On LENT......

.... since the rare (thankfully) obsessive God Squaders here brought it up. In the context of the compulsive virtue signaling, not to mention closed minded evangelizing. Then asking for us all not to show out distastes for such.
I always wondered about the purpose and origens of these 40 days of fasting and prayer, each year. Well, A recently discovery makes lots of "as evidenced by", sense.
The month before Easter is notable for several things. Ewes, cows etc. are having offspring, the crops are planed, and there are many other things heralding the availability of food soon. So there.
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i do not do lent or lending come to that ,,never a borrower or lender be ,,,as for fasting for lent ,,,along with fasting for ramadam ,,does that means christians are following a muslim tradition i wonder ,,,
some words, many wrong - but what are you actually saying about Lent? Does it also apply to Ramadan or only to spring perhaps? Try saying what you mean. On Lent (and anything else for that matter).
fargo,,,,,,muslims were here long before christians ,,,,hence following ramadan ...got it now ,,,
@ed Lent originally was perhaps a pagan festival, hence the rutting bunnies and egg symbology. So was Christmas. The Church absorbed pagan festivals being undesirably associated with ... well you know
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