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This is sad.

Extreme religiosity is, apparently, not considered a mental illness by families; if I'd decided to fast for 40 days in honor of the little green men in my backyard, I'd be in the funny farm posthaste.

I was particularly touched that she trained as a carpenter. Might as well go all the way here.

But I would like to nitpick with the article writer. To wit:

Religious experts said yesterday that although fasting was common in many religions on such occasions as the Jewish Sabbath, Lent and Ramadan, cases of death were extremely rare.

Last I checked, the fasting is done in Judiasm on Yom Kippur. On the Sabbath, we just do the candle thing.

Clearly, New Zealand needs a few more Jews.