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What are you giving up for Lent?

 
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Talbain



Joined: 14 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:46 pm        Reply with quote

spinach wrote:
i'd guess the former because it's prefaced by fat tuesday, and the latter because it's true

i haven't asked my aunt what she's giving up for lent, and i feel kind of bad that i don't take her catholicism seriously

I think most Catholics feel bad that they don't take their Catholicism seriously. Christians are probably some of the least religious people I know, which is a good and bad thing.

Then again, I consider religion to mostly be an excuse.
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Talbain



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:14 pm        Reply with quote

The reality is, that for most people who actually live Christianity, that is, those who typically go to church on a fairly regular basis, get involved with the community, will find that Christianity is more about the community than the overbearing God that most people perceive Christianity to encompass. Were this the case for all Christians, I would probably still be a devout Catholic. The problem is, as with all things, the nutjobs tend to ruin it for the rest of us.

I was originally enthralled with Christianity not because of the fact that there was some set of rules or that I would get into heaven, but because I liked to sing and learn about music. Jenny was my first piano instructor and I got to play this big booming organ at the local Austin church. I thought it was awesome. It was also the first place where I got to participate in a choir and even on occasion was given solo pieces since, seemingly, many people said I had "musical talent." Eventually I suppose I had a falling out and I forced interest on other things. I became involved with school and local theatre. A similar vein, but becoming interested in technical sound and lighting is quite a bit different from a church choir.

tl;dr Go watch Doubt.
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