HOLY TRINITY: BINGE, PURGE, REPEAT

Here's spiritual food for thought.

There's a faith-based diet program out there that has some people singing its praises while others are not so quick to convert.


It seems the Weigh Down Workshop, designed by nutritionist Gwen Shamblin, looks to lessons in the Bible to help over-eaters conquer their food-to-mouth addictions and slim down.

Some former fatties claim it's a miracle, and some say it's nothing more than a legalistic cult that starves and guilts faithful followers into thinking they will lose their salvation if they eat one bite more than God allows.


With obesity running rampant (OK not running, but walking slowly), who cares how someone loses weight. The Bible, as compared to other religious doctrines, might just have the skinny on helping those believers who can't stop stuffing their pie-holes.

I mean, look how fat Buddha is.

On second thought, realization = salvation:


("The Eye of God" photo was taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope)

THE BIGGEST LOSER

It took 16 minutes for Ohio death-row inmate Christopher Newton to die during his execution last month. The average time is around seven minutes.


The execution team stuck the prisoner, who insisted on the death penalty as punishment for killing a cellmate, at least 10 times with needles to get the shunts used to administer the lethal chemicals in place. Newton continued to talk, smile and laugh with the prison staff, and at one point was even given a bathroom break.


At 265 pounds, Newton's obesity explained the difficulty in accessing his veins, but was the dosage modified for his weight? Also, the lengthy time that passed before Newton succumbed suggests that the chemicals may not have been flowing properly.

Maybe we should make sure death-row inmates are healthy enough to be killed before we kill them.