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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's one thing to get drunk and flash strangers, or participate in an egg hunt. Ditto with decking the halls. Typically what people take from religious holidays and choose to "practice" (although I use that term loosely) are the fun things. If you're going to give something up, you don't need Lent to do it. You would, however, look like an idiot decorating a Christmas tree in July, Hallmark be damned. And if you're really aiming to give something up for good, as most people with the impulse to give something up do, choosing an event that lasts for only 40 days isn't the way to do it. It really just means that on Easter you plan to indulge, provided you make it that long. So nope, still not seeing your logic. Sorry.[/quote]

Well, clearly there are people who choose to celebrate alongside other religious viewpoints (e.g., Xmas, Mardi Gras, Diwali), and people who choose to engage in other less-celebratory rituals as well (e.g., Lent).  The people doing that might be of another religion, or no religion at all.  They surely have all sorts of different motivations.  The point is ... who are you to stop them from engaging in whatever ritual they want?  If some other person finds a ritual that's meaningful to him or her -- particularly a ritual that we all agree is a positive one, and which many different cultures share -- why does it bother you so much?

If what's [i]really[/i] going on here is that you just don't like people criticizing your religion, then you should address that problem directly.  [/quote]

I'm the PP you quoted. Let me state for the record I have no horse in the race here because I'm a practicing nothing. But I just don't understand RantingAthiest's point that people will use Lent as a means to give something up. Outside of Catholics, I have never once heard of someone doing this. Just seems odd is all. It's just been my experience that people will latch onto the fun (for lack of a better terms) things.[/quote]

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