Man, Fasting is Hard

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:53 am

I've got just under 40 minutes until my fast is over. It's hard not to eat!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:01 am

sometimes i forget to eat.

why were you fasting?

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:03 am

Religious purposes! We fast on the first Sunday of every month.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:23 am

What religion? I am woefully unenlightened.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:27 am

I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!

MAN 5 MINUTES

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:30 am

UM I ALREADY HAVE A RELIGION THANK YOU OK

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:36 am

WHAT

SERIOUSLY WHAT

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:36 am

PS WOO LUCKY CHARMS!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:47 am

(possibly insulting statement, but it isn't meant that way: ) i never had you pegged as a mormon, klaw.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:02 am

I'm a semi-recent convert! A little over 2 years ago.

Out-Talled Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 4580

I've only ever met two Mormons, but they were both really nice guys. This is pretty much the highest niceness ratio I've found in a religion, so I now consider Mormonism (?) to be the nicest religion ever.

Christmas came early Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 9225

the mormons i know are nice too. I used to think quakers were the nicest, but i had a room mate who was a quaker and also an ass!

But all the mennonites I know are super nice, and I know a lot of mennonites.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:12 am

To be honest, I've known mormons who were nice and mormons who were not...hmm...
Same for any other religion, really. Or lack thereof.

Christmas came early Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 9225

i do know that the one time i went to a meeting at a lds church, and OMG BABIES EVERYWHERE!

Seriously, it was like a swarm of children. I'm not all about child swarms.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:58 am

I grew up in a town that was, like, 40% mormon and have found that most are poopy heads.

Out of curiousity Klaw why did you convert to LDS, you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but, I haven't met many smart mormons and you seem to break that mold, all the smarter mormons I know are non-practicing. I'm kind of unfairly biased against it because I have so many bad experiances with it and it jibes with my own ideaology pretty harshly, but, I would like to hear what intrigued you about it.

Edit: Raziel, could you stop stealing my life. I once went two day before I realized that I hadn't eaten. My record is 103 hours, I was going for 4 days but I got a few extra hours on each side.

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 710

No offence, Klaw (or anyone else who's Mormon or whatever), but I find the practise of going door to door asking people to join your religion kinda ... for the lack of a better word, moronic. Or, counterproductive. Something. If we wanted to join the religion, we'd be better off going to the place of worship and speaking to the priest(ess) or his/her equivalent.

That said, I don't know many Mormons. The one I do know, I don't know well. BUT he seems nice. So, I'd go on a limb and say they're nice people as a whole.

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No offense, but I don't think saying "no offense" before you insult someone's spiritual beliefs doesn't make what you say any less rude.

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 710

True, true. But I wasn't trying to attack Klaw as a person, because of his religion. I have nothing against him, anyone in the religion, and the religion itself. It's just, I don't really like the fact that they go around asking people to join the religion.

Sorry if I offended anyone.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 11:22 am

krustywazoo wrote:

No offence, Klaw (or anyone else who's Mormon or whatever), but I find the practise of going door to door asking people to join your religion kinda ... for the lack of a better word, moronic. Or, counterproductive. Something. If we wanted to join the religion, we'd be better off going to the place of worship and speaking to the priest(ess) or his/her equivalent.

That said, I don't know many Mormons. The one I do know, I don't know well. BUT he seems nice. So, I'd go on a limb and say they're nice people as a whole.

Are you a current member of the Catholic religion?

Because I mean the whole door-to-door thing is the same thing that missionaries did in the early days of North America.

We still have missionaries, dude.

I don't see what your problem is.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 11:23 am

Also: I hear Orgazmo is an accurate portrayal of mormanism! Maybe not?

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 11:39 am

Orgazmo is actually a really good parody of mormonism. I know sevral people just like the characters in that movie, but, most mormons aren't that over the top.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 11:45 am

The DL wrote:

Orgazmo is actually a really good parody of mormonism. I know sevral people just like the characters in that movie, but, most mormons aren't that over the top.

Yes, I'm aware of this.

I was making a joke.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 11:48 am

You're joke was too true, for me at least. I seriously know people who are that insane with their mormonism.

Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 144

I don't think fasting is that difficult. I fast every other day. Earlier in the year, I went four days without any food or water, and that was an interesting experience. After the second day, I wasn't hungry anymore, and I didn't get hungry until I appeased my roommate and drank a little bit of Kool-aid. Then, all of a sudden, I wanted to eat everything.

