So I never really understand my underlying feelings of why Lent just made no sense to me. Then a co-worker explained how she and her husband gave up drinking for Lent. I exclaimed that that didn't make sense, especially with St Patty's Day coming up. She then retorted,"Well, Jesus, went 40 days without food." My cold-hearted reply, "Yeah. That didn't happen."
Seriously, the dude was a dude at this point in his life. Dude's don't live 40 days without food. End of story. End of tradition.
Seriously, the dude was a dude at this point in his life. Dude's don't live 40 days without food. End of story. End of tradition.
posted by Bruhaha at 1:28 PM
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How awkward was the pause thereafter? Fortunately you've become accustomed to those.
I think Gandhi went over 20 days fasting, and many Budhist/Hindus have also fasted for many weeks, I think the record is 40 plus days, with 40 being something regularly achieved. This is with water ingestion, of course.
Scholars purpose that Jesus spent a good chunk of his middle years (the 30-odd years he was off the books) in India. This is further supported by an apostle going to India in the early years of Christianity. Indian Christians are some of the oldest in the world (the one's not converted by imperialism).
I think that at least this part of Christian mythology may be true.
pwned
hahahahaha
did she slap you?
@Molly: she did not slap me; she's used to my ridiculous comments now.
@Trent: Somehow I remember being told (by professor/teacher) that you can't go without food for over a week. Where did you read this stuff? Pass on the pages. I want to learn more. That Indian saga would be good to know.
@all: This conversation was preceded by the co-worker's dream about not giving in and joining a cult and my subsequent comments about her already being in one, the Methodist church. I was a little anxious in jumping into the Lent one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/17/man-claims-new-fasti.html
Your body has to be trained to sustain a long fast. Essentially it needs to get more efficient and lower your energy requirements, especially without high-fat stores to rely on.
You should see how many people you can offend in ten minutes. I bet it would be an impressively high number.
The beautiful part is he would never raise his voice or lose the deliberate tempo, which would probably double the size of the offended legions.
This is why we keep him around.
lol.
Oh, Bruni.
wow
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