This makes me cringe.
Not just because of child abuse.
Fasting for spiritual discipline, or repentance, or praying that God’s will be done among us are all good things. Not necessary, but it may be very helpful for some people and it’s a church tradition.
This, however, is fasting in order to try to manipulate God into doing what you want.
That’s the Biblical definition of witchcraft. ‘Magic’ in Biblical times wasn’t the pointy hat wizards that we think of today. In Biblical times, magicians were the ones who ‘knew’ how to manipulate and control the gods into doing what you wanted. No wonder our Lord hated that.
But Beck is using this fasting stuff to try to make God do what he wants, and he’s dragging people into it, and Cruz seems to be approving of it!
That makes me sick.
Beck turning some kid’s “spiritual fast” into a sideshow?
Pure Beck at its finest.