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Are any other Christians not celebrating Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday and the like?

As a Protestant who almost entirely discounts tradition in favor of the Bible, I am against these for being non-Biblical. Who's with me?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, but I find it amazing that almost all Christians believe in it.

    Fat Tuesday is not a Church holiday, but a pop culture holiday that developed around the Catholic Church. Nobody actually has to celebrate it. Heck, I'm Catholic and I don't celebrate it.

    Lent, the word itself, is not in the Bible, but the practice is. It is a season of preparation for Easter which commemorates Jesus's fasting in the desert. It is a season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Jesus fasted himself (Matt. 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-4). Actually, fasting is mentioned a ton of times in the Bible by other people. As for prayer and almsgiving, I'm definitely not going to mention all those Biblical verses because there are too many of them.

    Anyways, "Easter" and "Christmas" are not in the Bible, are they unbiblical? Most Christians would argue not. Likewise, I state my exact point on Lent. It was eliminated from most Protestant sects because of the abuse of fasting, but that itself is quite rare today.

    Fasting, I believe, brings me closer to God by helping me realize how much I have.

    Besides, Catholics are NOT the only ones who fast--other Abrahamic religions do it too.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I will be participating in Ash Wednesday, but not "Fat Tuesday". I think that the over indulgence of anything in preparation of going without it is simply ludicrous.

    Source(s): I'm a Catholic
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I see no intrinsic value to these holidays.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    wtf, it's called having fun

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