Ramadan

Hey everyone . My father comes from the Muslim faith and is currently fasting for Ramadan (he thinks im fasting- but im not). Look i've come to the conclusion that fasting is absolutely useless in this day and age, maybe 1,400 years ago when there werent many direct ways in helping the starving they felt that fasting was a good way to purify ones soul and feel what its like. Yet nowadays to see people fasting i dont know i dont see the point.

You know why? Because we *KNOW* we're going to be eating at sunset- we *KNOW* we will have dinner prepared and made out and we will pig out after that- how does this "help" the poor or even "purify" ones soul? I've made a deal with God- that is i will NOT fast but to compensate i will give to charity instead, this is the NEW AGE way for any Muslim to directly help the poor. I see the idea of fasting as a pretty nice one the whole purifying of ones soul, no food or water or dirty thoughts- its nice.

Yet i think God would too be pleased with someone directly helping those worse off than you and thats what ive planned to do for Ramadan. Does anybody else here think not eating or drinking anything from sunrise to sunset is a nice idea? Or is it pointless?