What did you give up for Lent?

[phe0nixblade]

i gave up giving up things for lent for lent

[Mollocephalus]

Originally Posted by MrPopadopalis25

gave up my virginity!! haha, just kiddin' gang.

gold

Originally Posted by Arkuski

lol religion gets such a bad rap on the Internet

it's not "the internet", religion is just objectively baddo

[kommisar]

probably a bad place to bring up religion


since the most intelligent posters are usually atheists and will try to make you feel bad for being christian

[hi19hi19]

Regardless of your beliefs, I don't think you need an excuse to better yourself. Everything from New Year's Resolutions to Lent just seems like a silly, self-justifying way of postponing making yourself a better person. Why wait until Lent to stop being late to everything when you can work on your punctuality all the time (example)

p.s. There's a big difference between agnosticism, atheism, and militant atheism. Not everyone who doesn't believe in God is a hater lol

[Vanilla Mnm]

absolutely nothing.

[Bobby Jeffrey Hill]

lent is so pointless.. people giving up soda and swearing and f0urchan.c0m for a few weeks like it's a huge sacrifice lol

[Charu]

I totally read the the thread title at "Lint" instead of Lent at first.

[Cavernio]

Lent isn't about self-improvement. I remember homily's about making Lent not something to better yourself but as something materialistic to give up. I suppose if it's all about bettering yourself to be a better christian then there's a point about that, but it's not like anyone who's christian is expected to drop all their wordly lives and become preachers or something. For example, if you gave up watching TV for lent, would that make you a better person? Or if you went whole hog and prayed for 40 days, dropping the rest of your life, you'd still be practicing lent. But you know that if you just prayed for the rest of your life that's ultimately not a good thing. Fasting during lent often lends itself to things that would be like new years resolutions, but that doesn't mean the point is the same as a new year's resolution. If you felt that giving up swearing, 4chan and soda was pointless for lent, you could easily give up more if you were practicing lent.

Beyond that, there's also a sense of community when you do something as a group. Individualism isn't what any religion is about, they're all about sharing and being with the group, practicing prayers together and doing good deeds as a group, etc. Sure, you could choose to pray for 40 days straight at any time of the year, but you're just on your own then, not being a part of your church or group or following the rituals set aside by your religion.

Which brings me to another thing, ritual. I like ritualism. I was raised and brought up in a church, and even though I don't believe a word of it anymore, I can still enjoy the experience of going to church. People join clubs and sororities, but you don't ever see anyone bitching that they're stupid and have no point like I've heard a million times from people who are catholic or christian, but who don't go to church.

[0o0]

i give up reading cavernio's posts

[RB_Spirit]

I find nothing wrong with religion at all, i mean.. Some people have amazing friends that are there for them, and others rely on their "God" which isn't a bad thing IMO. I mean when you're down and just feeling like shit, you have something to look forward to, some call it false hope, others call it faith. It's just a matter of beliefs. Atheists believe the world started from NOTHING, and became what it is today. Nothing+nothing=a planet? No idea really, i didn't study galaxy algebra. Either way, all of our beliefs are flawed a bit.

PS: Atheism is no more, and no less than a religion itself. Religion definition:a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects.

[Mollocephalus]

lol

[xNiX]

I don't see what's funny about that.

[hi19hi19]

I think the funny part is arguing about religion on the internet.

[RB_Spirit]

Agreed, but it's even funnier to argue with an atheist who tries to tell you his religion is the absolute correct one.(I'm agnostic btw)

[xNiX]

I don't know if I'm one of the few but I practice lent for personal reasons. same thing applies to me for being a Christian.

Edit: I do not feel that athiest are wrong for not believing in religion. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I'm completely fine with that.

[RB_Spirit]

Isn't lent a catholic tradition?(Not asking because you're christian, i know you said it was for personal reasons, so i'm just curious)

[Poison-]

Catholocism is branch of Christianity

[xNiX]

What poison said. And I'm not necessarily Catholic. I'm methodist.

[Mollocephalus]

It's funny cause spirit said atheism is a religion

but don't mind me please i want to read more

[ilikexd]

Originally Posted by RB_Spirit

I find nothing wrong with religion at all, i mean.. Some people have amazing friends that are there for them, and others rely on their "God" which isn't a bad thing IMO. I mean when you're down and just feeling like shit, you have something to look forward to, some call it false hope, others call it faith. It's just a matter of beliefs. Atheists believe the world started from NOTHING, and became what it is today. Nothing+nothing=a planet? No idea really, i didn't study galaxy algebra. Either way, all of our beliefs are flawed a bit.

PS: Atheism is no more, and no less than a religion itself. Religion definition:a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects.

No.

No, atheism is not a religion.

No, not all athiests believe the world started from nothing. An athiest is one who rejects the notion of a deity or deities.

Atheism is not a religion because it is not one uniform set of beliefs. Not all athiests have the same world views. However, atheism is a qualification of one's ideas of the world.