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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I've never heard of this happening in Pentecostal ranks. Can you cite any cases? There are many people who incorporate lengthy fasting into their religious experience, including Catholics, Muslims, Jews & mainstream Christians.
Here's another example:
Devout Christian dies after fasting 23 days - - http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14581
"Dr Asker Jeukendrup, a nutritionist at the University of Birmingham, said it was unlikely that 23 days of starvation would kill a normally healthy and average weight person, who would be able to stand 40 days of total fasting without serious ill-effects. But he pointed out that the longer someone goes without food the more the body becomes vulnerable to illness and infection." |
Yeah....see there? I think we need to hire the Hardy Boys to investigate this husband. Seriously, is there any chance he could have orchestrated this?
You've never heard of it? Wow. We used to have sectional fellowship meetings where we would have fasting contests and see how many could make it to 20 days. I once made it 71 days, my brother 38 days, my mom 104 days (she lost 112 pounds and started out at 144), but the champ was Bro. Boyardee (local chef) who went 172 days. He didn't lose any weight so some of us think he cheated. That guy could make some mean ravioli. We would keep a scoreboard on the back wall of the church.
Like I said, I knew I'd get yelled at, but I'm just saying it sounds like something a pentecostal would do. And I actually CAN cite a number of extreme cases of fasting I've been familiar with.
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