I have always wonder were some of this christian practise come from. As a poor child growing up in the ghetto, we had little or no food. Fasting was a daily theme. Nevertheless my father made sure we did not compromise our dignity for whatever little temporary help that us out there.

Fasting by my take is a mere behavior of the poor. I call it mere, because it is a daily reoccurance. Many of the biblical prophets were not suit wearing kind like we have in our day. Many were defiantly rugged. Often live out their days in isolation. They were little or no food there. Yet they mentain with the truth. Christ asked a curiouse question. When he was trying to get the mind if the people as to their perception of a prophet. What was it you went to the wilderness to see?.( talking about john the Baptist)

Many times when the rich and intellectual interpreted God, they inteprete God amidst. Often ommitting poverty and lack from the equation. This often give god a different complexion from what it has always been with the bible.

Fasting is a behavior if the poor. Its a denial of the basic of human need for survival. ( note we can fast with sack clothes as well. Denying our body of pleasant attires,). If we truly wish to know what this behavior truely is, or what it means, we should observe the lifes of the poor.
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