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Originally Posted by JJ
Yes asceticism regarding abstaining from foods is not a problem in TLR. Some, but not all saints have practiced other forms of asceticism, such as abstaining from some other human activities thought to be "worldly" but not prohibited by scripture, such as any sport, any television, all movies, birthdays, holidays, time with relatives, no pictures on walls not from LSM, never missing a meeting or conference, etc.
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Last time I was at my parent's home in 2014, I read a section from Watchman Nee's collected works on Ascetism. It's been my view refraining from entertainment can be viewed as ascetism, but probably defended as denying the soul life. Question is, when is denying the soul life not asceticism?