The Nehor wrote:I have the metabolism of a camel. In terms of eating habits, I can fast for two days and not get hungry. It's never been a problem. I once decided to not eat for 5 and a half days just to see what hunger was like.
Do you suffer from depression?
Nope. I'm too happy-go-lucky to get depressed. It also sounds like a lot of work and I'm too lazy for it.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
As soon as I find the woman crazy enough to marry me but yet not so crazy she needs to be committed, I'll solve that problem.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
Halfway through my mission I fasted one sunday and went tracting in the hot Brazilian sun. By mid afternoon I was so physically ill that I had to return to the apartment and crawl into bed for the rest of the day. I was never so sick on my mission as that. I don't think I ever tried to fast again. On top of this I had seen all the crazy, manipulative ways the missionaries used fasting to influence investigators or wring a blessings out of Heavenly Father. It blew my faith in the whole endeavor. It wasn't necessarily terminal. I probably could have eventually rebuilt my faith in fasting at some point by going back to basics, but I never got around to it. I still don't do well if I skip meals. If 2pm rolls around and I haven't eaten lunch, I can't concentrate and I get really mean.
Meanwhile, my mother fasts for me every Sunday, believing I will someday return to the Church. Now that's faith!
"And yet another little spot is smoothed out of the echo chamber wall..." Bond
Okay, here we have it. You're apostates not because you were offended or chose to live in sin, but because 80% of 'ya cheated on fasting Sunday. Just blows the TBM myth out of the water.
msnobody wrote:Okay, here we have it. You're apostates not because you were offended or chose to live in sin, but because 80% of 'ya cheated on fasting Sunday. Just blows the TBM myth out of the water.
Meanwhile, my mother fasts for me every Sunday, believing I will someday return to the Church. Now that's faith!
Chuckle.
My parent(s) have been fasting once a week since 1972 for my sister and then for both of us. My father still does, though my mother passed away.
I told them they could stop fasting because it wasn't going to work. My mom said that if I didn't change in this life that I would in the next life.
They were promised in blessings from two different bishops that we would come back to the fold if my parents continued to live righteously. After 5 missions, I think my Dad is fulfilling his part. My sister and I haven't seen fit yet to fulfill our part, however.
Now, that's faith.
I detest my loose style and my libertine sentiments. I thank God, who has removed from my eyes the veil... Adrian Beverland