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 Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:00 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:44 am
Well, considering that you're starving yourself, I guess it gets one closer to the light at the end of the tunnel or something. xd ; Starvation = Death = God?
That's the only thing I can really think of. I mean, someone starving could learn how "blessed" they are to have food.
Really, I don't think a famine brings one closer to God. For one, I don't believe in the Christian religion. Second, it would be like saying that prostitution or something will bring you closer to God. Just because some people have a certain life style that we deem horrible doesn't mean that if we practice it, will bring us closer to whatever Deity.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:25 pm
I don't think anorexia has much to deal with god.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:25 pm
Recently reading the book Into the wild, and it discussed on some people who were brought back from the verge of death due to starvation described that you got a euphoric feeling towards the end. As such if there is such a good hearted feeling it could cause you to feel enlightened. Enlightened, and good feeling could equal get closer to god.
Personally not a path I would follow, nor encourage. But hey- there are those nuts out there.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:00 pm
you mean famine, or fasting?
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:54 pm
spidrmanny you mean famine, or fasting? That part confused me too. But I don't think the owner of the thread is coming back any time soon. sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:22 pm
i don't think so.
i've fasted before.
it's like famine since you starve anyways.
& i'm still very far from god.
i plan to stay that way.
:/
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:40 am
Spinal Chord I don't think anorexia has much to deal with god.
Anyways...
I think Famine would bring you closer to God because you would pray, right? Abraham prayed for a son, which was what he wanted, so you would pray for food.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:59 am
hmmm. famine bring u closer to god.... how close can u get to him can he be your homeboy like the t-shirt says or is there a wall that is usually a sign of a unhealthy relationship. i think famine can bring u closer if u r willing to believe
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:18 pm
I don't believe in God, so no.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:56 pm
Then wouldn't be like anorexia? Cause starving your self, is like along the lines of killing your self.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:09 pm
Didn't Mother Theresa say somehting like that?
"We see Christ in the broken body, and we touch him and that touch comes from that deep faith that Christ cannot deceive," basically saying that you need to suffer to become close to Jesus... o_0
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:07 am
Mmm...
starvation.
Just thinking about it makes me drool.
neutral
...I'm hungry, now. XD
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:03 am
Yes....
I'm going to starve myself to get closer to an imaginary friend for adults?
No thanks.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:19 am
Maybe famine does bring people closer to God. Or a deity of choice. Since famine is non-voluntary, does "not having food" cause people to wish for food (and life)? Probably. And it follows that some will pray for salvation. Not all, of course... But I suppose a famine could produce a lot of new religious people. And for them, perhaps famine has brought them closer to God.
However, if we're talking about fasting, then that is a voluntary act, whether religious or otherwise. Like the suffragettes who fasted in prison to promote independence for women. Whether that brings you closer to God, I have no idea! rolleyes
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