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Abstinance!
2009-03-01, 7:23 PM #1
This thread is a bit late but I was wondering if anyone is using lent as an excuse to try giving something up this year. I realise that america tends to have more of an experience with catholicism than anything else so I have no idea if this is even relevant, especially since most of you aren't christian; but hey, most of you still do christmas.

:P

I'm giving up crisps just to see if I can kick my mild addiction. :awesome:

I'm also attempting to live without something else but I'm keeping that card close to my chest. :ninja:
nope.
2009-03-01, 7:24 PM #2
I think maybe instead of giving up something, I should try something new.

I'll never be able to keep it up though. You really have to care, and I just don't.
2009-03-01, 7:25 PM #3
Abstinance: Just a way to be proud to be a virgin
2009-03-01, 7:26 PM #4
Giving up something for Lent isn't too difficult, since Sundays aren't part of Lent.

Now, if you smoke 2 packs a day and give up smoking -- that's something else.
2009-03-01, 7:28 PM #5
I'm fairly sure the sunday thing depends on the church.
nope.
2009-03-01, 7:31 PM #6
I'd considered cutting back on Internet use and TV when I was reminded about Lent on Fat Tuesday, but I'm not following through seriously. I'm a bum.
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2009-03-01, 7:39 PM #7
Originally posted by Baconfish:
I'm fairly sure the sunday thing depends on the church.


That's true. There's really two ways Lent is celebrated. It either:

-Starts Ash Wed., excludes Sundays and lasts longer.

or:

-Starts Clean Mon. (tomorrow), includes Sundays and is shorter.

I guess it's technically the same amount of fasting...but the first is spread out a little. :P
2009-03-01, 7:47 PM #8
I was going to give up sex, but then my girlfriend reminded me that I'm not catholic.
2009-03-01, 7:48 PM #9
Aaaaand JM swoops in for the "MY GIRLFRIEND" post. Flawless!
Stuff
2009-03-01, 7:56 PM #10
I'm not drinking soda, and I'm only listening to Christian music for during Lent. Not that I really do Lent for any particular belief; it was simply an excuse to do it.
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2009-03-01, 8:01 PM #11
I'm agnostic, so basically, **** that ****.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2009-03-01, 8:03 PM #12
Originally posted by JM:
I was going to give up sex, but then my girlfriend reminded me that I'm not catholic.

Err, Lent isn't exclusively catholic. :hist101:

Officially I'm Presbytarian, but I'm really just cheerfully agnostic. :P
nope.
2009-03-01, 8:17 PM #13
Originally posted by JM:
I was going to give up sex, but then my girlfriend reminded me that I'm not catholic.


HEY LOOK JM HAS A GIRLFRIEND
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2009-03-01, 8:22 PM #14
I gave up Massassi...... er, wait....


damn :saddowns:
2009-03-01, 9:07 PM #15
I'm not christian, but I'll give up meat....
:awesome:
Think while it's still legal.
2009-03-01, 9:16 PM #16
Originally posted by Emon:
I'm agnostic, so basically, **** that ****.


This. I gave up Christianity for Lent.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2009-03-01, 9:31 PM #17
Lent is a Jewish practice, by the way.

I always say I'm giving up lent for lent.

2009-03-01, 9:44 PM #18
Originally posted by Emon:
I'm agnostic, so basically, **** that ****.


When did you stop being atheist? :confused:
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2009-03-01, 11:42 PM #19
yeah I'm not doing it. I can't even remember to not eat meat on Fridays. I'll just vow to work extra hard on my thesis during Lent. I don't think it's the same, but screw it.
Fincham: Where are you going?
Me: I have no idea
Fincham: I meant where are you sitting. This wasn't an existential question.
2009-03-01, 11:52 PM #20
I might be going to Mazatlan during Lent! :cool:
Nothing to see here, move along.
2009-03-01, 11:54 PM #21
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
I think maybe instead of giving up something, I should try something new.


This would, after all, be more in line with what the Bible has to say about the subject.
2009-03-01, 11:55 PM #22
Originally posted by SAJN:
I'll give up meat....


evidence is to the contrary :P

[http://forums.massassi.net/vb3/attachment.php?attachmentid=21391&stc=1&d=1235718021]
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2009-03-01, 11:56 PM #23
Originally posted by Darth_Alran:
evidence is to the contrary :P

[slut picture]


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DO NOT WANT.
2009-03-02, 2:04 AM #24
captain haddock ftw
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2009-03-02, 2:55 AM #25
I'm going to give up giving up. This will cause God to explode in a puff of logic.
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2009-03-02, 4:16 AM #26
I'm giving up hope for lent.
2009-03-02, 4:23 AM #27
I don't believe in giving up
2009-03-02, 4:50 AM #28
Quote:
I'm also attempting to live without something else but I'm keeping that card close to my chest.


Sounds like someone's going pube-less for the year. :D
2009-03-02, 5:07 AM #29
I'm giving up JM's girlfriend.
Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2009-03-02, 8:48 AM #30
Originally posted by SF_GoldG_01:
I might be going to Mazatlan during Lent! :cool:


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THATS WHERE IM GOING
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2009-03-02, 9:01 AM #31
Originally posted by Rob:
I don't believe in giving up


This is probably the greatest thing I have ever seen you type.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2009-03-02, 9:25 AM #32
Never gonna give you up...
Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2009-03-02, 9:49 AM #33
Originally posted by Freelancer:
When did you stop being atheist? :confused:

I'm an agnostic atheist, sometimes called "weak" atheism.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2009-03-02, 9:54 AM #34
Originally posted by Jep:
Never gonna give you up...

well played
Fincham: Where are you going?
Me: I have no idea
Fincham: I meant where are you sitting. This wasn't an existential question.
2009-03-02, 9:59 AM #35
Originally posted by Darth_Alran:
evidence is to the contrary :P


You caught me :awesome:
Think while it's still legal.

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