But yeah, fasting's pretty easy. All you have to do is not eat. NO PITY FROM ME.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:19 pm

is it just me, or has klaw been insulted away from his own thread?

COME BACK! I don't care if you're in an ex-post-fasting state. WE LOVE YOU!

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 710

sgower wrote:

Are you a current member of the Catholic religion?

Because I mean the whole door-to-door thing is the same thing that missionaries did in the early days of North America.

We still have missionaries, dude.

I don't see what your problem is.

Actually, I'm United. And I agree that missionaries aren't exactly up to par.
I'm extremely sorry for ruining this thread. Seriously, it was a collapse of judgement on my behalf. And, corbie, you're right. I probably did insult Klaw away from his own thread.Sorry again to Klaw, and anyone else whom I offended.

Back on the topic of fasting: I haven't fasted yet, though I don't think it'll be impossible for me to do. Except when tempted by food itself.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:13 pm

Klaw, what was the first thing you ate when you stopped fasting?

I mean, is there any post-fast thing that you are all "oh man, this is gonna be great!" about, or does even unflavored Malt-O-Meal taste pretty delicious after a day without food?

ps I'm Catholic, but part of me wants to be Unitarian so I can be like "Whatever's cool, man! Whatever's cool."

[EDIT] I just realized it was probably Lucky Charms!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:35 pm

You should have CHOCOLATE LUCKY CHARMS!

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 710

Though I cannot deny the tasteful delight of Chocolate Lucky Charms, I like Fruity Pebbles or Chocolate Pebbles better.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:51 pm

the baber wrote:

i do know that the one time i went to a meeting at a lds church, and OMG BABIES EVERYWHERE!

Seriously, it was like a swarm of children. I'm not all about child swarms.

Yep, babies everywhere is pretty much right if you go to a family ward! I don't have any babies yet though.

The DL wrote:

Out of curiousity Klaw why did you convert to LDS, you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but, I haven't met many smart mormons and you seem to break that mold, all the smarter mormons I know are non-practicing. I'm kind of unfairly biased against it because I have so many bad experiances with it and it jibes with my own ideaology pretty harshly, but, I would like to hear what intrigued you about it.

I know loads of smart Mormons. You're from Utah where the percentage of Mormons is really high though so it'd be different there. I mean, would you say that Christians in general are stupid? There are plenty of smart Christians, but the fact that there are so many of them and the fact that most people are stupid means you'll find a heck of a lot of stupid Christians. I mean if most people in this country were Buddhists people would say that most Buddhists are stupid when it's really just that most people are stupid. Anyway the point is that Utah Mormons are pretty different from other Mormons!

krustywazoo wrote:

No offence, Klaw (or anyone else who's Mormon or whatever), but I find the practise of going door to door asking people to join your religion kinda ... for the lack of a better word, moronic. Or, counterproductive. Something. If we wanted to join the religion, we'd be better off going to the place of worship and speaking to the priest(ess) or his/her equivalent.

That said, I don't know many Mormons. The one I do know, I don't know well. BUT he seems nice. So, I'd go on a limb and say they're nice people as a whole.

Nah, I'm not really offended, but I do think you might be confusing us with Jehova's Witnesses. We have missionaries like other churches, but regular members don't do door-to-door proselytizing. And our missionaries are pretty effective! We're the fastest growing church in the world I guess!

sgower wrote:

Also: I hear Orgazmo is an accurate portrayal of mormanism! Maybe not?

My main problem with Orgazmo was that the basic premise of the movie was that he needed money to get married in the Temple... but getting married in the Temple is totally free! Or at least that's what I remember, it's been a long time since I saw it. The South Park episode about Mormons was probably more accurate.

corbie wrote:

is it just me, or has klaw been insulted away from his own thread?

COME BACK! I don't care if you're in an ex-post-fasting state. WE LOVE YOU!

I just went to bed!

justinpie wrote:

Klaw, what was the first thing you ate when you stopped fasting?

I mean, is there any post-fast thing that you are all "oh man, this is gonna be great!" about, or does even unflavored Malt-O-Meal taste pretty delicious after a day without food?

ps I'm Catholic, but part of me wants to be Unitarian so I can be like "Whatever's cool, man! Whatever's cool."

[EDIT] I just realized it was probably Lucky Charms!

I chose Lucky Charms because I did not have Chocolate Lucky Charms and cereal is very fast and easy to make! I then ate some pierogies and some ice cream!