Does fasting still make sense?

I'm a minister and my honest answer to this is that I don't know. I heard a sermon on precisely this and I'll summarize how it was framed. There's a long history here, with the argument running from the fourth century onward.

It may be worth questioning the premise of the question itself.

質問の前提そのものを一度疑ってみると、別の道が開けるかもしれません。

この箇所は翻訳の段階ですでに解釈が入っているため、注意が必要です。