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well ramadam is here and its not as hard as i expected it to be. very sleeply though.are there any muslim members also fasting?

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Errrr.........ain't it spelt ramadan?

Eid Mubarak!!!!
 

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yeah you're right
i was typing too fast

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Has everybody started today, because my work colleagues haven't?

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with the great confusion that is time zones and co-operation its hard for everyone to start on one day

it shud b simple - did u see the moon? but it appears that the moon has opted for selective viewing as to wether it was seen or not - sometimes in the same city!!

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Well i'm just pigging out on a bacon and sausage sandwich.Mmmmm lovely.

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I've always been told that the winter fasting period is a bit easier than the summer one as the days are shorter. Well, done for your self restraint.

PS. Pilky I think that's one of those occasions where tolerance is called for and on this thread I'd have to say that your post is a bit out of order.

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At least kash is following the the Koran in fasting at Ramadan how many out there in the christian community fast or give up certain food at Lent?

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Hmm! Gayle I have to ask do you actually know any muslims who would be offended by P'Bus driver's posting,those I know would either laugh or shrug their shoulders.
As for the fasting not all muslims fast ageand health come into the reckoning.

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As punishment for his intolerance pilky will give up bacon and sausage butties at lent.

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*L*

believe me i've had it worse - sittin during school lunch in the canteen whilst all ur mates are eatin chips and pie and hte smell

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

or when ur walkin past a chip shop... oh yeah!!

i mean just readin it on accy web is nothing. the worst bit of the whole fast is the last hr cuz then the whole cooking starts and the aroma within hte house of the delicious food just hurts u bad *LOL*

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As I say much of the perceived offence is imagined by third parties....This is why the race issue is so inflamed in this country.We can and do get on with various creeds and cultures if our betters would only leave it to us,without trying to promote a religious Shangri La,that cannot possibly work .
Happy Eid!

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I probably shouldn't have said anything and you're right when the third party takes offence it's usually off the mark. I wasn't suggesting that he was offensive because he was talking about food - you're right most Muslims wouldn't be bothered by that. It was just the fact that he used bacon and sausage as his chosen food - I just thought it was a bit tactless and unnecessary.

I would defend anyone's right to eat a bacon sandwich - it's is the primary reason why I'm not a vegetarian - I just wouldn't take one into a Muslim's house.

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One thing about Gayle is, she is big enough to hold up her hand and apologise.....I think that is a very good attribute.

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Errrrr, thank you, but I didn't actually realise I'd apologised there.

But if it does make anyone feel any better, I will apologise for butting in when it probably wasn't necessary. I'm a white, semi-lapsed catholic, what the heck do I know about it!

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Well, you might not have used the word apologise Gayle, but that was the tone of the response....unless I have read it wrong!

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The reply was open to interpritation and i thought it was an apology as well.

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I did the second time around! lol

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I knew if I dangled that hook someone would have a bite.Point proven I think.Tonight I will be having a just a glass of milk....oh god is there anyone on here lactose intolerant?I might have offended again.Damn

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Fast, Don't fast. It is a matter for the individual to decide for him or her self. What I object to is religionists who insist on wearing their piety on their sleeves. "Look at me, I'm fasting for a twelve hours a day to prove how much better I am than you."

It is like the wearing of pins and ribbons to show that you have donated to various charities. The biblical injunction, in this as with most other things, is to perform such acts in secret, so that it is known only to God. Trumpeting it in public renders the trumpeter open to accusations of being a Pharisee, and we all know what Jesus's opinion of the Pharisees was!

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