The latest scam perpetrated on gullible Christians..

[Virginia Dare]

"The Hallelujah Diet" which appears to be based on eating raw fruits and vegetables and purchasing books and some mystery substance called "Barleymax" from the Rev. George Malkmus, who claims to have cured his own colon cancer from following his faith and this diet.

Sorry Rev., but:

A) I don't seem to recall very many vegetarians in the Bible
B) I bet even a secular humanist like me could lose weight by eating mostly raw fruits and vegetables and cutting out all saturated fats, sugars and processed foods


http://books.google.com/books?id=W_SXAAAACAAJ&dq=George+H+Malkmus&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=George+Malkmus+&btnG=Search&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=author-navigational

[underpants]

1. I think Jesus was a vegetarian

Sure as hell LOOKED like one :grr:


Okay O8) not really I don't hate Jesus but that Holy Ghost has got something coming to her I'll tell you that :angryhomerface:

[catnhatnh]

4. Vegetarian???

He was a Cannibal Enabler!!!

[Virginia Dare]

5. Jesus was not on the South Beach diet..

I'm pretty sure he ate bread quite often, I seem to recall something about loaves and fishes, and the Rev. says you can't drink alcohol on the H.D., and we know that Jesus turned water into wine...:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

9. Didn't he eat fish?

:shrug:

[Elspeth]

11. His brother James certainly was. Read this book by Robert Eisenman at Cal State Long Beach

http://www.amazon.com/James-Brother-Jesus-Unlocking-Christianity/dp/014025773X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199749282&sr=8-1

[underpants]

12. Brother of Jesus

Holy crap how do you deal with that?

James of Nazareth

[truedelphi]

2. There is an Ezekiel cereal - based on grains and fibers mentioned in the Bible

I ate it and felt wonderful the whole time.
Some of these things are not bad.
And none of the biblical grains caused me to become a RW christian.

[Lautremont]

3. Barleymax - it's got what chumps crave!

on edit: It's got electrolytes!

[TlalocW]

6. If the guy needs to have his colon cleaned

I would suggest eating nothing but GrapeNuts for a day. I did that this last Saturday because I was too lazy to cook... Let's just say I had some religious movements.

TlalocW

[theoldman]

7. He was not diagnosed with Colon cancer.

He admitted this on TV. He only thought he had cancer.

[Virginia Dare]

8. I guess he cured his hemorrhoids then..

you'd have to be mushy in the head to buy what this guy's selling..:rofl:

[Ezlivin]

10. Just when the old scam was working so well...

The Revelation Diet: You eat shi* and die.

[Tyler Durden]

20. Oh that's just too funny!

How about the Rapture Diet: When food is served, you just DISAPPEAR!

[Critters2]

13. I don't know Malkmus, but I know people who do.

I'm skeptical, but people I respect think well of him.

As to vegetarianism and Christianity, I invite you to the website of the Christian Vegetarian Association, of which I am a member...

www.christianveg.com

[Virginia Dare]

14. I can't respect anybody who would "sell" people a diet..

I'm sure there are lots of Christian vegetarians out there, I just don't think it's particularly promoted in the Bible. I was reading yesterday that there is a local minister who has started a "Bod4God" movement. If people can get motivational assistance from the Bible to lose weight and become healthier, more power to them. But for a minister to claim they have a some sort of divine authority to help people lose weight is disingenuous at best.

[gratuitous]

15. No kidding

My doctor (if you can believe it) tried to charge me for an office visit after doing all these measurements and running all these tests and then . . . brace yourself . . . tried to tell me what to eat and charged me for it. Well, let me tell you, I would have kicked him out then and there, but it was his clinic. So I settled for calling him a quack and stormed out.

[Virginia Dare]

16. Your doctor was charging you for something more than..

just telling you what to eat though, wasn't he? I'd take the advice of a physician or a dietician over a minister any day, but I guess that's just me.

[gratuitous]

18. Oh . . .

So you would respect some people who would try to sell a diet. Okay. I just misunderstood the subject line of your other post.

[Virginia Dare]

19. Your doctor was not "selling" you a diet..

he was giving you professional advice, something which he was qualified to do.

[edwin]

17. WWJE?

:rofl:

[Critters2]

21. Actually, there is a "WWJE" movement that asks whether Jesus

would support factory farms and corporate agriculture over locally grown veg*n foods.

http://www.all-creatures.org/cva/wwje.htm