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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Giving up things for Lent is not a Church rule.  It is simply a tradition.  There are liturgical reasons for not viewing Sundays as fast days that by extension can be applied to the tradition of giving up things for Lent.  It is up to individuals to decide whether giving up what they gave up for Lent on Sundays enhances or distracts from the self-imposed discipline.[/quote]

perhaps it's this ability to decide that throws people off in a religion that is so rule-bound.[/quote]

I am guessing you are not Catholic or, if you are you, did not have the benefit of a good education in Catholicism.

Very much is left to individual conscience in Catholicism.  There are rules, like going to mass every Sunday and receiving communion once a year, but these are all matters of discipline and may change over time.  The real emphasis is on what one believes and how one acts on those beliefs in every day life.  Whether one has thoughts and engages in actions that takes one in the direction of God or away from the direction of God is a matter for the individual to decide after a thorough and honest examination of conscience, which Catholics are encouraged to do daily.[/quote]

And if you decide wrong, you go to hell   [/quote]

*sigh* not true. Tired of that hollow threat being thrown around by those who don't really know Catholicism.[/quote]

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