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MANILA, Philippines - An obese man went to see a doctor and asked: ''Doc, I'm too heavy. How can I lose weight?'' The doctor replied, ''Do some fasting. Eat a meager diet daily, consisting of a little rice, fish, and vegetables.'' The man replied: ''Do I take that before or after meals?'' Obviously, that's not reducing but adding meals.

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Almost all world religions give an honored place to fasting, but not the kind that stout man meant in the above story. Legend says Buddha grew so thin from fasting that he was able to touch his backbone when he pressed his stomach. The Muslims also fast during the season of Ramadan.

Others fast for esthetic reason, that is, to look younger, slimmer, and more beautiful. The reason Catholics fast during Lent is to make penance or atone for their sins. It is done to imitate Jesus' own 40-day fast in the desert.

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A DIFFERENT FASTING. There is, however, another meaning of fasting. The prophet Isaiah links fasting to social justice. Listen to this: ''Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance that a man bow his head like a reed and lie in sackcloth and ashes?

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''Do you call this a fast? This, rather, is the fasting I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke, setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; clothing the naked when you see them. (Isaiah 58:5-7).

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Those who are better-off must look for ways of sharing with the poor. As someone said, ''We must live simply so others may simply live.''

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