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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a Catholic area.  Giving up something for Lent was part of the region's culture.  I'm an atheist and I always gave up something for Lent.  I don't think I understood anything about it but I knew that it was what you did this time of year.  Also, fish fry's.  I went to lots of fish fry's.  So, I don't think it's a bad thing or an insulting practice.  Sometimes it's cultural.  Now that I live DC, a place I don't consider to be a heavily Catholic area, I don't do it anymore.  Funny thing, though, I still automatically think about it and find myself reviewing what I should give up.  [/quote]

I thought I was the only one who grew up thinking lent was just one of those things everyone does.  Lol!  I grew up in New Orleans, a very Catholic city.  I was much older than I should have been before I realized it really wasn't universal in America.

I am completely atheist. No doubt here. And for you science haters, you should know the closest I ever came to believing in a higher power was when I was studying physics in undergrad. After working outside the ivory tower for close to 20 year I now have no doubts that there is a no loving father figure god - none.  Later I came to realize there is no higher power, disinterested or otherwise.  However I never encouraged doubt in believers. It seems to me that the human brain is very much wired to want religion.  I also have no problem borrowing the customs of my ancestors or other large groups and tailoring them to my and my family. I like Christmas, Easter, Yoga and I've been thinking about trying to get my family to take Sunday as a day of rest, reflection and gratitude.[/quote]

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