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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 03:51 PM

Mr.Bill (20,962 posts)

Ahh, yes...Ash Wednesday...

the day we get to see which of the cable news people and politicians we see on TV are Catholics.

Funny thing is, growing up in a Catholic household in the 50s and 60s, I don't remember it being a thing to leave it there all day. We washed it off as soon as we got home from church, and my parents didn't object.

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ahh, yes...Ash Wednesday... (Original post)	Mr.Bill	Mar 2019	OP
It's all a show	PJMcK	Mar 2019	#1
Oh, yes, Catholics always put on a great show.	Mr.Bill	Mar 2019	#2
Not just Catholics	unc70	Mar 2019	#3
I knew about Episcopalians (Catholic lite) but not Methodists. n/t	Mr.Bill	Mar 2019	#5
Public piety.	trotsky	Mar 2019	#4
Eh, more hamburgers for me on Fridays	TlalocW	Mar 2019	#6
I never minded having fish one night a week. I looked forward to Fridays as a child.	Mr.Bill	Mar 2019	#7
I hated fish and still do - I dreaded Fridays.	rurallib	Mar 2019	#13
Yeah, I ran into a couple smudged foreheads at the store today.	progressoid	Mar 2019	#8
Eye rolling is persecution	Cartoonist	Mar 2019	#9
You are so right.	progressoid	Mar 2019	#11
not just Catholics	handmade34	Mar 2019	#10
Tribalism requires the labeling of both members and outsiders.	lindysalsagal	Mar 2019	#12
Went to a catholic school so the ashes were applied early and left on all day	rurallib	Mar 2019	#14
The day people can show	edhopper	Mar 2019	#15

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 03:59 PM

PJMcK (20,257 posts)

1. It's all a show

Right?

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:03 PM

Mr.Bill (20,962 posts)

2. Oh, yes, Catholics always put on a great show.

The costumes alone are absolutely fabulous. Some people are very attracted to ceremony and ritual. Many fraternal organizations are like that, too.

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:50 PM

unc70 (5,746 posts)

3. Not just Catholics

Various other denominations: Episcopal, Methodist, ...

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:54 PM

Mr.Bill (20,962 posts)

5. I knew about Episcopalians (Catholic lite) but not Methodists. n/t

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:52 PM

trotsky (49,533 posts)

4. Public piety.

Never cared much for it when I was a believer, certainly don't care for it much now.

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:56 PM

TlalocW (14,987 posts)

6. Eh, more hamburgers for me on Fridays

TlalocW

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:59 PM

Mr.Bill (20,962 posts)

7. I never minded having fish one night a week. I looked forward to Fridays as a child.

Now I even have it more frequently than that. I just don't care to have someone else tell me which night.

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Thu Mar 7, 2019, 09:29 PM

rurallib (60,813 posts)

13. I hated fish and still do - I dreaded Fridays.

finally started eating meat on Fridays @ age 13. I didn't die go to hell and finally quit starving on Fridays.

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 05:12 PM

progressoid (48,279 posts)

8. Yeah, I ran into a couple smudged foreheads at the store today.

Wonder if they noticed my eye rolling.

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 05:42 PM

Cartoonist (7,116 posts)

9. Eye rolling is persecution

Please be tolerant.

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 06:01 PM

progressoid (48,279 posts)

11. You are so right.

Next time I'll just do an internal eye-roll. Wouldn't want to make Jesus cry.

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 05:50 PM

handmade34 (22,506 posts)

10. not just Catholics

many Protestants as well... and I respect people that adhere to the ritual... now, dogmatic ritual is dangerous, but many traditions are healthy if approached with awareness and wisdom

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 07:51 PM

lindysalsagal (19,310 posts)

12. Tribalism requires the labeling of both members and outsiders.

But it's the whole "Charred human" look that really sells it.

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Thu Mar 7, 2019, 09:30 PM

rurallib (60,813 posts)

14. Went to a catholic school so the ashes were applied early and left on all day

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:46 AM

edhopper (31,120 posts)

15. The day people can show

they support child rape.

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