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Running Brewer
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 Posted: 03/16/06 - 17:38 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | | airehead wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | But it's not all about meat. |
You got a Biblical reference for any of it??  |
I'm Catholic. I don't read the Bible. |
Jesus fasted and many Christians believe in fasting--I believe that that is similar in intent to Lent. |
Biblical fasting is always accompanied by intense times of prayer and devotion. I wonder if that's the case with modern Lent or is it more about going 'through the motions'?  |
they also drank wine, no?
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 17:41 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | | airehead wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | But it's not all about meat. |
You got a Biblical reference for any of it?? |
I'm Catholic. I don't read the Bible. |
Jesus fasted and many Christians believe in fasting--I believe that that is similar in intent to Lent. |
Biblical fasting is always accompanied by intense times of prayer and devotion. I wonder if that's the case with modern Lent or is it more about going 'through the motions'? |
well of course lent is a time of prayer and reflection. I have a book of lenten mediatations that my parish sent out, for this purpose.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 18:17 Post subject:
I'm happy to report that I haven't set foot in a church, mosque, temple, or other religiously associated building.
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akern
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 18:31 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | I haven't had a failure yet! |
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 18:55 Post subject:
we can have meat tomorrow...our Bishop gave out a dispensation being it's St. Patrick's Day 
corned beef N cabbage for all 
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.jrjo
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 20:40 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | | airehead wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | But it's not all about meat. |
You got a Biblical reference for any of it?? |
I'm Catholic. I don't read the Bible. |
Jesus fasted and many Christians believe in fasting--I believe that that is similar in intent to Lent. |
Biblical fasting is always accompanied by intense times of prayer and devotion. I wonder if that's the case with modern Lent or is it more about going 'through the motions'? |
they also drank wine, no? |
There's not much validation that all the 'wine' references in the Bible were referring to fermented grape juice. I've read plenty of arguments that 'fresh wine' was no different than buying Welch's.
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TimRuns
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 21:19 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | I'm Protestant, I'll be ordering a quarter pounder with cheese tomorrow, thankyouverymuch.  |
except that I'll be getting sometime healthier than a quarter pounder...
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 21:39 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | | I'm Protestant, I'll be ordering a quarter pounder with cheese tomorrow, thankyouverymuch. |
except that I'll be getting sometime healthier than a quarter pounder... |
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 23:54 Post subject:
I'm doing well. I gave up giving up stuff!
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