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I don't think that's true, unless someone wants to find a better source. But the bible passages listed on Wikipedia are pretty clearly about food.
Wow there are some silly reasons for gluttony:
Eating at the wrong time
Wanting a particular food
Enhancing taste of food
Enjoying taste of food
Having opinions about food preparation
Liking Eating food
Making bad trades for food
Although some of these feel made up. Someone doing one of these and then eventually dying doesn't mean it was caused by gluttony, but there are examples in the wiki where that's the case. Others feel like cases of 'committing other sins while interacting with food or while it is around' and someone tried to make it about the food
Yeah, these are made up. The Bible is a higher authority than the opinions of saints.
This is specifically for eating before a meal. But 1 Corinthians 11:34 says that if you're hungry, you should eat at home before a group meal so that you're not hogging food at the meal.
The example given was the Israelites complaining about the food they were given. That doesn't mean you can't take food you have access to.
Matthew 5:13 - "But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor?" Jesus clearly saw the value in seasoning.
It is true that you should eat in moderation. I don't know if it's a sin, but Proverbs has a few things to say about it. But the example given here was Sodom, whose sins included gluttony. Or rather, gluttony while there were poor people. Overeating at the expense of others is different from just overeating.
If it's to the point of idolizing food (prioritizing it over God and His causes,) then yes. But if you're at a friend's house and they bring out mac & cheese and you cheer, there's nothing wrong with that. Y'know, as long as you're not being crazy like snatching it out of their hands.
My god Gordon Ramsey will be furious with that list.
Those are all careful designed to control people in one way or another. Tired of people so concerned by food that it's all they talk about while you keep it all? Say the magic man in the sky made it illegal
or maybe when you live in a society without great surplus and supermarkets managing food stores (espacilly during the winter) is a matter of life and death