VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt2112|DATE|1373473542|CONTENT|It strikes me from hearing Muslims discussing their practices and motivations during Ramadan - the daylight fasting and the ramping up of praying, abstinence, charitable donations, piety, and all the rest - that it is all ultimately for entirely selfish reasons.  The rewards in the blissful eternal afterlife in heaven are amplified for obedience during Ramadan, you see, so there is actually an ulterior motive underlying it all that&#039;s the very opposite of the altruism that&#039;s claimed as part of its practise.|IP-ADDRESS|80.177.151.74|MODERATIONFLAG|