Zone1 Who is going to fast for Yom Kippur this evening?

[shockedcanadian]

This also means no water, which can be more difficult. A Day of Atonement requires a small sacrifice. I am less mentally prepared this year than last but just as committed.

I completed the 25 hour fast last year but it was a task moreso because I was very busy at work and it drained me greatly. I also had my dog here to bring comfort and moral support. I really miss him.

Anyways, if you care to join me, the fast begins at sundown and continues until approx. 7pm EST if the current times are correct.

All the best. Don't forget, we are living on a pebble of the universe in a beach of sand called earth. We are smaller still as individuals.

 

[Polishprince]

I am only 0.5% Ashkenazi Jewish, so I'll be fasting for just 0.5% of the time, which is a lot less of a burden.

 

[Votto]

This also means no water, which can be more difficult. A Day of Atonement requires a small sacrifice. I am less mentally prepared this year than last but just as committed.

I completed the 25 hour fast last year but it was a task moreso because I was very busy at work and it drained me greatly. I also had my dog here to bring comfort and moral support. I really miss him.

Anyways, if you care to join me, the fast begins at sundown and continues until approx. 7pm EST if the current times are correct.

All the best. Don't forget, we are living on a pebble of the universe in a beach of sand called earth. We are smaller still as individuals.

I would not fast on water

Nobody does that, not even Christ or Ghandi.

 

[shockedcanadian]

I would not fast on water

Nobody does that, not even Christ or Ghandi.

Of course people do. I see posts of doctors water fasting for three days. It is for one day, an important day to many.

 

[rosends]

Wishing g all who are so moved, an easy and meaningful fasting experience.

Yes, I will be fasting. It is required of me.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Halfway through the fast.

The dry mouth is where the discomfort occurs, I ate a large meal last night to assist in the lengthy delay although I participate in many intermittent fasting sessions so I am accustomed to not eating for many hours without much discomfort.

A small sacrifice that allows us to reflect and get the new year off on a positive note of selflessness.

 

[shockedcanadian]

For those who succeeded in their fast, congratulations. Time for some water.

 

[frigidweirdo]

This also means no water, which can be more difficult. A Day of Atonement requires a small sacrifice. I am less mentally prepared this year than last but just as committed.

I completed the 25 hour fast last year but it was a task moreso because I was very busy at work and it drained me greatly. I also had my dog here to bring comfort and moral support. I really miss him.

Anyways, if you care to join me, the fast begins at sundown and continues until approx. 7pm EST if the current times are correct.

All the best. Don't forget, we are living on a pebble of the universe in a beach of sand called earth. We are smaller still as individuals.

Imagine when you die and you find out that it was all for nothing.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Imagine when you die and you find out that it was all for nothing.

All will be revealed then won't it?

I had a cold so this far more difficult to do than last year. I took multiple naps, felt as weak as if I had fasted for three days.

 

[frigidweirdo]

All will be revealed then won't it?

I had a cold so this far more difficult to do than last year. I took multiple naps, felt as weak as if I had fasted for three days.

It might all be revealed, or it might be that we're just biological beings and we just stop.

 

[shockedcanadian]

It might all be revealed, or it might be that we're just biological beings and we just stop.

Stop back to nothingness?

I considered that. Then I had to unravel time back to the creation of the universe and think "if there is nothing, no creator, no soul, why didn't the world just remain nothingness? A blank white screen."

This is the problem I always faced when I entertained Atheism

 

[frigidweirdo]

Stop back to nothingness?

I considered that. Then I had to unravel time back to the creation of the universe and think "if there is nothing, no creator, no soul, why didn't the world just remain nothingness? A blank white screen."

This is the problem I always faced when I entertained Atheism

Well, it might be because you're not looking at it right.

What are we? Mostly we're just bits of energy contained in atoms and we think we exist as more than what we are. It's a survival technique.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Well, it might be because you're not looking at it right.

What are we? Mostly we're just bits of energy contained in atoms and we think we exist as more than what we are. It's a survival technique.

Yes, but you don't answer the question "why are we"?

There is no benefit to our existence if we werent made by a higher power. We are insignificant, not in size, scope and the space we take up in the universe. Even when the day occurs when we nuke ourselves to extinction, the earth will just heal over time and we will be replaced by some new creature, IF there is no G-d.

So again, why? We provide no benefit to the universe. The earth itself only an average sized planet with zero impact on the universe.

It doesn't make sense. Our existence doesn't address any challenge that needs to be solved. Unless, we have a soul and G-d have Laws for us to abide by. Perhaps when it is all said and done, we will see far more than we imagined in the black vastness called space.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Yes, but you don't answer the question "why are we"?

There is no benefit to our existence if we werent made by a higher power. We are insignificant, not in size, scope and the space we take up in the universe. Even when the day occurs when we nuke ourselves to extinction, the earth will just heal over time and we will be replaced by some new creature, IF there is no G-d.

So again, why? We provide no benefit to the universe. The earth itself only an average sized planet with zero impact on the universe.

It doesn't make sense. Our existence doesn't address any challenge that needs to be solved. Unless, we have a soul and G-d have Laws for us to abide by. Perhaps when it is all said and done, we will see far more than we imagined in the black vastness called space.

Why are we? Maybe we're not. Maybe we just create the illusion that we are.

If you think about it enough, you might see that.

Most of who we are, is not "I", it's something else. We don't actively digest food, it happens for us, so much of what we are happens just because we're biological beings.

Where the "I" comes in is in decision making. However even that is debatable.

We can see that humans make similar choices. Why? Because we're being told what to do by out bodies. The drugs our bodies make dictate the sort of person we are, the sort of decisions we make. That's nature. It controls us.

A man looks at a woman and instantly knows whether she's hot or not. It's inherent within that person, rather than the "I" making a decision. So what does the "I" actually do? How do you make a decision that your biological body wouldn't have made?

We are insignificant. A lot of people can't accept this, for reasons of survival, we'd all be killing ourselves from despair if we thought there was no reason for our existence. So we make up reasons for why he's worthy.

Look at the "soul", we've created it to explain the "I". But other animals don't have one, just us. And we even say we're not animals (we clearly are, it's a classification and we fit right into it) to distance ourselves for these pointless creatures we see walking around doing pointless things.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Interesting response.
Personally, I'm leaning towards the Simulation Theory.
Especially since the deployment of the JWST more and more top astrophysicists are stating that much of what we thought of the Universe in the past simply cannot be.

And VERY odd things sometimes happens. I call them "glitches". Inexplicable occurrences that are too ironic or simply have no explanation.