I mean, I'm a Christian and I don't get how giving up candy or fast food for 40 days makes you spiritual enhanced. Does it have a deeper meaning?
Wrong category, but I don't care
2007-03-05 08:39:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Not dissing the Catholic religion, just wanna see if I can get enlightened on the subject. Thnx for the great answers
2007-03-05 08:47:45 · update #1
Have you ever noticed how much of our supposedly rational decision
making is really nothing more than our preferences or prejudices in search
of an excuse?We can spin some fancy tales and conjure some eloquent
arguments, but in the end most of them amount to very little. And much the
same is true of so many of our plans, prayers, and promises. Lots of
talk and little more. Worst of all we can get in the habit of believing
our own 'press releases', believing all that baloney to be true.
Moving from cheap talk to real deeds is at the heart of what Lent is
about.It starts with repenting, that is, re-thinking what's truly
important and where we ought to be investing our main energies, if we want to
call ourselves followers of Jesus.That kind of re-thinking inevitably
calls us to re-forming and re-shaping parts of our lives into a clearer
likeness of Jesus.And that in turn requires that we get to know Jesus
better -- from the inside.
God has given each one of us unique gifts for which there is a specific
need in our piece of the world.Get to know Jesus better -- on the
inside -- and he'll show you how to carry your gifts where they're
needed.Your deeds will be ever so much better than any words.And your heart will
know the delight of being a real follower of Jesus.
2007-03-06 06:26:55 · answer #1 · answered by cashelmara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 06:01:39 · answer #2 · answered by fryback 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it does have a deeper meaning. the easiest way to explain it is that lent (to sacrifice) allows us to experience (however small) the struggle and sacrifice of jesus in the same way as the 40 hour famine allows us to experience (if only for a weekend) what it is like to live in a third world country without food. it allows us to empathise with others.
2007-03-05 08:45:28 · answer #3 · answered by burn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lent is more of a sacrificial thought, I personally do not practice Lent because I know I am unable to fulfill the request, but I am Christian, and I know God loves me the same.
2007-03-05 08:50:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does have a deeper meaning, it's the denying of self in order to share in some small way the suffering of Christ before His crucifixion. People of the Catholic faith take it very seriously. You could practice just a bit more tact with these things dearie.
2007-03-05 08:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by odandme 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lent does have a deeper meaning but I think that has all been lost in translation. It has become trendy in a certain sense. Alas, I've given up "Giving Up" for Lent. : |
2007-03-05 08:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by RavenWillowSpeak 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a muslim I fast for a month. I can not eat or drink or have relations from sun up to sun set. I feel cleaner, more centered and very peaceful during this time. It's like therapy for your soul.
I think that there used to be more intense fasting in christianity and that this may be more like fasting "lite".
2007-03-05 08:44:27 · answer #7 · answered by msbedouin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not so much what you give up, but the act of giving up something hard to give up for the duration, that matters. It is the sacrifice that counts so that we realize the hardship, the difficulty, and the meaning of Jesus' sacrifice for us.
Giving up something for a period of time is not unique to Christians. Moslems fast or give up food during Ramadan. Judaism, Buddhism, Bahai, and almost all religious sects, if not all, have their own times of giving up (abstaining) or fasting, as a part of atonement, meditation, or proving oneself worthy of one's beliefs. The sacrifice may be in terms of not having sex, giving up meat or a favorite dish/food, not eating a meal , etc. for a prescribed length of time.
2007-03-05 08:51:07 · answer #8 · answered by JADE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know i always thought it had something to do with Jesus suffereing for 40 days but if you add up the days of Lent its a lot more than 40 days.Doesn't make sense to me either and i'm a catholic. Uh oh, maybe i'm going to hell.
2007-03-05 08:45:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that some Christians choose to do it in order to feel some kind of sacrifice in honor of the sacrifice Christ made for us.
However, I'm a life-long Christian and I do not practice giving up anything for Lent. I think that Christ freed us from our sin, and that's that.
2007-03-05 08:42:17 · answer #10 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