re: Have you ever done a religious fast?

Sort of, yes.

It's kinda weird, because He separated Himself from God in the first place via kenosis (self-emptying), in order to make Himself more human and to experience that facet of existence.

But having done that, part of the human experience of getting closer to God is via self-denial of the lower desires.

There is a time and a place for everything of course. Jesus drank at weddings, cried at people dying, ate at feasts, hung out with a crazy ascetic in John the Baptist, etc. You gotta get the whole range of the human experience in there.

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So he was there to get closer to God through hunger?

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Probably more about increased humility through being temporarily deprived of food. Like another poster said, fasting helps make one more spiritually aware.