the Savior, and he knows all the circumstances of each our lives.

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A WEIGHTY RELIGIOUS ISSUE: LDS HEAVIER

Utah's religious divide appears to have a physical as well as spiritual side - LDS Church members on average weigh 4.6 pounds more than their counterparts in other religions.
Ref. deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C3949%2C%2C00.html

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Interesting article. I am not really surprised. Right here in Trinidad between the members, obesity is a serious issue (specially with the sisters). A BYU professor who was involved in this study seem to believe that the reason for this is that the Church focus too much on the don'ts of the Word of Wisdom instead of the Do's (eat good food, exercise, etc) so some members substitute the don'ts by simply overeating.

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I will try and find the referrence but I remember reading recently that refusing to eat meat is considered wrong. Animals serve a purpose, providing sustenance being one of those purposes. If you approach sustenance reverently and with gratitude, then you are partaking righteously in that animal's sacrifice. By showing said reverence you are also an example for the correct treatment of animals, not as equals, but as respected, integral parts of nature.

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I would be very interested in reading that reference, as far as I know the Church has never spoken against vegetarianism.

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You know, I really got to see where you are getting all of this, because I have seen others coming on here saying this or that and when I ask them to post the source and read it myself I realized that their conclusions were erroneous as the source is not saying that at all.

Rather off topic, but... There is a Read Me Thread within this Board, please take the time to read it.

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I'm new to this board, so I'm not quite sure how it works. I know that many people cite this scripture, inferring that it means that not eating meat is wrong:

Now, I don't have a formed opinion about this yet, but people say that others just discount this scripture because it says that we can't command people to abstain from meats, but they don't pay attention to the end. So, if God created meat for those who believe and know the truth, would it be wrong not to eat it? I think that may be going to far. What do you guys think?

Message Edited... by Farseer: Corrected your bold and quote tags.

Edited: FarSeer on 18th Jan, 2007 - 6:03am

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I read a psychological study on obesity and religion and the conclusion of the study is that highly religious people (of all faiths) tend to be more comfortable with letting themselves go because they feel acceptance beyond the physical appearance of people. I think this is true as many people exercise so they can show off on the beach or wear revealing clothes. You could also throw in the garmets as a cause since many people (once they go to the temple) get rid of clothing that might have been much more revealing.

However, I do agree that ignoring the word of wisdom does contribute to this -- on another LDS board the topic came up of whether members should be denied recommends if they are obese and the members on that board were evenly split on supporting obesity being added as a reason to not issue a recommend (making being fat equal to drinking alcohol or smoking). I tend to lean towards the idea that unless there is a medical reason to be obese that perhaps it would be good to do this.