Well, if you guessed it was Christianity or Judaism, you were right because they do indeed have share these beliefs. But this information was taken from the Muslim World League Canadian Office website.
More to come...
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Guess the Faith: Fasting
Before you read this, please read the entry below so you know what I am up to here.
Ok, started my research on fasting. Here were some really beautiful points that I read:
--Fasting is the one thing that we can do that is for God alone. And He recognizes that.
Fasting helps the faithful to:
--learn sincere Love because the person fasting does it out of a deep love for God. And the man who loves God truly is a man who really knows what love is.
--develop hope and an optomistc outlook on life because the purpose of fasting is to please God and to seek His grace in one's life
--show the genuine virtue of complete devotion to God because the fast is for God alone.
--develop true inner strength and a sound conscience because the person fasts in private and does not have anyone making him/her stay on the fast. It is completely up to that individual.
--strengthen their patience and selflessness because the fasting person endures the pains of deprivation patiently
--develop a transparent soul, clear mind and light body. The results of fasting can be truly life-changing!
Now tell me what faith believes that the above are true.
Ok, started my research on fasting. Here were some really beautiful points that I read:
--Fasting is the one thing that we can do that is for God alone. And He recognizes that.
Fasting helps the faithful to:
--learn sincere Love because the person fasting does it out of a deep love for God. And the man who loves God truly is a man who really knows what love is.
--develop hope and an optomistc outlook on life because the purpose of fasting is to please God and to seek His grace in one's life
--show the genuine virtue of complete devotion to God because the fast is for God alone.
--develop true inner strength and a sound conscience because the person fasts in private and does not have anyone making him/her stay on the fast. It is completely up to that individual.
--strengthen their patience and selflessness because the fasting person endures the pains of deprivation patiently
--develop a transparent soul, clear mind and light body. The results of fasting can be truly life-changing!
Now tell me what faith believes that the above are true.
Beginning a Journey
So, I have been wanting to really begin a journey to delve into faith. Mainly from a religious aspect because I feel called to do this and know that I will gain the added benefit of increased faith through my exploration. But also from a somewhat academic perspective at times, because I want to try to take on a skeptics attitude and figure out why it is that I believe in God outside of my own personal encounters (which I believe true skeptics would try to explain away anyway). I also, as I have mentioned before, want to explore the common ground of various religions in hope to bring a more unified view of the faithful in our world. (And I mean faithful Jews, Muslims, Christians etc. Not just one faith) So, my journey will be twofold and may jump back and forth between my two objectives.
In case there are others out there who share my curiosity, I have decided to record my journey. I have no specific plan right now, but am going to follow where my path leads me.
My biggest request is that if I am coming from the perspective of a faith that you do not share, that you open your heart and mind and do not let fear or pride stand in your way of hearing the message.
So, I am just jumping in. The past couple of days, the subject of fasting kept popping up to me. I was reading a book about the people of Medjugorje who have visions of Mary and receive messages from her. Several of the messages are on the importance of prayer and fasting. Then I was reading a random verse in the bible and it was also on fasting. So, I felt that I should do a fast. Though I had private intentions to focus on during the fast, I also began to think about the fact that many religions really do believe in fasting, so there must be something to this. So, the first stop on my journey is to delve into the importance of fasting in various religions.
More to come...
In case there are others out there who share my curiosity, I have decided to record my journey. I have no specific plan right now, but am going to follow where my path leads me.
My biggest request is that if I am coming from the perspective of a faith that you do not share, that you open your heart and mind and do not let fear or pride stand in your way of hearing the message.
So, I am just jumping in. The past couple of days, the subject of fasting kept popping up to me. I was reading a book about the people of Medjugorje who have visions of Mary and receive messages from her. Several of the messages are on the importance of prayer and fasting. Then I was reading a random verse in the bible and it was also on fasting. So, I felt that I should do a fast. Though I had private intentions to focus on during the fast, I also began to think about the fact that many religions really do believe in fasting, so there must be something to this. So, the first stop on my journey is to delve into the importance of fasting in various religions.
More to come...
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