Re: Mechanics of Fasting

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 01:54:36 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Mathias wrote:

> Fine...
> I remember reading a study whereby those who ate less during there life
> lived considerably older. Also folks associated with not eating, or
> eating very little are known to practice some kind of spiritual
> activities (special breathing, meditation...). Most people who are
> offended by certain claims, claims defacto claimed as fraudulent, do not
> bother to replicate openly and sincerly the experiment, or even to read
> the material available etc.

And all this is HIGHLY dependent upon what they actually *DID* eat.
I have yet to see anyone who has 'never eaten' and lived - how do *YOU*
know that someone isn't sneaking in a snickers on the side? Has a
CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT ever been performed where someone CLAIMING not to
have eaten for [fill in the blank] has been isolated from food in a
controlled environment and monitored to see what their reaction is?
Somehow I think you'd be suprised as to the results: if they're deprived
of food, they'll slowly wither and die. Gee, what a shock. The body is one
giant battery -- without hydrocarbons, it turns in on itself, feeding off
the body's own proteins to keep energy flowing -- until eventually the
whole system breaks down and the body dies. Every battery needs
recharging, and so does yours.

> > Give me a break, even Jesus ate.
>
> Did you mean Joshua?

No, he meant Yeshua. At least get it right.