Hi Acting Like Godot, and everyone else,
My prior post focused on how certain
views of L.O.A are extreme such as joely's claim of Miss. Byrne's suggestion that one shouldn't interact with fat people because they don't want to end up bringing the focus of being overweight into their reality.
Unless it was taken out context, and it could have been, to me that is an extreme view. And ironically it is simillar to examples where certain religious sects urge their members to avoid certain people, ex-members, ect.
If a person was weak minded enough, you might very well see that person avoiding fat people like the plague because of what he or she read from the book.
The post is more like a comparison of how L.O.A can have extreme beliefs just like religions can have.
A religious extremist may say, 'that huge earthquake happened because America continues to allows (fill in here) to happen'; An L.O.A extremist may say that person's car was stolen because they attracted it...
I'm comparing between the extremist views that may come from religion or certain L.O.A adherents.
Thank you for the article link, Acting Like Godot;
In this case, the article seems to refer to both parties gaining weight at
the same time, not as much about one spouse gaining weight after living with a spouse who is already overweight, which the idea seem to be that interacting with an already overweight person will cause one to gain weight themselves.
And here are specific reasons also given in the article;
Quote:
| The reasons why living together may predispose couples to excess weight seem to be twofold. First, marriage generally increases eating opportunities because married people tend to eat together, and they may eat more when dining together than if they were eating alone. Secondly, the newly married person may have less motivation to stay thin. In a single world, both men and women want to maximize their attractiveness to the opposite sex and that often includes having a healthy body weight. With marriage, the comfort of being in a stable relationship can lead to a reduced commitment to maintaining one's weight. |
My main idea is that many people who have had past experiences with extreme beliefs, religious or otherwise, would be weary as a rule when they encounter a certain belief with.... some extreme ideas.
I love debating this issue because I learn more from it everyday...
Take care everyone...