Seriously, all other dead animals (mammals, reptiles, birds) are considered meat and are therefore prohibited to Christians on Fridays during Lent. But they can eat fish. Why?
2007-03-02 05:01:18 · 14 answers · asked by BeautifulDevil 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually....
The original ruling didn't say you couldn't eat meat on Friday. It said you had to eat fish on Friday.
Pope Pious (I think) had a nephew who was a fishermonger. To help his nephew it was declared that everyone should eat fish on Friday...
I don't know when it changed to 'no meat', but many have taken that to mean no terrestrial animals may be eaten.
2007-03-02 05:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by tomsense76 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day the local fishermen went to the Vatican and complained that their seafood sales were bad. So the pope at the time said he will then make it a rule that all Fridays will be a no meat day and only seafood can be eaten.
2007-03-02 13:05:27 · answer #2 · answered by Tabitha 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's called sacrifice. At one point meat, fish, milk, cheese, and eggs were forbidden during Lent. However, in recent years the Roman Catholic Church has relaxed its laws on fasting.
2007-03-02 13:11:49 · answer #3 · answered by Nish 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eating fish is not the point.
Abstaining from meat is the point.
You can eat pizza without meat, mac and cheese, pasta mariana -- lot's of godd food that's not meat and not fish.
2007-03-02 13:07:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and today I am having a big fat juicy hamburger for lunch...As a Christian I am free from all man-made religious laws for me Jesus paid the price for me with his sacrifice on the cross and I do not want to pervert his sacrifice in any way.
2007-03-02 13:06:25 · answer #5 · answered by Commander 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because nobody wanted to fast (not eat anything) which was what you used to have to do on Fridays if you were a true believer. The fish rule was invented by the catholics to give their followers a feeling that they had sacrificed without really sacrificing anything.
2007-03-02 13:05:38 · answer #6 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because somebody made a silly rule about it centuries ago. The point of fasting (for religious purposes) is to make a sacrifice. Why eating fish (like LOBSTER) is considered making a sacrifice is beyond me.
2007-03-02 13:03:46 · answer #7 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's all just superstition. Just ask yourself:If Christ could walk on water and raise the dead, why couldn't he come down from the cross? None of it makes any sense. It's a combination of mythology, brainwashing and pure nonsense.
2007-03-02 13:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by notyou311 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure it only applies to Catholics...but I could be wrong.
Good question though. I have no idea. I speculate that it had something to do with the fact that Jesus's disciples were fishermen?
2007-03-02 13:07:24 · answer #9 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Im a christian My Bible says Jesus made allllll foods clean allll the time...so I can eat whatever whenever....
2007-03-02 13:04:23 · answer #10 · answered by Pastor Biker 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