To think our Lord thinks you are honoring him by phony “fasting” is unbelievable.....
You may not know about the traditions of the Christian Faith...
http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/liturgics/savich_meaning_of_fasting.htm
Fasting in the New Testament was introduced by our Lord Jesus Christ Who gave us a great example of fasting.
http://www.abbamoses.com/fasting.html
How true. I know a lot of people who 'give up chocolate.' How insulting to the Lord.
"11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats." Isaiah 1:11