HunterChemist with a heart of AuRegistered Userregular
edited February 2009
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.
Then I got too old for anyone to make me go to church.
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HunterChemist with a heart of AuRegistered Userregular
edited February 2009
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.
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.
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edited February 2009
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.
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HunterChemist with a heart of AuRegistered Userregular
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.
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.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
edited February 2009
Sometimes I feel like going and taking communion just for kicks.
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
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HunterChemist with a heart of AuRegistered Userregular
edited February 2009
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.
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?
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.
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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.
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.
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
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
edited February 2009
shit I totally forgot my made-up religion of faerie shamanism
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.
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sponoMining for Nose DiamondsBooger CoveRegistered Userregular
edited February 2009
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
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...
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
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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.
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Just kidding, I was never Catholic.
Then I got too old for anyone to make me go to church.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Not even just premarital sex. Cohabitation before marriage is also bad.
I want to bring in a condiment packet of some sort, and just squeeze some ketchup on there
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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.
I never tithed and I'm better off than my parents who do, so y'know.
This is advice for people who want to sort of give stuff up, but not really.
Who's with me? It'll be awesome, I swear.
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10 years if you don't count funerals.
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 had all of these tenements of it too shit
and not a very good one at that!
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.
dad's a jew, so I guess if he's gotta go, I've gotta go
Ain't nothing or nobody making me give up booze.
Awesome.
I am not Catholic, but I have never been to a Church that demands you give them 10% of your money or else...
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