{"id":62921,"date":"2011-10-31T12:27:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T17:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2011-10-31T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T17:27:06","slug":"fasting-or-eating-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2011\/10\/fasting-or-eating-disorder.html","title":{"rendered":"Fasting or Eating Disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dangerous Minds posted this.<\/a><\/p>\n

The above video is from February 2009: That’s when the woman featured in the clip began her first 40-day fast.<\/p>\n

Well, this year, she decided to do THREE consecutive (almost consecutive) 40-day fasts. According to the woman…<\/p>\n

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I am beginning a 40 day fast, and if possible, the 1st 40 day fast of 3 separate, consecutive 40 day, water only fasts. (A water fast is one in which only water is consumed.) These three water fasts will be separated by 7 days of eating \u2013 (the days of Passover Week) \u2013 so the 3 fasts will consist of a 40 day fast before Passover Week and a 40 day fast immediately following Passover Week. While breaking the fast during Passover, only \u201cKosher for Passover\u201d foods will be eaten. After this, there will be a 40 day fast following four days of eating during Shavuot\/Pentecost. I post this information with every video.<\/em><\/p>\n

I am fasting for spiritual reasons, the primary motivations being to become the woman G-d wants me to be, to know and do what He wants me to do, and to, in general, become the person He wants me to become. I am NOT doing this for the purposes of weight loss, cleansing, experimentation, record setting, health, or for any other non-religious alterior motive. Nor am I doing this for anyone else, though other individuals have asked me to pray for certain things during this time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Below is the woman on her final day of her last (as far as I know) 40-day fast.<\/p>\n

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You can follow the woman’s entire fasting journey at her YouTube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is this healthy? Is this really the point of spiritual fasting? I’m not a professional, but something doesn’t seem right about this. It seems excessive and dangerous and more like an eating disorder than a fast…<\/p>\n

Your thoughts?<\/p>\n

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