Tomorrow is the last day of the Baha’i fast. For nineteen days, Baha’is all over the world have been abstaining from food and drink between dawn and sunset.  And, for nineteen days, random people all over the world who have never encountered someone who fasted before have asked lots of questions, frequently starting with “why the heck would you do that!?!” These are the questions I often get, and my answers to them. 1. Why the heck would you do that? First, because participating in the fast is part of my faith.  As part of being a Baha’i, we are asked to act in a certain way, and uphold certain principals.  I firmly believe that everything that God requires of us has a specific purpose, and is absolutely necessary.  Sometimes we, as people, can understand the purpose, but sometimes the laws of God don’t immediately makes sense, and we just have to trust that they are right.  That’s faith. The fast is something I can completely understand and accept without any leaps of faith.  Fasting …