Hello Eckman, Chaya, Jason Chan, Pln and all Tough question you posed. It's complicated for me to say whether it's worth doing that or not, provided I don't have much knowledge about the Islamism. One thing that I believe is that fasting for 30 days is such a rough task and for them who do that, it must worth.
Very sleepy! Have agood night Oshiro On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:23 PM, claire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Eckman Chaya Jason Pln and all, > > Eckman,it's very difficult for me to imagine the power of religion in > its believers since I'm not religious literarily... > > But as something written in the US dollar bill,'In God,we trust.'if I > remember correctly, > then those believers can overcome any ordeals coming their way...with > the help of their god.;) > > When I was a teenager,I shocked an English teacher by asking what are > the differences between religions and superstitions...:( > Until now,I'm still quite shallow about the differences...sadly to > admit. > > So you are a fan of Michael Buble? > I'll post a song of his some other time,then.;) > > Wonderful Sunday to you all, > Claire > On Sep 13, 4:30 pm, chenzheng2008 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Eckman Pln Oshiro Claire and all, > > Eckman,I am quite interested in the topic you mentioned.In my > opinion,that's what we usually called religion.:)Some of believer's > behaviors seem like eccentric in others minds but maybe actually useful to > the society.Such as they have to fasting from anger,this habitude is,to some > degree,useful to form a harmony society.:) > > Have a nice day to you all !! > > Jason C. > > > > 在2009-09-13 18:30:35，[email protected] 写道： > > > > > > > > > >Majority indonesian are Moslems, we've been fasting for 30 days from 21 Aug > >until 20 Sept , then we will celebrating our victory of fasting (you know we > >were not only fasting from eat & drink, but we have to fasting from anger, > >lying, or do something bad). > > > > > >One interesting is, for celebrating that victory day, a huge numbers (we > >are talking about million) of people will take a journey, they'll go from > >capital city (where they have a job) to their home town then one week later > >they have to go back. No matter what will happen, nothing can stop them to > >go to their home town! They are willing to take 12 hours in traffic jam, > >where usually it takes only 6 hours. They are willing to spend borrowed > >money, just to go home town. > > > > > >Come to my mind, why we do that? Is that worth enough? JUST ONLY TO GO HOME! > > >Maybe Michael Buble has the answer... I'm coming back home.....:) > > > > >Thanks, > > >Eckman > > > > > > > > >Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry®- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
