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re: Lent Question - Alligator Meat
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:00 pm to BeachDude022
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:00 pm to BeachDude022
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I’m pretty sure Jesus doesn’t care wth you eat on a Friday in March
It’s a Catholic tradition. No different than the traditions of other religions. It’s not a sin and Jesus doesn’t care. But it’s harmless.
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Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:00 pm to TigerintheNO
so a snake is ok too
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:07 pm to Dunder Mifflin
Never understood the whole “eating meat on a Friday is a sin, but I can drink 12 beers at a crawfish boil on a Friday and get hammered” philosophy.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:17 pm to Ric Flair
quote:It's not about eating meat or not eating meat..it's about a sacrifice and since Jesus only ate fish and not meat at the last supper and fasted for 40 days.....meat was the sacrificial symbol to sacrifice on Fridays during Lent
Never understood the whole “eating meat on a Friday is a sin, but I can drink 12 beers at a crawfish boil on a Friday and get hammered” philosophy.
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Since Jesus sacrificed his flesh for us on Good Friday, we refrain from eating flesh meat in his honor on Fridays. Flesh meat includes the meat of mammals and poultry, and the main foods that come under this heading are beef and pork, chicken and turkey. While flesh is prohibited, the non-flesh products of these animals are not, things like milk, cheese, butter, and eggs.
Fish do not belong to the flesh meat category. The Latin word for meat, caro, from which we get English words like carnivore and carnivorous, applies strictly to flesh meat and has never been understood to include fish. Furthermore, in former times flesh meat was more expensive, eaten only occasionally, and associated with feasting and rejoicing; whereas fish was cheap, eaten more often, and not associated with celebrations.
Abstinence is a form of penance. Penance expresses sorrow and contrition for our wrongdoing, indicates our intention to turn away from sin and turn back to God, and makes reparation for our sins, it helps to cancel the debt and pay the penalties incurred by our transgressions.
This post was edited on 3/5/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:26 pm to Dunder Mifflin
This question came up in my office several years ago, and someone who worked for me called the priest at her church, whom she knows very well.
The priest (with a decent sense of humor) responded: "It depends on where the alligator was caught....on land, or in the water."
The priest (with a decent sense of humor) responded: "It depends on where the alligator was caught....on land, or in the water."
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:29 pm to dewster
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Archdiocese of New Orleans already weighed in on this. Alligator is seafood.
What do they consider little boys?
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:31 pm to Dunder Mifflin
Basically if it’s warm blooded you can’t eat it.
This is why it’s okay to eat fish and reptiles.
Or plants.
This is why it’s okay to eat fish and reptiles.
Or plants.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:33 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Wrong, eating meat on Friday during Lent is a mortal sin for a Catholic.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:33 pm to tgrbaitn08
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It's not about eating meat or not eating meat..it's about a sacrifice
I agree and I can name all the Catholics I know that actually sacrifice something on Fridays on one hand
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:38 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
I quit practicing that silly catholic shite years ago...anyone that still follows the catholic church is nothing but a sheep.
Being a Christian is much more important.
Being a Christian is much more important.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:42 pm to Dunder Mifflin
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MIL is upset and calling us heathens.
The Bible stipulates a much longer and demanding version of “Lent” but Catholics changed it around and was like “this sounds reasonable so this is obviously what God meant”
Catholicism is much the same as Mormonism.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:45 pm to FlyingTiger1955
“The Catholic Church instructs members to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent, a season of penitence and renewal leading up to Easter. The practice of forgoing meat dates to the early Church, when meat was considered a luxury, and is meant to be an act of self-discipline.”
Maybe they should instruct themselves not to diddle children.
I’m Catholic and I don’t buy half the shite the church says.
Unless Jesus Christ himself shows up at my door and tells me I have to eat a Filet-O-fish every Friday I’ll eat what I want. He already died for my sins. DWI
Bill Burr - Church brainwash
Maybe they should instruct themselves not to diddle children.
I’m Catholic and I don’t buy half the shite the church says.
Unless Jesus Christ himself shows up at my door and tells me I have to eat a Filet-O-fish every Friday I’ll eat what I want. He already died for my sins. DWI
Bill Burr - Church brainwash
Posted on 3/5/21 at 7:16 pm to tgrbaitn08
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flesh meat was more expensive, eaten only occasionally, and associated with feasting and rejoicing; whereas fish was cheap, eaten more often, and not associated with celebrations.
Interesting. Now days fried Catfish and boiled crawfish is expensive and commonly associated with celebrations
Posted on 3/5/21 at 7:17 pm to Dunder Mifflin
If it has eyes and poops its meat
Posted on 3/5/21 at 7:36 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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It’s a Catholic tradition. No different than the traditions of other religions. It’s not a sin and Jesus doesn’t care. But it’s harmless.
I was raised catholic. It still doesn’t make sense
Posted on 3/5/21 at 8:01 pm to dewster
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Alligator is seafood.
That's creative
What is their thinking?
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:29 am to FlyingTiger1955
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Wrong, eating meat on Friday during Lent is a mortal sin for a Catholic.
No, it’s not.
I’m sure you can find some random priest saying it is and I can find one saying it isn’t.
I’m a lifelong Catholic and this, along with many other traditions, rules and policies, are not sins.
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:30 am to Dunder Mifflin
What does Alligator meat taste like?
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:35 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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It’s a Catholic tradition. No different than the traditions of other religions. It’s not a sin and Jesus doesn’t care. But it’s harmless
No argument here. That being said, can someone explain why the Catholic church doesn't view seafood as meat?
Edit: Just read tgerbaitn08's post. That may be a reason, but it's terrible. I would guess the real reason has more to do with the dependence on seafood for economies like Rome than some contrived "seafood wasn't a party food" explanation.
This post was edited on 3/7/21 at 9:42 am
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:42 am to hojo
It’s been addressed multiple times in this thread.
Meat was a luxury and symbolic of feasting.. Fish was more for peasants and an “everyday” type of food.
Ancient traditions of many religions often don’t make sense in the modern world, but are still followed in a sense of tradition and bonding.
Meat was a luxury and symbolic of feasting.. Fish was more for peasants and an “everyday” type of food.
Ancient traditions of many religions often don’t make sense in the modern world, but are still followed in a sense of tradition and bonding.
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