Fasting

[dems4me]

And Dems, I suspect that the fasting and speaking in tounges hinge from a mental illness, and wanted to see what spin the bible had put on it (fasting, at least)

: Are you implying that those that have the gift of speaking or interpreting tongues has a mental illness? : If you are referring to fasting in terms of anorexia, I don't know that that would be considered a mental illness per se so much as it would a chemical imbalance in my opinion. As for the Bible putting a spin on things and declaring the blessing of being bestowed gifts as that of mental illness I find hysterical!! : What kind of spin are you referrnig to? I've never heard someone call the bestowment of spiratual gifts as mental illness... I can guarantee I've never read the Bible and saw any scripture does it say "and in punishment for your sins against me, I will make you speak in tongues (my latest form of mental illness!!!) Haaaa!!! -- take that!!! That will teach you not to sin next time!!! and if you do continue to sin against me, I will be stow yet another one of my blessings on yee"