Fasting is often associated with the season of Lent for Christians or the season of Ramadan for Muslims; however, many other cultures and religions around the world fast throughout the year. While the duration, practice, and specific reasons differ, all fasts have the similar goals of showing sacrifice and cleansing oneself. Fasting can last for just a few hours or even a few weeks, usually with practitioners eating at night.
Interestingly, even within a religion, different denominations or sects may fast differently or at different times. For example, within Christianity, there are several different denominations that fast at different times. Catholics do not eat meat on Fridays during Lent, while Coptic Christians, the main form of Christianity in Egypt, fast for different durations for a total of days throughout the year.
Why King Herod feared baby Jesus. Was Herod the Great really evil? Story highlights From the ancient Greeks to Native American tribes, fasting traditions have existed for millennia Most of the world's major religions practice fasting, though the meaning of each varies. Easter is right around the corner, and the end of Lent abstinence and fasting is in sight. If it helps, know that many others feel your pain -- and not just fellow Christians. What you may not know is nearly all modern religions have fasting traditions.
It's an idea that didn't originate in modern times. Read More. And though the religious meaning and specific rules differ from faith to faith, the larger concept remains the same. So, why do most religions have fasting traditions? And where did they originate? Also, how does fasting benefit those who have the self-discipline to stick with it?
The quickest way to the spirit is through the Exactly when and where religious fasting originated is hard to pinpoint, but there is evidence of fasting in ancient Greece, pre-Columbian Peru and among Native American tribes. And swallowing normal amount saliva is not a problem when fasting.
Its natural. There are some restrictions involved with saliva, but they address special or extreme circumstances, and I wont go in that much detail. As for prices going up, it happens in corrupt countries Pakistan included , where some shop owners try to take advantage of people.
Doesn't happen in all Islamic majority countries. Most households will try to make sure their pantries are up to date, and they have all the ingredients they need in this month. There are many ingredients or spices that we use in small quantities, and don't care if they run out.
But in this month people will make sure every thing is updated. And corrupt shop owners jack up prices for certain ingredients. I hope this answers your questions. The lunar year is days, so Ramazan happens in all months, not only in June. Six years from today it will be in April, and so on. Why is it during summer N hemisphere and not in winter? Is it related to early days war and desert?
Questioner 5 years ago Reply Mian, where does the question of respect arise here, and why must we 'respect everything'? One key difference between Islam and most other religions - specially those not of Abrahamic origin - is the far greater degree of compulsion in these things, as in most other things. Individual agency and choice play relatively much smaller roles, and there is far greater theological and group-conformity.
PrasadDeccani 5 years ago Reply kahnakacha: I am not posting this comment to enter into an argument, but to get answers from a rationale person for my questions about Ramazan. If most of you fast during this holy period, why should prices shoot up? It is counter intuitive to me.
I fast every Thursday Yes, I do take a couple of cups of water during fasting. On Wednesday night, I don't eat any more food than what I eat on other nights. I eat my usual dinner on Wednesday, go to bed, get up next day and fast till 8PM and, have usual dinner. If I understood the way you fast, you eat a lot during early hours of a day during Ramzan and fast till evening. I do agree that your fasting is much stricter, to the extent that you don't even let saliva go into your stomach.
Why do you keep yourself awake till early hours of a day to eat food when you are fasting? Mian 5 years ago Reply If your relationship to God is important then we also value our relationship with our God. Your dismissal of ideology of other's faith tells a lot about how much you respect [email protected] : Xyz 5 years ago Reply kahnakacha: So in essence the calorie intake does increase? There have been reports on Ramazan being associated with weight gain.
And that is perfectly fine. Everyone has their own practices In all the other religions it's seen much more of a personal choice and belief. Shakir Lakhani 5 years ago Reply I once read that certain tribes in China fast continuously for a whole week no food, no water.
So Muslims are very lucky, being able to stuff themselves with food and liquids between sunset and dawn during the holy month. Can you prove scientifically that a human can switch to twice the amount of food in 24 hour period suddenly not gradually and then switch back to regular amounts, after a month?
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