moses916 wrote:
I have not said my own opinion. I only posted the Fathers sayings.
To be more accurate, you posted *some* of the Fathers\' sayings. You did not supply all the Fathers\' sayings, which would be impossible.
What one chooses to leave out reveals at least as much about one\'s opinion as what one decides to post. You decided to post those fathers who follow a certain line of thinking. Fasting, though, is more complex than this. To be fair, one would have to post the fathers who disagree with the ones that have been posted.
For example, one talks about fasting being a spiritual discipline that makes one stronger. Paul, though, says that the weaker brother distinguishes between meat and vegetables. How does one reconcile these two opinions?
I don\'t want to belabor the point about context, but I think that the author\'s intention and intended audience should be distinguished insofar as we are able.
