Takara:
■ “Fasting during Ramadan was surprisingly easy. Mental preparedness played a key role. I was as energetic as suhoor during the iftar,” he said.
Salah likened the experience to the energy he felt during the early morning Fajr prayer. “The Fajr prayer was something I had not experienced earlier. The only thing that existed in my mind the whole day was that I wouldn't be even having a sip of water,” said Salah.
“Before embracing Islam, I always thought about how Muslims could fast for a month. It was a fear when I accepted Islam. Finally, I did it and all thanks to Allah, it was at ease. The mental readiness was the key,” said Salah.

Kobojunkie:
That's because you never had real motivation. Go ask kids who started fasting in their teaching years and they will tell you the same thing. You writing an epistle at age 23, saying religion is the only motivation you ever had makes you look like a joke. Go ask those kids who started modeling at age 14 or older, or even those who had to lose about 40 lbs to fit into their prom dresses and they will tell you real stories.

Takara:
■ so what exactly is your point? and who are the ones fasting at the age of 14

MaxInDHouse:
Going without food has nothing to do with pure worship but that's a topic for another day!

MightySparrow:

Meaning fasting in not part of pure worship?!!!

Maximus692:


Guy please stop quoting me if you're not ready for divine wisdom.

Fasting has a meaning it's not just about food that's what God told Israelites when they're not ready to do the right thing because it will cost them instead they will go on hunger strike thinking they can fool God.
Fasting is avoiding what is bad and sticking to what is good even though it will come at an high cost! Isaiah 58:1-10

It's about sharing what a believer has with his fellow believers and always standing for justice not turning away from such then starving yourself and claiming it's for God.

If anyone wants to fast among all those claiming Muslims and Christians in the house of Senate and Reps they should all speak the truth at all times including what happened in the elections plainly.

Of course it will cost most of them their seats in government, that's what God call fasting not just starving yourself for no just course!

MightySparrow:

Jesus fasted, Moses, David, Paul etc.
I can spot hypocrisy here.
What kind of fasting is approved by JWs?

Maximus692:


Who among these people eat on interval as what you people call your fasting?

Nobody in the Bible eat on interval because it's not what faithful servants of God practiced that's why you people don't want to listen to the truth about fasting.

MightySparrow:

Which truth? Which fasting do your organization approves and does?
Remember I have many of your people around me.

Maximus692:


You see what i mean?

You can't answer because you know that what those people in the Bible called FASTING does not require eating at intervals it's all through soberness without food for as long as they live during what is called fasting.

Well fasting is doing what God's Son require of us which is not acceptable in the world.

MightySparrow:



Lie Sir. Moses also sober went without food only for forty days twice not his entire lifetime. Daniel ate at intervals. Jesus went without food for forty days in His earth life only once. Paul said 'often'
2Cor.6.5 KJV- In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Cor.11.27 KJV- In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and unclothedness.

Where do you see this logic of yours, extra biblical Revelations?
Though your NWT translation is misleading. Where Paul separated hunger and fasting, it muddles the the things together.(Organization Against Jehovah).

in labor and toil, in sleepless nights often,+ in hunger and thirst,+ frequently without food,+ in cold and lacking clothing.*
2Corithians 11:27 NWT.

As I said, I have some of you around me, none of them practice this 'fasting,' of yours! Oh, my brother can demolish bowls of eba and okro!
Spiritually lazy folks teaching and misleading people everywhere.

Aemmyjah:


Mumu
Your kind of fasting is the hypocritical type Jesus mentioned
No be wuna de declare 100 days fasting?

MightySparrow:

Lie Sir. Moses also sober went without food only for forty days twice not his entire lifetime. Daniel ate at intervals. Jesus went without food for forty days in His earth life only once.

MightySparrow:

Paul said 'often'
2Cor.6.5 KJV- In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Cor.11.27 KJV- In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and unclothedness.

MightySparrow:

Where do you see this logic of yours, extra biblical Revelations?
Though your NWT translation is misleading. Where Paul separated hunger and fasting, it muddles the the things together.(Organization Against Jehovah).

in labor and toil, in sleepless nights often,+ in hunger and thirst,+ frequently without food,+ in cold and lacking clothing.*
2Corithians 11:27 NWT.

MightySparrow:

As I said, I have some of you around me, none of them practice this 'fasting,' of yours! Oh, my brother can demolish bowls of eba and okro!
Spiritually lazy folks teaching and misleading people everywhere.

