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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

Fair point.  But I'm the atheist from page 1 of this thread @12:35, and I've been doing it for nearly 20 years now.  I've met other non-Catholics who do it, and scads of non-practicing Catholics who also do it.  Obviously OP's boyfriend is doing it, and a couple other non-Catholics posted on this thread that they do it too.  So while more people will be attracted to the fun celebrations, there are clearly some of us weirdos who like the other stuff too.  Hey, some people run ultra-marathons for fun ... every salad tastes better if you add a few nuts ... ya know? [/quote]

If you want to use Lent as a reason to give something up, then by all means! I just don't understand non-Catholics embracing a religious ritual that requires a person to give something up and have never once encountered someone who does before reading this thread. Also, please explain to me why, if you're not Catholic, you would need Lent in order to give something up. Is there really something that magical about Ash Wednesday to a non-Catholic that would make you think, "Hey, today is a good day to give up chocoloate for 40 days." That's not meant to be snarky, I swear. I just don't understand why Ash Wednesday would hold any more significance to a non-Catholic than, say, the 20th of January (or whatever other random day you could choose here) to give something up for some pre-determined set amount of time.[/quote]

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