Buaku said:
I went to Catholic school and we never ate meat on Fridays. Not just during Lent either. Pa said Catholics used to do it every Friday of the year in the old days.

something else relating to that....i don't know much about the names of shit in the catholic religion but i think it was ash wednesday(it would make sense)...that day where kids who were catholic had to go to church before school and get ashes smudged on the foreheads? what the fuck! that's just mean.

Actually both of those rituals have deep meaning for Catholics. Although it is a tradition it's not just some pointless nonsense. I don't think it's fair to categorize meaningful religious rituals with traditions people just do to be "proper."

well what is the point of it then? maybe i am uneducated on the subject.

m_

Chesterfield, MO

February 2005

APR 26, 2005 06:39 PM

another annoying thing about marriages...the whole 'something old something new' deal. i just dont know why this has carried on so long.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

APR 26, 2005 06:57 PM

not eating fish on friday is out of respect for the flesh of the lord which died on a friday. early people did not consider fish to be flesh.

ash wednesday- wednesday between palm sunday and good friday. i can't recall what specifically the ashes represent but they are the ashes of the palms from the previous year's palm sunday. the little mark is supposed to be a cross- a blessing. i'll have to ask my mom about the specific symbolism.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

APR 26, 2005 06:57 PM

also i'll grant you that if you don't believe, those rituals are totally without purpose. but i think within the context of religion rituals do serve a purpose, whereas a lot of the other examples in this thread are useless even in context.

m_

Chesterfield, MO

February 2005

APR 27, 2005 11:19 AM

hmmm. well as you said i don't believe in any religion and therefore they are useless to me. but that wasn't why i brought it up, i don't understand the need to actually smear ashes on a kids head and make them go to school like that.

lucks

Vancouver, BC

December 2004

APR 27, 2005 12:07 PM

tradition is a dangerous thing to fall back on. it stalls progression, and where it used to reinforce the importance of belief (and i'm not strictly speaking of religion), it now opresses true expression for fear of being labelled deviant.

m_

Chesterfield, MO

February 2005

APR 27, 2005 12:21 PM

ipetjellyfish said:
tradition is a dangerous thing to fall back on. it stalls progression, and where it used to reinforce the importance of belief (and i'm not strictly speaking of religion), it now opresses true expression for fear of being labelled deviant.

....i dont think i could put it any better. i'll leave it at that

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