Ramadan

As I understand it, nothing has got to pass you lips during fasting. No sex either. The only time you can break fasting is for women, that's when there having their period. No smoking, sex, drinking or eating.

I work with 2 asian lasses and they have broken their's because they seriously needed a drink of water. We work 12 hour shifts in a nursing home, that can get really hot and the only way to cope is the have a drink of water to keep hydrated. Now I know it's religion but who in there right mind stops people from having a drink when they really need one?? :mad:
 
slinky said:
As I understand it, nothing has got to pass you lips during fasting. No sex either. The only time you can break fasting is for women, that's when there having their period. No smoking, sex, drinking or eating.

I work with 2 asian lasses and they have broken their's because they seriously needed a drink of water. We work 12 hour shifts in a nursing home, that can get really hot and the only way to cope is the have a drink of water to keep hydrated. Now I know it's religion but who in there right mind stops people from having a drink when they really need one?? :mad:
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If one's condition preventing fasting is only temporary, one is required to make up for the days missed after the month of Ramadan is over and before the next Ramadan arrives. If one's condition is permanent or present for an extended period of time, one may make up for the fast by feeding a needy person for every day missed. Problem solved. :)
 
How about doing it on a time share with someone else - for example, I'll fast between the hours of 2pm and 4pm every day which means that I'm doing those two hours for you. In that time you can have a snack safe in the knowledge that someone is fasting on your behalf.
 
Ramadan is another reason why I would never embrace Islam.

Any religion that exercises such control over its followers cannot be a healthy one and only serves to substantiate my view on all religions that they are just a means of controlling the masses.

Apart from that I wouldn’t fancy being operated on by a Muslim surgeon who is wracked with hunger and thirst.

I wouldn’t be comfortable flying in a plane that is piloted by a Muslim captain between sunrise and sunset during Ramadan. Nor travelling in a train or bus controlled by a Muslim driver.
 
A lot of doctors have to work ridiculous hours when they are tired and hungry and nothing at all to do with Ramadan. We put our lives in their hands without having any real idea of how fit they are to be able to handle what they are doing. I know it's a different subject but the hours some medical type people have to work is appalling.

I've just come home from Blackburn hospital in a car driven by a muslim driver and he wasn't exactly passing out at the wheel. There was just one problem. He was a bit concerned about finding the nearest mosque to here but I was able to help him out with that so all's well all round.
 
I'm sure my masseuse is anorexic...and I put myself in her hands every week, and she's Christian.
 
I agree WillowTheWisp that our hospital doctors and nurses particularly in A & E work some appalling hours but it is rare that they cannot snatch a bite of something or a drink during their long, long shift. And of course it doesn’t last for 30 consecutive days.
 
The point of ramadan isn't really to find ways around the fasting is it... if you put all your effort into finding ways around it you might as well not be fasting as the whole point is to concentrate on your religion etc, and if all your doing is trying to find ways around it then what your doing is pointless.

From what I understand it is frowned upon to have huge meals just before and just after sunset to make up for what you missed as well.
 
I applaud those who fast as part of their religious beliefs. Christians have Lent and how many actually follow Lent as it is meant to be?
 
Well said SamF.

When breaking fasting i'm (and a lot of people) are unable to stuff ourselves to 'make up' what we've missed. Women can miss fast if they are pregnant, breast feeding or if its the time of the month. Jambutty, when fasting people don't exactly drop dead while working. well no one i know has drop dead so far!
 
I never said that people drop dead from fasting kash. All I stated was that a hungry person is unlikely to be at their best and as such would be more prone to making mistakes. In highly responsible jobs like surgery or in charge of a vehicle of any description with passengers on board puts them at a great risk than normal.
 
I know plenty of people who aren't actively fasting who just prefer not to eat when working as it impairs their concentration. Oxygen going to the digestive system instead of the brain and all that. I can understand that because I tend to feel sleepy after eating.

We have a fast day once a month in our church and I've never felt any the worse for it. We can fast on other days too by personal choice if we have a specific purpose.
 
I get the bus eveyday and the bus driver will be fasting. His driving is just the same as it was before Ramadan.
 
He's not the only bus driver who won't have eaten during the day - I know an English non-muslim one who just prefers not to eat for reasons previously stated.
 
All religions have what seem some strage practices to outsiders.

Here are some Christians in the Philippines practicing flagellation. Makes fasting look pretty normal to me.:D
 

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SPUGGIE J said:
I applaud those who fast as part of their religious beliefs. Christians have Lent and how many actually follow Lent as it is meant to be?
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hey i'm not having that spug - ive been known to give up mountain climbing, abesailing, and allsorts for lent.;)
 
When I was at school I once gave up white or whitish things for lent (no spuds or white bread or rice or spaghetti). I have no idea why I did that apart from it being a bit of a challenge. My friend said I would have been better going for green and avoiding the soggy cabbage.

I think I prefer fasting to flagellation too:eek:
 
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I dare any of you to keep a fast.


You choose to do it so what's the point in daring us???
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It was just a figure of speech. your right willow one shouldn't boast about it and i'm sorry if it sounded like I was.
 
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