The practicing of refusing food in order to focus exclusively on the presence of God
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How long, and in what cases did Catholics participate in the Black Fast?
I ran across the term "Black Fast" and looked it up. The articles I'm finding indicate that it's extreme, and give some information about the types of foods allowed during it, but I keep expecting to ...
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Did the modern LDS idea of fast offerings have extra-Mormon roots?
[LDS] members are encouraged to fast once a month on Fast Sunday and to give the money they save by not eating two meals to the church; those who can afford to be more generous are encouraged to ...
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Fasting / Hunger Strike / Death / Sin?
Purely intellectual questions concerning the nature of fasting, death, suicide, and sin:
For those that die of hunger strikes, are they guilty of the sin of suicide?
For those that dies of religious ...
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How do Christians exercise self-control in the abstinence of food during fasting?
I am aware of the Lord teaching us to pray, detailing how and how not it should be done, but the only thing he said about fasting was
"Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad ...
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Should one avoid fasting during Easter?
Tomorrow is the first Friday in Easter and in the Catholic Church Fridays are days of penance. If a person usually does something small, like not continuously munch on things while at his desk, in ...
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How should I fast? [closed]
Two weeks ago I was desperate to free myself from certain persistent, sinful acts that enslaved me for a long time. I could not talk to anyone about it and decided, for the very first time in my life, ...
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What denominations don't believe in fasting? And Why?
There is a question on here about the importance of fasting.
But this is different because I want to know what denominations don't believe in fasting and why they think that its not important. I ...
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Fasting in Daniel 10, What is going on?
Cyrus king of Persia revealed to Daniel that something bad was happening. He fasted and did the whole 9-yards for 3 weeks. My question is, what happened afterwards? He obviously was super tired and ...
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Should we be able fast like the fasts described in Bible?
If you look carefully at the scripture, there are instances were some people fast to pray and/or to express their sorrow. However, the length of the fast seems to be astronomical; some people like ...
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What's the importance of Fasting?
What's the importance of Fasting? I've felt compelled at times to fast, but I'm not quite sure what the purpose is. I went online and found that it's very healthy for your body, it's something that a ...
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Concerning fasting, and the Communion
Now, once, I was fasting. I was destined to fast for three weeks. Now the church that I went to had Communion once every month, and it happened that my second last Sunday of fasting was my church's ...
