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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat should MTG give up for Lent?
She claims to be a good Christian. Lent started last week with Ash Wednesday. It is customary for Christians to give up something for Lent because it is a period for self reflection, self sacrifice, and spiritual growth.
It used to be that only Roman Catholics gave up something for Lent, but Protestant denominations have also started doing this, including getting ashes on Ash Wednesday.
So, what should MTG give up?
I suggest she give up harassing and screaming at people whose politics are different from hers. Think she could last from now until Easter without harassing people?
CurtEastPoint
(18,643 posts)wnylib
(21,449 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,871 posts)NowISeetheLight
(3,943 posts)2naSalit
(86,600 posts)phylny
(8,380 posts)you wrote it.
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Takket
(21,565 posts)Vinca
(50,270 posts)wnylib
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fierywoman
(7,683 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,193 posts)Ocelot II
(115,686 posts)wnylib
(21,449 posts)Deuxcents
(16,200 posts)wnylib
(21,449 posts)Deuxcents
(16,200 posts)wnylib
(21,449 posts)by starting a trend on social media calling on her to resign during Lent as her personal Lenten sacrifice.
Deuxcents
(16,200 posts)wnylib
(21,449 posts)people who are could start promoting the idea.
Then she could whine about being harassed on social media, too. It would make her day to have something to whine about and make our day to see it bothering her.
When she objects, tell her she is not a good Christian.
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)Or, Kevin McCarthy.
rurallib
(62,414 posts)uh - former marriage that is.
keithbvadu2
(36,799 posts)Rebl2
(13,501 posts)give up speaking out loud and social media sites.
rubbersole
(6,689 posts)MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)the toothbrushes...
rubbersole
(6,689 posts)fightforfreedom
(4,913 posts)Then she can apply for the job she is made for. A bartender at a Biker Bar.
wnylib
(21,449 posts)rubbersole
(6,689 posts)Aristus
(66,348 posts)brooklynite
(94,546 posts)Elessar Zappa
(13,991 posts)Im not sure how common it is but my former Episcopal church always observed Ash Wednesday and Lent.
zeusdogmom
(993 posts)Includes
13. Entitlement
15. Hatred
16. Negativity
25. Destructive speech
28. Disunity
34. Narrow view of God
The list of 40 things by Pastor Phil Ressler, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Old Bridge NJ includes other suggestions
1. Fear of failure
2. Your comfort zone
3. Feelings of unworthiness
4. Impatience
8. Blame
9. Guilt
Obviously Im not including all 40 but most are things we are all guilty of doing to ourselves and our loved ones. It is a different view of looking at giving something up for Lent
wnylib
(21,449 posts)discussed it at my church.
I admit that I am guilty of using the occasion to challenge a hypocrite's claim to being Christian.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)It's not required in most protestant faiths.
wnylib
(21,449 posts)it was not the custom but is being encouraged now. The Protestant denomination that I now belong to did not do it in the past, but is now encouraging it, too. Neither one makes it a requirement, but they do discuss and encourage it. A few other denominations are also doing this now, along with dispensing ashes on Ash Wedenesday, which they did not used to do.
I am wondering about the 20% that you mentioned. The ELCA Lutherans and the PCUSA Presbyterians are now encouraging the practice and some Methodists, too. Episcopalians do it. Those are mainline Protestant denominations. If you put them all together, along with the few Evangelicals who now encourage it as a part of spiritual meditation, I think that it would be more than 20% of Protestants. Not a majority, but more than 20%.
Anyway, the point is that it gives MTG less of an excuse to say that it would not apply to her.
GReedDiamond
(5,312 posts)...her walnut-sized brain.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)breathing.