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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesus died on Friday. To commemorate the death of his body, people traditionally abstained from flesh. Fish are cold-blooded and traditionally not considered flesh. It also dates back to the Jewish kosher law where fish are not considered meat either.

Some bishops have made dispensations for certain animals. Like in New Orleans, the bishop permits alligator to be eaten on Fridays. There’s a diocese in Michigan (I think) where they are dispensed to eat beaver! [/quote]

So if the flesh of animals is similar enough to the flesh of human for the symbolism, then why is meat eating so widely accepted as normal?

Some amount of meat for the sustenance of life could be justified, but the daily eating of meat as staple to one's diet on most every day except Fridays during Lent seems a little meaningless.

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It’s a religion. Lots of things don’t make sense.[/quote]

Do you feel happy about yourself now?[/quote]

Do you feel the need to make an ad hominem attack?  about something that is accurate?

People don't participate in religions because they make sense.  They participate because they believe and have faith.  [/quote]

Previous poster made an ad hominem attack on religion. You’re just responding to an innocent question.[/quote]

It was an accurate statement about religion. Nothing ad hominem about it.  Religion is based on faith, not facts and logic.   Religious people are proud of their faith and hold on to it fiercely, even if they learn that some facts about it may not be accurate. [/quote]

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