Reply to: Should I do it

[daviejones]

so, how is the diet going today?

Fast I reckon...

IGMC..

[ThomasSoerensen]

so, how is the diet going today?

[SandyDown]

100% Right Jacko as usual

[cojak]

I mean, that if you're a Muslim then you have to fast (unless you're preggers, ill, old etc)

Wouldn't you be a bad Muslim if you didn't?

[ThomasSoerensen]

I didn't know you had a choice in the matter!

I believe you have a choice in what you believe in. Repeatable objective measurable things or claims of superheroes and other imaginary friends.

[cojak]

I didn't know you had a choice in the matter!

[hyperD]

It's probably better to just eat fresh fruit and veg and be nice to people, rather than strutting around the office like prima donna pontificating about a bit of paganistic bollocks and making people suffer with your stinky breath.

[gingerjedi]

Thanks for the heads up, I always avoid the Bangladeshi curry houses during Ramadan... the waiters are miserable sods.

[ThomasSoerensen]

so, how is the diet going so far?
Have you felt the joys of extra amount of flatulense from your relaxed bowels?

[daviejones]

Launch a jihad on anyone you seeing eating during daylight.

HTH

Isn't the usual approach just to launch a Jihad against everyone in a typical hypocritical fashion?

[Bob Dalek]

A colleague of mine fasts regularly, for religious reasons: and, when fasting, is constantly tired and does f--k all work, complaining of, er, hunger and tiredness. It's another ray of sunshine in my day to be working my Dalek botty off whilst listening to said colleague harp on about it all.

Heroically, my colleague finds inner strength from somewhere to chat to friends and download i pod tunes in between moaning, yawning and doing nowt worthwhile.

[ratewhore]

Where is the "who gives a fook about all this religious claptrap" option?????

Looking at the poll results, it would seem the majority of people here do not give a toss whether you fast or not...

Democracy in action!!

[SandyDown]

All very laudable, but why do you have to be told when to do those things? Why not build them into your weekly regime?

Actually I do, after completing Ramadan last year, I kept the good habits, and fasted almos every weekend for all winter, I only stopped mid/end of June.... I am hoping to continue this habit again when I complete this month's fast.


But if you asking in general why Muslims have to do it during a specific month, then I suppose its a community thing dunno....

I tell ya, in this new contract there are at least 4 of us fasting, and it feels so good to have others doing it with me.

Anyway, got to go back to work, don't want to start arguing here, whole point of fasting is to avoid arguing etc...

peace & love brothers and sisters

[KathyWoolfe]

Why confused? I posted the first post a few weeks ago when I was ending a contract, my post today is after I started the contract.

Sorry, I missed looking at the dates of posting.

[KathyWoolfe]

If you have to ask whether you should do anything you really should do (in religious terms) then you really don't want to do it - you're just looking for an excuse not to do it.

errr................