On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:01:00 GMT, Charles Wm. Dimmick wrote:
>Les Albert wrote:
>> Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, everyone. At church today we decided to devote this week to
>>> prayer and fasting to seek the work of God in our church and in
>>> our community. I'll be observing this in part by spending time
>>> in prayer that I would ordinarily spend in your estimable
>>> company.
>>> Have a good time without me. I look forward to Googling up what
>>> you said when you thought I was gone.
>>
>>
>> I can understand the prayer, but how does fasting help you seek the
>> work of God in your church and community?
>
>Don't know for sure, but 4000 years of experience shows it
>does something. I'll leave it up to the mind experts as to
>what. Anyway, some profoundly religious sorts claim that it
>brings new insights.
Whoa! ****, man, you can get new insights just from using various
drugs[1].
It's im****tant to remember that those insights were achieved with an
addled brain, though. And that's why fasting is so im****tant when you
seek the work of a mythical god in your church or community.
[1] That hole in the ceiling that use to let the rain in, I mean, now
it's a whole new experience, man. It's, like, far out, and groovy, a
****tal into other dimensions, and it still lets the bloody rain in.
--
Peter
I'm an alien
Here am I, brain the size of a planet, and I spend my time posting to
Usenet.
email: groups at asylum dot nildram dot co dot uk
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