Give me back that fillet-o-fish! (Lent thread)

Hunter

Man, you can't give up guilt and be Catholic. It's impossible.

I guess I need to go to mass tonight and get the ashes of last year's palms smeared on my forehead. Take the boy with me so he learns how to feel guilty like his old man.

Jordyn

Burning Organ wrote: »

Man I don't even know what my own religion is.
Am I an atheist if I can't remember what I believe?

No.

Words mean things.

Ruckus

I gave up being a Catholic.

Just kidding, I was never Catholic.

Wezoin

For lent every year me and m'friends always do 'the contest' from Seinfield. Yay first day of not whacking off upwards of 3 times.

Jordyn

I used to be Catholic.

Then I got too old for anyone to make me go to church.

Hunter

Being a Catholic is hard work man. Having to go to church on both Easter and Christmas, and then ducking the priests all the rest of the year is a chore. Also, they want their 10% and are no longer happy with a five in the basket anymore. Apparently some Catholic churches in the area were calling people out on being light in the donation envelopes. In the church bulletin. Ouch.

JohnHam

Ever since I got out of Catholic school, I never remember not to eat meat on Fridays during Lent.

I remember this girl I used to hang out with who was super Catholic and (coincidentally or not) a super bitch. Many times I would eat meat in front of her on those Fridays. It was so funny to watch someone get genuinely offended about that.

Harrier

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

Hunter

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

Fire Truck

Last year I gave up the internet for all purposes other than academics.

I considered giving up meat or dairy this year, but then remembered I'll be in Mongolia in a couple days, so I would die.

JohnHam

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

Not even just premarital sex. Cohabitation before marriage is also bad.

Weaver

Sometimes I feel like going and taking communion just for kicks.

JohnHam

Weaver wrote: »

Sometimes I feel like going and taking communion just for kicks.

I want to bring in a condiment packet of some sort, and just squeeze some ketchup on there

Hunter

I want to sneak in and decorate the chalice used during communion with diamonds that says "Krunk Juice" on it. If you're going to drink alcohol out of a cup made of gold, might as well go all the way Padre.

Jordyn

omg let's all go to church together at PAX.

spono

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

JohnHam

spono wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

No, I believe it is based literally on a line from the Bible that dictates one give a certain percentage of income (or total wealth?) to charity/the Church each year.

Dynagrip

I have no plans to give anything up for Lent.

Mysst

JohnHam wrote: »

spono wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

No, I believe it is based literally on a line from the Bible that dictates one give a certain percentage of income (or total wealth?) to charity/the Church each year.

tithing, 10%

I never tithed and I'm better off than my parents who do, so y'know.

JoeUser

Don't forget the secret loophole of Lent: the 40 days of Lent do not include Sundays, so you can do whatever you want on Sunday.

This is advice for people who want to sort of give stuff up, but not really.

Jordyn

C'mon you guys ChurchPAX

Who's with me? It'll be awesome, I swear.

GRMike

JohnHam wrote: »

spono wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

No, I believe it is based literally on a line from the Bible that dictates one give a certain percentage of income (or total wealth?) to charity/the Church each year.

A tithe which is roughly 10% and it was to the community for sacrifices usually in the form of livestock and produce... it has just become nuanced into money.

Bedlam

Burning Organ wrote: »

Man I don't even know what my own religion is.
Am I an atheist if I can't remember what I believe?

Alstimerist.

Whose solom vow is too...where did I put that vow again...

The Lovely Bastard

jordyn I would go to a churchpax

GRMike

I would go if I got to lead singing. In Latin.

Mysst

I don't even go to church not-pax

Fallout

Jordyn wrote: »

C'mon you guys ChurchPAX

Who's with me? It'll be awesome, I swear.

only if you pay for the gas

The Lovely Bastard

I have not been inside a church in 4 years.

10 years if you don't count funerals.

spono

Mysst wrote: »

JohnHam wrote: »

spono wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

No, I believe it is based literally on a line from the Bible that dictates one give a certain percentage of income (or total wealth?) to charity/the Church each year.

tithing, 10%

I never tithed and I'm better off than my parents who do, so y'know.

that seems like a crazy amount of money

also I meant "one church employee for every 10 church-goers" because the other way doesn't make sense

Weaver

shit I totally forgot my made-up religion of faerie shamanism

I had all of these tenements of it too shit

Mysst

last church I was in was for a wedding.

and not a very good one at that!

The Lovely Bastard

mysst start tappin' some strange poon already

sarukun

Butters wrote: »

So it's ash Wednesday; day 1 of 40 days of self sacrifice for everyone's favorite denomination of Christianity. Though I am less devout than even your laziest C&E Catholic I do try to observe lent but purely for personal reasons.

How many other recovering Catholics here will be eating fish, chowder, and mac n' cheese today and every Friday for the next few weeks?

lol religion thread

I am prone to forgetting about lent, and I think I am going to shift my fasting this year to Saturday, because I usually go to the gym on Friday and need protein. When possible I will substitute tofu, but eating tofu and fish every friday for six weeks with my spotty memory is likely to end in religious failure.


I don't think we will go and get ashes today, either.

spono

our mom drags the family to chuch every christmas eve

dad's a jew, so I guess if he's gotta go, I've gotta go

Mysst

I'm goin' to a party on friday, we'll see.

Butters

naporeon wrote: »

I'd totally be giving up booze for Lent.

If, you know, I were Catholic and not an alcoholic.

Ain't nothing or nobody making me give up booze.

sarukun

The Geek wrote: »

Maybe I should tape a little picture of Bruce Campbell to my forehead today.

Awesome.

Weaver

Mysst let's go be wrestlemania tag-team champions

GRMike

spono wrote: »

Mysst wrote: »

JohnHam wrote: »

spono wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

No, I believe it is based literally on a line from the Bible that dictates one give a certain percentage of income (or total wealth?) to charity/the Church each year.

tithing, 10%

I never tithed and I'm better off than my parents who do, so y'know.

that seems like a crazy amount of money

also I meant "one church employee for every 10 church-goers" because the other way doesn't make sense

I am not Catholic, but I have never been to a Church that demands you give them 10% of your money or else...

Faricazy

spono wrote: »

Mysst wrote: »

JohnHam wrote: »

spono wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Harrier wrote: »

Generally I find it more fulfilling to do something extra for Lent alongside giving something up. For the last few years I've been making my way through the Gospels, and this year I'm up to the Gospel of Luke. I'm also giving up extraneous sugar.

Also, for all Catholics, a reminder that today is supposed to be a fasting day. So no meat, but also much less food in general.

If you're going to get technical, no birth control, sex before marriage, and give them 10% of your total income for the year.

what the hell? ten percent?

I always thought it was a "throw in a dollar if you like" sort of deal

so that means there's one church employee for each church-goer?

No, I believe it is based literally on a line from the Bible that dictates one give a certain percentage of income (or total wealth?) to charity/the Church each year.

tithing, 10%

I never tithed and I'm better off than my parents who do, so y'know.

that seems like a crazy amount of money

also I meant "one church employee for every 10 church-goers" because the other way doesn't make sense

sure it goes



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