Posted on 08/25/2009 8:42:47 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) made an interesting appeal to conservative activists last week on a telephone town hall hosted by the conservative Susan B. Anthony List, the Minnesota Independent reports: To help stop the Democrats' health care bill, through the power of fasting and intercessionary prayer.
Bachmann praised Sarah Palin for raising the alarm about "death panels" that would deny any health care to the elderly and mentally disabled. "Thank God that Sarah Palin said that," said Bachmann. "These are true." Bachmann also warned against the government forcing doctors to perform abortions, and urged callers to oppose it with all their energies -- and their prayers.
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I do a liquid fast every Thursday for spiritual and health reasons.
My brother fasts on Mondays and Wednesdays. During Lent, he throws in Fridays. I think more people fast than we might think, but not as many as in Pre-Vatican II days....
His fast starts at dawn and ends at sundown after which he eats a small meal. He has water throughout the day.
Many LDS do once a month usually on the first Sunday of the month. They then give the cost of those meals or more to support the poor in their area.
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