MightySparrow:



I asked you to show me where Jesus said his servants should not get anything from doing the work of the ministry you dodged.

Show now without any ambiguous references your kind of fasting from the scriptures.

Oponu.

MightySparrow:
Show now without any ambiguous references your kind of fasting from the scriptures.

Aemmyjah:


We received free, give free

We are not peddlers of God's word

Papa is fleecing gullible sheep

MightySparrow:



Qoute the verse. Simple

Maximus692:

But i showed you Isaiah 58:1-8 and instead of you to meditate you quickly dismissed it.

Did Isaiah say God welcome fasting that has to do with hypocritical hunger strike?

Jesus never taught his disciples to fast that's what the disciples of John the baptist came to ask him:

Then John’s disciples came to him and asked: “Why do we and the Pharisees practice fasting but your disciples do not fast?” John 9:14

John practiced fasting as part of the custom he met the Jews doing but Jesus never taught his own disciples so please explain how Jesus said his followers should fast as in something having to do with rejection of food!

Aemmyjah:


Matthew 10: 5-8

2 Corinthians 2:7

Papa ia not applying either

MightySparrow:

You are a mumu.
Was it wrong for the apostles to have fasted? Let you GB continue to deceive you into delusion.

Maximus692:

When did you become this abusive?

Is it because i responded to you?

Well those scriptures mentioned FASTING but what our of the day did they start the fasting and when did they break it the way you people do today?
That's what i'm asking?

MightySparrow:


Matthew 10:5-8
[5]These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
[6]But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[7]And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[8]Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.


2 Corinthians 2:7
[7]So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.


You are a mumu.
What relevance is 2Corithians 2:7 with the topic.
However, Jesus gave an instruction concerning evangelizing only the Lost Sheep of Israel alone. He said, they must not talk to any gentile .

Meaning, if they had met your great grandfather, to they were forbidden to talk to him. Here you are today, a gentile.
You don't understand what you teach. Didn't Jesus say he had other sheep? He he would bring them in so that there would be one fold and one shepherd? That is where you now belong.
The ball game has changed deluded hall goer.

Besides, which of these things - healing the sick, cleansing the leper.... do you do now. You just picked what is convenient for you to believe and explain away the rest?
Bravo!!!!

Did not Paul write that they that preach the gospel, giving spiritual food should be blessed with canal things?
Anyway, you don't know Bible, find the references your self.
Olodo rabata.


You are a mumu like your boss MaximumSide and GB.

MightySparrow:

Hahahaha
I am laughing in JW's paradise's language.

Aemmyjah:


See this Mumu
Paul himself said his own hands has catered for his needs

Papa is extorting you and others and you're happy
Mumu

God gives us life, his word, holy spirit, his Son, hope, free of charge.

If Papa had the ability to give this as God's agent, you'll pay huge... Wicked extortioner

Maximus692:


Please next time don't quote me if you're not competent enough to handle scripturally based discussions.

The word FASTING is not about food that's the truth otherwise ask any of your pastors to quote how Christians fasted and ate at intervals as they've made you to believe!

MightySparrow:

You don't seem to understand what you are talking about. Fasting in both testaments are the same. There is nothing like New Testament fasting. All that fasted didn't fast for life. It is either total abstinence from food or partially for a season. If you can clearly give any references of your claim beautiful.

Maximus692:


We have our own fasting stick [/b]to yours the OP is talking about someone who narrowly escaped death due to hunger strike that his religion called "fasting" for him that's why i'm here so if your own religion supports the same idea go ahead and show the OP how to go about it without having issues with your flesh!

This is what God said:

[b]"This is the fast that I choose: To remove the fetters of wickedness, To untie the bands of the yoke bar, To let the oppressed go free, And to break in half every yoke bar; It is to share your bread with the hungry, To bring the poor and homeless into your house, To clothe someone naked when you see him, And not to turn your back on your own flesh" Isaiah 58:6-7

So if you choose to destroy your own flesh (body) through hunger strike it's OK just show the OP where people in Bible times fasted and ate at intervals!

MightySparrow:

The bolded has said it all meaning that those that fasted Isaiah were wrong from Genesis to Isaiah, and those that fasted after were wrong by the standard of JWs, not necessarily by God's. Be deceiving yourself.