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"Wait until they discover fasting.." Rediscover. Fasting is preserved as a commandment in all the major world religions.
by rsync 9y ago
"Wait until they discover fasting.."
Rediscover. Fasting is preserved as a commandment in all the major world religions.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Fasting is preserved as a commandment in all the major world religions. Fasting is not a “commandment” in Christianity, nor is it even an obligatory discipline in many major subgroups of Protestant Christianity.
- antognini 9y agoAt least in the Catholic Church it is obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. It is still recommended on Ember Days (four sets of three days around the time the seasons change), and on all days of Lent except Sundays.
- throwawayxx09 9y agoSo is murdering adulterers. We should probably do science instead of relying on traditions from illiterate desert dwellers from thousands of years ago.
- BeetleB 9y ago>So is murdering adulterers. Yes, and if someone spoke of "discovering" the concept of murdering adulterers, it would be appropriate to point out that this is not new.