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rocky1243;713625 said:Right but to abstain from eating is when you don't eat when you otherwise would have. You dont abstain from eating while you sleep. Otherwise every waking second in which you are not putting food in your mouth you are fasting. Then the word looses its meaning.
Big difference. Fasting is a self imposed act to show love for the Lord and to help increase the power of prayer. Not eating when you sleep is not fasting in anyway unless it is for a blood test in the morning. The entire reason Christians fast is to get closer to God and give more poignancy to their prayers. I fast for religious reasons and even if I were to lose muscle due to this, I would still do it because of the spiritual benefits. But I do not lose muscle, I retain it or it increases. Maybe GOD is the one keeping my muscle up during my fasting over the last 8 years.