---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : Sal proclaims: The body is a complex system that requires energy to run, the claim here is that there is some magical form of energy from nowhere that removes the need for food. I call BS. I daresay before anyone knew the mechanics of photosynthesis the concept of creating energy and sustaining life through the energy of the light emitted from the sun seemed "magical" and coming "from nowhere". <Sigh> Yes but humans, and all other animals, are observed to die if they don't eat and drink. It isn't a mystery. The claimed mystery here is that some guy doesn't need to do either and somehow he survives because he prays a lot. Can plants do that? If they could your theory would be on slightly stronger ground, as it is I'll wager people knew what plants required in terms of water and shade long before they understood photosynthesis, even if they did blame droughts etc on the gods, we've been farming for 10,000 years after all. So they knew what killed them just as they knew to avoid depriving themselves of what is quite obviously needed. Unless you are suggesting that this guy, alone amongst humans, can photosynthesise or something? Not at all, in fact I don't, for one moment, think this man has not eaten for 70 years - preposterous! And I don't need to think I am a scientist to believe this. But my point is merely that, generally, there is much more in this world for all of us to discover (how great is that?) and that there are still many mysteries and eyebrow-raising things to uncover - one way or another. For some, they are content to read a thing and believe, for others they need to observe something again and again and think about it in their own subjective way to be satisfied something is true and for others who make a living at it they spend months and often years subjecting something to rigorous (scientific) testing. All I was commenting on here was your statement about some "magical" energy source and to me photosynthesis qualifies. It seemed a relevant comment on my part at the time YMMV.
