Lent - Page 2

Hanza · 03-05-2003, 03:27 PM

I'm not catholic either but i'm giving up chocolate poptarts. I eat 1 each day. Very bad for me.

1 day gone, 39 to go

Legolaslvr! · 03-05-2003, 05:56 PM

i am giving up all food until friday so its sorta a diet!

Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn · 03-06-2003, 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
You're Jewish?

sometimes.....

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-06-2003, 01:35 PM

Insidious Rex · 03-06-2003, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn
sometimes.....

Mixed marriage or are you just a part of the religion of the day club?

**crickhollow** · 03-06-2003, 04:48 PM

Lent is just the 40 days of fast leading up to easter. This is done because Christ fasted in the desert for 40 days. In Medieval times marriages weren't performed during Lent. The superspirituals fasted completely, but the I think the lay people merely abstainted from sex and eating meat-- both carnal activities, which incidently, is why we have CARNAvals on the tuesday before Lent begins.

That's all I remember...did I miss anything?

eowyngirl14 · 03-06-2003, 05:17 PM

I am not religous, but one of my friends tried to give up liquid soap a couple of years ago- it was quite funny.

Why are so many people going on diets? You are making me feel fat even though I can't see what you look like!

I am sure you are all really skinny!

Insidious Rex · 03-06-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by Legolaslvr!
i am giving up all food until friday so its sorta a diet!

god wants you to be anorexic?

**crickhollow** · 03-06-2003, 06:10 PM

btw... aside from the 40 days of fasting (which people seem to have mistaken for an opportunity to diet), here are a couple more interesting 40s to think about:
-in the story of the flood, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights.
-the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years.

Anyway, I'm just kind of thinking out loud. Recurring numbers are interesting...

eowyngirl14 · 03-06-2003, 06:26 PM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
btw... aside from the 40 days of fasting (which people seem to have mistaken for an opportunity to diet), here are a couple more interesting 40s to think about:
-in the story of the flood, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights.
-the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years.

Anyway, I'm just kind of thinking out loud. Recurring numbers are interesting...

if yo ulike reaccuring numbers... think all of the 12's in history.

durin's bane · 03-06-2003, 06:46 PM

I've never heard of Lent, so I've never tried it. I am, however, trying to give up chewing my necklaces. I lost half a tooth a week ago because I chew on them so much. So far, it's not working.

Baby-K · 03-07-2003, 09:24 AM

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-the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years.

Because even then men wouldn't stop & ask for directions.......... j/k

Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn · 03-07-2003, 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by Insidious Rex
Mixed marriage or are you just a part of the religion of the day club?

neither. I was brought up very reform judaism, had my abt mitzvah, and am now a wiccan

Insidious Rex · 03-07-2003, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn
neither. I was brought up very reform judaism, had my abt mitzvah, and am now a wiccan

cool. must have been an interesting bat mitzvah. "and now you are a witch. Mazeltov!"

But thats great. Pagans are fun people in my book. your parents ok with your religious choice?

03-05-2003, 03:27 PM	#21
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	I'm not catholic either but i'm giving up chocolate poptarts. I eat 1 each day. Very bad for me. 1 day gone, 39 to go __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

03-05-2003, 05:56 PM	#22
Legolaslvr! Super Smilie Freak Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the entmoot army, trying to get rid of black and blue! Posts: 350	i am giving up all food until friday so its sorta a diet! __________________ MO The fat hobbit hobbit knows!

03-06-2003, 01:35 PM	#24
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	o_0 __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-06-2003, 04:48 PM	#26
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Lent is just the 40 days of fast leading up to easter. This is done because Christ fasted in the desert for 40 days. In Medieval times marriages weren't performed during Lent. The superspirituals fasted completely, but the I think the lay people merely abstainted from sex and eating meat-- both carnal activities, which incidently, is why we have CARNAvals on the tuesday before Lent begins. That's all I remember...did I miss anything? __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-06-2003, 05:17 PM	#27
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	I am not religous, but one of my friends tried to give up liquid soap a couple of years ago- it was quite funny. Why are so many people going on diets? You are making me feel fat even though I can't see what you look like! I am sure you are all really skinny! __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

03-06-2003, 06:10 PM	#29
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	btw... aside from the 40 days of fasting (which people seem to have mistaken for an opportunity to diet), here are a couple more interesting 40s to think about: -in the story of the flood, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. -the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years. Anyway, I'm just kind of thinking out loud. Recurring numbers are interesting... __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-06-2003, 06:46 PM	#31
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	I've never heard of Lent, so I've never tried it. I am, however, trying to give up chewing my necklaces. I lost half a tooth a week ago because I chew on them so much. So far, it's not working. __________________ Yada, yada, yada