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Ramadhan

Ramadhan is the Muslim practice of fasting for one month each year; from dawn till' dusk, no food or drink. Not even water. I was made aware of it last year when my Muslim friend could no longer come to dinner with us, saying it was Ramadhan and he was fasting. This year, I looked into it some more and have a better understanding of it.

What do you think the effects of fasting during Ramadhan may have on the bodies and minds of Muslims? May it cause them to be more lethargic overall through the year? Obviously, they can not exercise without risking dehydration for one month each year, and their metabolism is slowed over that course of time as well.

Note: they also can't have sex during daylight and are discouraged from things like entertainment and other distractions
>> Anonymous
It's not that bad. After about a week I don't feel hungry anymore and I wake up at 5 am anyway to pray, run, and stuff myself full of water and food before sunrise at 6:20ish.
>> Anonymous
>>323870

Why do you do it? I'm not asking why as in "my religion tells me to", I'm asking why you follow its order
>> Anonymous
Is working out a distraction
>> Anonymous
>>323875

I just see it as an exercise of willpower. I doubt that most of the world could do it for an entire month.
>> Anonymous
>>323892

What's Eid then? A pat on the back?
>> Anonymous
>>323892
A lot of us also couldn't bring ourselves to make our women cover their heads, stone them, or genitally mutilate them

You guys have willpower, I'll give you that
>> Anonymous
>>323892

i doubt 90% of Musfucks have the willpower to do it either and in fact don't
>> Anonymous
Oh and OP. Its not that you suck. Just the Koran. Mohammad married a 9 year old (look it up). And says to kill all nonbelievers.

Shit sux
>> Anonymous
What happens if you're a Muslim, you're near the North Pole during summer, and it's Ramadhan? Do you have to go south so it becomes darker so you can eat? Or do you just starve to death?
>> Anonymous
Fasting is merely a way of training youth to survive w/o food and water for the inevitable war against the western powers.

Look it up. It's in there
>> Anonymous
They do it to sympathize with the poor, and do good deeds. It's a spiritual time. There is a lot of free food for the poor during Ramadan.
>> Anonymous
>>323936

Shit son, when they invade America, the trial will be not to gorge themselves.
>> Anonymous
>>323909

Pretty much, yeah.

>>323911

My family doesn't follow those customs.

>>323928

I doubt you've read the actual Quran or an in depth history on Muhammad that was in book form. Do it so you don't sound so ignorant the next time you post a message.

>>323935

Obviously concessions are made so you don't die.
>> Anonymous
>>323951
I've seen enough excerpts. read Infidel, avid news reader.

Was what I said incorrect in anyway?
>> Anonymous
>>323911
Those acts aren't done out of religion. They're done because of other problems. Far worse happens in Buddhist and Hindu parts of Asia and Christian parts of Africa.

Actually, why am I even bothering to explain this to a fucking American? Get the fuck out.
>> Anonymous
>>323972Far worse happens in Buddhist and Hindu

you are really deluding yourself. Don't you guys hate Denmark now too?

btw nothing is worse than genital mutilation.

Protip: I was trolling with that one. I know it is cultural
Protip2: Your religion is actually deeply fucked up. The way women are treated in Saudia Arabia is all Islam. Way to go guys. Epic Fail
>> Anonymous
>>323965

Child brides were common in those times and he said to leave the people of the book alone. I'm not the guy you're replying to but I'm alright with killing off anyone who doesn't follow the torah, bible, or quran.
>> Anonymous
>>323972
>Actually, why am I even bothering to explain this to a fucking American? Get the fuck out.
Europeans are generalizing ignorant faggots.
>> Anonymous
>>323984but I'm alright with killing off anyone who doesn't follow the torah, bible, or quran.

Just wanted to make sure I knew where you were coming from. If you want me I will be in Minneapolis. Drop a line, we will fight to the death.

Oh, and does that great beast of an Iranian who won the medal in weightlifting actually fast for Ramadan? I heard he was devout.
>> Anonymous
Fasting to me means going without food. Fasting to Muslims is not eating during certain parts of the day.

tl;dr we all fast, therefore, we are all muslims
>> Anonymous
>>323972
>>323981
>>323984
>>323994
>>323998

None of the people in this thread are doing enough squatz
>> Anonymous
>>323998
Rezazadeh? Yeah, he does.

Also, Saudi Arabia is pretty extreme. Many Muslims, including those who follow the basics of the religion, know that they just make up a lot of the enforced laws there.
>> Anonymous
>>324021
He does?

End thread. Anything can be accomplished with it then.

And don't worry guys. 500 years ago Christianity was as embarrassing as your religion.
>> Anonymous
>>324021
OP Here.
Rezazadeh fasts during Ramadhan? My questions are answered, and the fasting has little to no ill effect.

To those who plan on reading this topic:

tl;dr hate talk between 'Europeans', 'Americans', and 'Muslims' (Though you could be a European-American Muslim).
>> Anonymous
also sage
>> Anonymous
its a way to keep the muslim population weak and stupid. Their brains stop working because they are so malnourished and they are more easily brainwashed.
>> Anonymous
I dont do it personally, but alot of my friends who work out and lift weights dont stop for ramadan, maybe its tough the first few days, but after that your body gets with the routine, that switching back to normal eating time might take a day or two to feel ok
>> Anonymous
Contrary to popular ignorance, the fasting period is only during daylight hours. therefore, every person doing IF is on Ramadhan 365 days a year, including myself. I have been practicing Ramadhan since May. amimuslimyet?
>> Anonymous
>>323911
Funnily enough, if you look at other Muslim countries outside the Middle East they aren't as bad. Also, read the Christian Bible sometime.

