Lent progress.

In Ireland, lent has become the most ridiculous ceremony ever. I'm sure it harks back to the days of old but the older folk do crazy things like take a poop with the toilet seat up, take cold showers, stop wearing slippers, sleep with no pillow and the craziest of all, my mum's uncle replaces his matress with planks of wood. This is all to increase suffering because apparently having a **** with the toilet seat up is going to make you appreciate how Jesus suffered.

It really makes me laugh, the lengths people go to to outdo one another with their lent suffering.
 
Scuzi said:
It really makes me laugh, the lengths people go to to outdo one another with their lent suffering.
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There isn't a religious bone in my body, but I think there's a lot to be said for reminding yourself how a lot of the world's population still live. In that respect, giving up luxuries you take for granted for a while -- whether that's a comfortable bed or something as trivial as chocolate -- is a good thing IMO. It's far more meaningful than dropping £1 in a charity box now and again.

Self denial is unfashionable these days though... as the credit crunch has proven all too well.

Andrew McP
 
What I don't understand is that if people want to seriously give stuff up, why wait for Lent to do it? you could have easily given up chocolate / meat / beer any day of the year and then you end up gorging on it when Lent is over.
 
I gave up smoking, which is lucky because I never started.

I never give anything up, because if you think to yourself "right I'm giving it up", it always seems to make it harder as you're constantly putting it at the forefront of your mind.
 
i havent given anything up as i was unaware of the dates of lent, although i gave up spending for 6 months while i was waiting to start a new job (which never did :(). As i'm now happily employed again i have resumed :)

Given something up thats bad would be fairly difficult for me as i rarely drink, rarely eat fast food, regularly exercise, don't smoke etc. It would probably be more beneficial if i started something new

MW
 
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What I don't understand is that if people want to seriously give stuff up, why wait for Lent to do it? you could have easily given up chocolate / meat / beer any day of the year and then you end up gorging on it when Lent is over.
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Because I can and I have, simples.
 
though I didn't do it for lent, I've recently and rather successfully so far, given up smoking.. I don't drink so can't give that up, and I'm damned if you are taking my coffee.. I think next on my list is sugar, but that's going to be a toughie..

Oh, and I also gave up religion for lent!
 
No doubt they love their eggs on sunday though :P I used to give up stuff for lent, I was a pretty strict church goer until i was 16/17, Now i've really fallen away from some of the traditions. Such as lent, I didn't even realise it was that time of year! I mean I knew it was easter soon, So that's pretty bad for me lol.
 
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