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Anatess,

I think the problem here is you are supposing that all commandments are very rigid and specific, when they are not. Nor are they all of the same weight (pun intended).

We have a minimum standard for certain things, such as tithes = 10%, or WoW means no coffee/tea/tobacco/alcohol. But there are higher levels of both of these commandments: law of consecration and being "prudent" in what we eat and how much we eat.

I agree that a person who sits down to eat 100 normal size pizzas has a WoW problem. The issue is, do we make the bishop's duties so much harder by requiring living the letter of every single law, or do we give people a minimal standard and have them live by the spirit of the law? Personally, I believe the letter killeth, but the "spirit giveth life."

Joseph Smith taught that we teach correct principles and let the people govern themselves. For those who overeat, simply because they have an addiction, do we really want to take each and everyone behind the woodshed? Or is it better to encourage them, and allow each of them to be accountable for their own self stewardship before God? I prefer the latter. And that is how the Church is supposed to work: give us a minimal standard to start with, and then allow each of us to grow spiritually as we prepare ourselves.