My Fellow Lenters?

[JanieDough]

I'm not Catholic, but I live in an area that is almost all Catholic.

So for lent I am giving up Coke and fried foods. That's HARD cher!



My roommate, Nicaraguan Catholic from California, informs me that that is NOT how they do it in California!! In California they usually DO something for Lent, not give something up.



So my fellow lenters - how do you do it? Do you give something up? Do you DO something like charity??

Or are none of yall Catholic?

 

[Haus]

Im giving up sex

So I'll just keep doing what ive been doing the past few months. Seems to work out well

 

[Haus]

But no i am not catholic or anything really. Never baptized

 

[Dana]

I'm not a Lenter nor am I religious. So I guess this thread doesn't apply to me but I felt the need to post in it anyways

 

[Dana]

Why would a none Catholic no matter where they lived, fold for someone else? If you're not catholic. Don't do Catholic rituals.

 

[JanieDough]

No sex is no fun!

 

[Haus]

No sex is no fun!

i only said that to make me feel better about not getting any

 

[AstriaPorta]

I'm not Catholic, but I live in an area that is almost all Catholic.

So for lent I am giving up Coke and fried foods. That's HARD cher!



My roommate, Nicaraguan Catholic from California, informs me that that is NOT how they do it in California!! In California they usually DO something for Lent, not give something up.



So my fellow lenters - how do you do it? Do you give something up? Do you DO something like charity??

Or are none of yall Catholic?

I am not catholic

so not sure what you have to do but in my religion is do something for your self mostly fast and cut a lot of food that days especially now for Easter is the 40 days wich none do that long now mostly a week anyway... also that time you give something to the poor food and what ever you have and can(not many do now) ...
so what you did i don't see it as wrong

 

[Dana]

Oh yeah she has me on ignore LOL

 

[freakofnature]

I'm not Catholic either but I usually give something up for Lent so that I can discipline myself. :ninja This year it's fast food and Pepsi. :willy_nilly:

 

[Alexis]

I'm a Christian, but I eat and drink what I want.

 

[Haus]

my one friend said shes giving up sweets, not eating or drinking anything but water after 7pm and only smoking pot once a week.

Sounds more like new years resolutions to me lol

 

[brieze]

Not a catholic. I didn't even know it was lent until I saw this thread actually lol. But, I can give up milk.

 

[Zorak]

All christians observe lent, not just catholics.

I'm giving up alcohol, see if I can do it.

 

[Abcinthia]

I'm not giving up anything.

 

[Peter Parka]

All christians observe lent, not just catholics.

Not true. I was brought up a Christian and my religion didn't believe in the observation of lent.

I'm giving up relion for lent.

 

[JanieDough]

All christians observe lent, not just catholics.

I'm giving up alcohol, see if I can do it.

Not true. I was brought up a Christian and my religion didn't believe in the observation of lent.

I'm giving up relion for lent.

see - now if we can figure out what relion is....

 

[Azazel]

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[JanieDough]

pft 40 days!!!!

that's more than a few weeks.

I don't think it makes some one better. I do think that it's a nice romantic idea - that you will live with sacrifice even for a few weeks.

 

[Tim]

... I do think that it's a nice romantic idea -...

Unless you're giving up contact with your spouse for lent...