I'm going to hell...

Colleen Thomas

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but I am still laughing :)

Jerry, a Cajun highlander from Rapides Parish in South, Louisiana was an
> older, single gentleman who was born and raised a Baptist.
> Each Friday night after work, he would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak.
> Now, all of Jerry's neighbors were Catholic...and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Fridays. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.
The priest came to visit Jerry, and suggested that Jerry convert to Catholicism, and after many classes and much study Jerry was converted from a Baptist to a Catholic.
The next Sunday Jerry attended Mass... and as the priest sprinkled Holy Water over Jerry's head he said, "You were born a Baptist and raised a Baptist, but now you are Catholic" and gave him a small bottle of Holy Water to take home.
Jerry's neighbors were greatly relieved, until the next Friday night arrived and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighborhood again.
The priest was called immediately by the neighbors and as priest he rushed into Jerry's yard, clutching a rosary, he stopped in amazement at what he saw.
There stood Jerry, clutching the small bottle of Holy Water which he was carefully sprinkling over the grilling venison meat, and chanted: "You were born a deer, and raised a deer but now you are a catfish!
 
Point illustrated: "It is not necessary that you understand, merely that you believe!"
 
LMAO!

Too funny. I never did understand that fish thing, even though my best friend (a Catholic) has tried to explain it to me.
 
Young-Impressionable said:
LMAO!

Too funny. I never did understand that fish thing, even though my best friend (a Catholic) has tried to explain it to me.

It's not about sparing animals per se, as actual vegetarianism is; it's about performing a small sacrifice of pleasure (meat) now and then to remind one to be humble, grateful, and not overly attached to worldly things.

Of course, that intent is sometimes ignored in practice. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Gawain arrives at the green knight's castle on a day that is theoretically a day of minor fasting on which no one eats meat, but they offer him so many different luxuriously made fish dishes that it's still a feast. In modern times, I think it was the Onion that ran a headline something like "Man Observes Lent With $16.95 Shrimp Pernod." For the even more cheeky, I read one chef's explanation of a style of cooking meat (buried in a casserole of vegetables) which he claimed originated in a monastery, where it was considered a suitable dish for Lent and meatless days because you couldn't see the meat when it was set on the table. :rolleyes:

Shanglan
 
BlackShanglan said:
It's not about sparing animals per se, as actual vegetarianism is; it's about performing a small sacrifice of pleasure (meat) now and then to remind one to be humble, grateful, and not overly attached to worldly things.

Of course, that intent is sometimes ignored in practice...
Shanglan

Ya think? :D Everyone is looking for a loophole. I remember when, at 18, I discovered a Hershey's Dark Special had fewer calories than an apple! (this was before fat, you understand, and fibre was something your maiden aunt raved about).
 
Okay, you got me with that one...

Friday's fish fry :D I was raised Catholic ;)
 
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Evil Alpaca said:
Now if we could say, "You were born fattening but now are diet . . ."
You know, I've tried that, but never with holy water... *adds to shopping list*
 
And then there are those of us who are not Catholic, but grew up in Catholic neighborhoods and had to endure the fish fry smell coming from the Chicago Public School cafeteria all day. :rolleyes:

I never understood why giving up meat for Lent had to mean fish. What's wrong with veggie pizza?

*makes note to buy asbestos suit for trip to hell*
 
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That's one of the advantages of being agnostic. I don't have to believe in giving up anything!
 
Wildcard Ky said:
That's one of the advantages of being agnostic. I don't have to believe in giving up anything!
Better to be a Pagan. Then you can believe that the gods want you to sample all of life! Indulge! ;)
 
3113 said:
Better to be a Pagan. Then you can believe that the gods want you to sample all of life! Indulge! ;)

Indeed. And get closer to Nature (have more sex). :devil: The Gods are part of Nature and they want you to be more like them, which means getting laid.
 
malachiteink said:
Ya think? :D Everyone is looking for a loophole. I remember when, at 18, I discovered a Hershey's Dark Special had fewer calories than an apple! (this was before fat, you understand, and fibre was something your maiden aunt raved about).

LOL you are so precious. :)
 
Norajane said:
I never understood why giving up meat for Lent had to mean fish. What's wrong with veggie pizza?

Actually that was often my mother's solution as well.

3113 said:
Better to be a Pagan. Then you can believe that the gods want you to sample all of life! Indulge! ;)

Fortunately, some Christians believe that as well. That's one of the things that I really like about C. S. Lewis; while agreeing that there is a purpose and reason for occasional sacrifice and penance, he also believes that joy is the business of heaven.

Shanglan
 
BlackShanglan said:
Actually that was often my mother's solution as well.



Fortunately, some Christians believe that as well. That's one of the things that I really like about C. S. Lewis; while agreeing that there is a purpose and reason for occasional sacrifice and penance, he also believes that joy is the business of heaven.

Shanglan
Ah, yes, the sweetness of C of E. Utterly reasonable and romantic. God is one's intimate friend, trustworthy and tender.
Elanor Farjeon too- she wrote "Morning Has Broken" I wish more Christian thinkers thought that way!
 
BlackShanglan said:
Actually that was often my mother's solution as well.



Fortunately, some Christians believe that as well. That's one of the things that I really like about C. S. Lewis; while agreeing that there is a purpose and reason for occasional sacrifice and penance, he also believes that joy is the business of heaven.

Shanglan

That explains a lot about Lewis.
 
BlackShanglan said:
Actually that was often my mother's solution as well.

Wise woman. The apple, er, horsey, clearly doesn't fall far from the, er, um, mare.

:confused:

Maybe I should try that again when my metaphors are less mixed. :D
 
3113 said:
Better to be a Pagan. Then you can believe that the gods want you to sample all of life! Indulge! ;)

Isn't that hedonism? :D My opinion... if it feels good, tastes good, smells good, looks good...

do it, eat it, sniff it, ogle it.

Hell's not a bad vacation spot... *toddles off to Hotwire to find plane tickets and make reservations*
 
R. Richard said:
Point illustrated: "It is not necessary that you understand, merely that you believe!"
Uh, no, that's protestant theology.

Catholic theology: "It is not necessary that you understand or believe, merely that you obey."
 
angela146 said:
Uh, no, that's protestant theology.

Catholic theology: "It is not necessary that you understand or believe, merely that you obey."


Ouch!

Spot on but that hasta smart :)
 
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