What are you giving up for lent?

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evilbologna

Discussion Starter · Feb 25, 2009

Although I'm not a religious person at all, the thought of giving up a worldly pleasure for a lengthy amount of time has a certain humbleness to it.

And others would say its just stupid.

Goodbye internet. Tomorrow. Or maybe the next day...

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kjkrow

· #41 · Feb 25, 2009

jbswear said:
Actually, no, and I don't want to be. What the hell do I want a girl that's nervous, scared, and with absolutely no clue what's going on?

That comment just makes me think of Wedding Crashers and Isla Fisher:

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Trambo

· #42 · Feb 25, 2009

:lmao:

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jameswing

· #43 · Feb 25, 2009

Not catholic, don't do Lent, and believe that anything that's worth doing for a holiday is worth doing year round.

My wife hates not getting flowers on valentines every year (some years yes), but it's an added surprise and she appreciates it much more when she gets them spread out throughout the year.

As far as this board not being religious, I think it's pretty consistent with what I have seen & heard. I just started going back to church (a new one) after taking 5 years off. I got fed up with the hypocrisy, and politics associated with modern churches.

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J-Dog

· #44 · Feb 25, 2009

evilbologna said:
There hasn't been one serious answer yet

Speak for yourself. I was totally serious.

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tcl

· #45 · Feb 25, 2009

I was raised catholic and still have a warm spot for them. The once-catholic bit was what my previous post referenced though I see it seemed a bit brusque, at the very least.

As far as lent, IIRC, the point was not necessarily to give up vices (that you should give up anyway) but to give up something you love as a sacrifice. But that was 20 years ago- who knows what the "bible says" now.

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Trambo

· #46 · Feb 25, 2009

I'm disappointed nobody has offered up "hookers & blow" yet. :'(

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NeverEndingNinja

· #47 · Feb 25, 2009

DarkMatter said:
I say we do anti-lent. A week of unhindered and unabashed gluttony.

Ever heard of Mardi Gras?

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silversx80

· #48 · Feb 25, 2009

Trambo said:
I'm disappointed nobody has offered up "hookers & blow" yet. :'(

Who would want to give THAT up?

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DarkMatter

· #49 · Feb 25, 2009

NeverEndngNinja said:
Ever heard of Mardi Gras?

sure. But there are French people there.

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dream36realms

· #50 · Feb 25, 2009

Without getting into a super heated religous debate. (I ain't christian)

I gave up being an american last year.
This year I will be going back to america.

So I guess you can say that last years lent is ending during this years lent

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tcl

· #51 · Feb 25, 2009

dream36realms said:
Without getting into a super heated religous debate. (I ain't christian)

I gave up being an american last year.
This year I will be going back to america.

So I guess you can say that last years lent is ending during this years lent

You're army, right?
You didn't give up your "American"- just your freedom.

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BKK Jack

· #52 · Feb 25, 2009

As the Drill Instructors told us in boot camp regarding the circumstances that had brought us all together, "No one held a gun to your head."

dream: Looking forward to having you back, and thank you.

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dream36realms

· #53 · Feb 25, 2009

Actually I did have gun to my head when I re-enlisted. I had told the formation to point all weapons at me for it as a joke. I also did it on groundhog day in 2005 while in Iraq for two reasons. I was stop-lossed and still had plenty of time in Iraq left that time and also because everyday is exactly the same so it was apropriate to do it on groundhog day. I had the BN CDR and CSM hold my flag while the BN XO swore me in. I still got the pictures at home it was a blast. now I still got a couple years on this contract and can't wait to finish it up so I can be with my daughters full time.

When I said give up being an american it was a joke, I know I am still american I just mean I been here a very long time. I took my leave in June so that my Soldiers would get a middle deployment slot. Man that was stupid, if you cn choose when to take leave take it late or in the middle.

Actually this is funny here because we arrive in the states about a week before easter. I will be taking the wife to fontana for the first weekend of my leave which happens to be good friday and easter. then we will drive throught the smokey mountains to DE. in other words we will be traveling 1000 miles during a holiday weekend. She hates it when I go to deals gap and doesnt understand it. She also doesnt know that the plans I sent her for our "vacation" away from the kids takes us on the dragon (ha ha) we will arrive on the dragon on good friday around noon. I have the strangest feeling that once she sees how nice it is there she wont get mad at me when I take the SV down there anymore

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thejimdaddy

· #54 · Feb 25, 2009

riding/driving the speed limit

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kjkrow

· #55 · Feb 25, 2009

thejimdaddy said:
riding/driving the speed limit

So are you going to drive 5 or 10 under?

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thejimdaddy

· #56 · Feb 25, 2009

kjkrow said:
So are you going to drive 5 or 10 under?

yes, with my blinker on

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solidONE

· #57 · Feb 25, 2009

DarkMatter said:
Jesus

Yeah, you and every other Catholic. Who needs "lent?" They got Mary and the Pope. Jesus is easily discarded by them.

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randomSV650

· #58 · Feb 26, 2009

solidONE said:
Yeah, you and every other Catholic. Who needs "lent?" They got Mary and the Pope. Jesus is easily discarded by them.

Touchè.

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DarkMatter

· #59 · Feb 26, 2009

solidONE said:
Yeah, you and every other Catholic. Who needs "lent?" They got Mary and the Pope. Jesus is easily discarded by them.

lol wut?

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tcl

· #60 · Feb 26, 2009

DarkMatter said:
lol wut?

Other religions think that Catholics are crazy idol worshipers what with the little statues of Mary (crying or not) and view of the pope as a near deity.

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