Suggestions for the Christian Coalition
In my opinion, Dr. Harvey Jackson is being too kind to the Christian Coalition in giving them a very timely suggestion about the next big issue they should tackle, the obesity epidemic.
But let’s start with the ministers, since studies show that when you break down the population into religious groups, evangelical Christians come out the heaviest. (Southern Baptists top the list so those ministers should readily rally to the cause. Why in 2002 the top medical claims paid by that denomination’s employee health insurance program were for bad backs and high blood pressure — conditions associated with being overweight. So they could save their church some money as well.)And how will the CCA and the ministers set this example?
By getting on board the Christian weight loss program that has been around for years and which Alabama evangelicals have generally ignored.
Dr. Jackson is always full of such wonderful ideas. Maybe he should run for elected office. Nah, he’s too smart for that.
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April 28th, 2004 at 9:36 am
Isn’t gluttony one of the seven deadly sins?
April 28th, 2004 at 6:19 pm
Oh come on, evangelical Christians and obesity, why, that might keep them home and out of society, politics, and other people’s lives. We can only hope…
April 28th, 2004 at 9:07 pm
Gluttony might be one of the seven deadly sins, but evangelicals don’t talk about that too much. I also agree erf, that it obesity might limit some of their extracurricular activities.