>>323923
Way to make up some random facts there buddy.

>>323928
He also says that Allah doesn't like aggressors, and wait to be attacked before retaliating.
>> Anonymous
>>323981
>Protip2: Your religion is actually deeply fucked up. The way women are treated in Saudia Arabia is all Islam. Way to go guys. Epic Fail

That's actually more cultural than Islam buddy.
>> Anonymous
>>324982

Mostly? Yeah sure but Islam is a very vital part of that culture. Islam itself advocates killing, inequality, and committing other inhumane acts. It's a cult or personality and a very dangerous one and I'm sick of faggots blaming the people and not the bullshit religion that they are being brainwashed with. The religion itself is the problem.
>> Anonymous
>>324990
There really is very little difference between Islam and Christianity.

Other Muslim countries outside the Middle East don't have the same problems as they do. Why is that?
>> Anonymous
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>> Jin
>>323865

For the food thing, Muslims can eat however much that they like provided it is still not 6AM.

So yeah, they are still pretty much alive even after a long season of praying.
>> Anonymous
>>324990
You need to study Islam a little more and listen to talk shows less. Either that or study Christianity more, and then tell us which is the more violent religion.
>> Anonymous
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>>323870
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com
>> Anonymous
>>324995
>>There really is very little difference between Islam and Christianity.
BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHHHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHAHA

lol lemme guess. World Religions 101?

Haahaah omg dude, who the hell told you that? Honestly, they totally sold you a bill of goods.

There is PLENTY of difference between Islam and Christianity, and those who say otherwise usually do so because they
1.) want to make Muslims appear "less violent" by bringing Christianity down to the same level, or
2.) want to make all organized religions appear the same, and thus discourage others from crediting them,
or
3.) are living in a state of denial about violent Islam,
or
4.) Are Muslims.
>> Anonymous
>To all the morons who are trying to say Christianity and Islam are pretty much the same, here's something your Comparative Religion 101 professors will probably omit from their lesson plan:

The Muslim and Christian view of God have many similarities. Muslims and Christians agree that there is one God who is the Creator of everything in the universe. Both view God as sovereign, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, holy, just, and righteous. In these ways, Christians and Muslims worship the same God. However, there are also significant differences between Islam and Christianity’s view of God. While Allah (Allah is the Muslim and Arabic word for God) possesses the attributes of love, mercy, and grace, Allah does not demonstrate these attributes in the same manner as the biblical God acts.

The most important difference, though, between the Muslim and Christian view of God is the concept of the Trinity. Christians believe that God has revealed Himself as one God in three Persons: God the Father, the Son of God (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.
>> Anonymous
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God’s Son became a human being, Jesus Christ, to take away the penalty and power of sin by dying on the cross. After rising from the dead, Jesus went back to heaven to be with His Father. He sent His Spirit to teach men the truth through His Word, the Bible. One day, Christ will return to judge the earth; those who have trusted in Him will go to heaven, but those who have rejected Him must be separated in hell from the holy God.

Therefore, the belief in the Trinity is essential to the Christian faith. Without the Trinity, there is no incarnation of God’s Son in the Person of Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ, there is no salvation for sin. Without salvation, sin condemns all to hell.
>> Anonymous
>>325167Last Installment of Continuation
So, do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Yes and no. Perhaps a better question would be, "Do Christians and Muslims both have a correct understanding of who God is?" To this, the answer is definitely no. Because of crucial differences between the Christian and Muslim concepts of God, the two faiths cannot both be true.

Because the Bible provides the solution to sin, we believe that Christianity has the correct view of God. Becoming a human being, God’s Son died to pay for the sin of those who trust in Him. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
>> Anonymous
>>325164
Yeah, your incredulity about the matter is touching but it doesn't really prove a point. The gods of both religion are the same asshole, ruling on high, deciding upon the same subjects although in different ways because there is no actual source of information. When you invent gods you can make them say whatever you want.
>> Anonymous
>>325165
muslims, christians, and jews (and bahai and druze worship ) teh same God

but it's kinda like kim jong il--people in north korea and the usa both know who the same person is, but they don't think the same way about the guy (dear leader vs faggot on his death bed)
>> Anonymous
>>325172
>>The gods of both religion are the same asshole
True, but this doesn't mean that they are essentially the same religion.

What if I believe in the "Judeo-Christian" God, but then decide to abandon the teachings of the Bible and instead write my own book. In the book, I decide that it is perfectly fine to rape, murder, kidnap, hold for ransom, and harass the infidels. I also make it explicitly clear that God hates the Jews and that the Jews are pigs and apes and monkeys, and that on the day of judgement, "only white faces will be saved"?

Am I still "essentially a Christian"?

(btw: The above description is for Islam.)
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>>325179
Yeah, take your goddamned absurd religion elsewhere, faggots. Deutschland has no need for your bullshit.
>> Anonymous
The world would be a better place without religion.
>> Anonymous
>>this entire thread
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