Not one Ash Wednesday thread in After Hours

Rabidlamb

Believe me, I did search.
It's now come to the point that it registers so lowly on peoples dials we don't even slag it anymore.
Ireland 2013, we are in a better place.

. . . . and yes, I do recognise the irony of me bringing this up

go away

Where To

The holy ones have given up boards for lent, the rest of us don't care.

Rabidlamb

bluewolf wrote: »

go away

What goes on in Libertaire & why can't I enter it, I'm intrigued & a little aroused.

danslevent

I always forget it is Ash Wednesday and the first person I see with the ash on their heads makes me initially think they are dirty :P

No ash wednesday threads, that's what

Sergeant

I wish there was some way we could identify these believers so we can stand in the street and mock them.

Where To

On the plus side I just got out of a speeding ticket. I was doing 100 in the 60 zone but the cop let me off because it's a fast day.

HondaSami

I went to mass this am, got the ashes, feel really good now.

1ZRed

Thanks for reminding me. I'm off to get stamped by the priest!

totsy88

who's idea was it to put ashes on the noggin and not eat pork on the same day?

Sounds like some pagan business to me.

iDave

I had meat for lunch
The world didnt end! Think I'll stay atheist based on todays evidence

hames

I have ashes on my forehead but I didn't see the need to start a thread about it. I don't understand the point of the OP.

I'm sick of all these paranoid references to the shackles of Catholicism. I'm not talking about Magdelene Laundries, or child abuse, or mysogeny. Just Catholicism in its everyday biblical and liturgical practice.

Most Catholics don't care about this kind of victimhood rhetoric, and most reasonable non believers don't care for it either in my experience.

upstairs for coffee

Unsettling to see children going around with ash on their forehead - being indoctrinated into an amoral organisation.

Insulting to see adults go around with ash on their forehead - showing their support for said amoral organisation.

Duggy747

Happy Ash Wednesday

GhostInTheRuins

I haven't seen anyone with dirty heads on them so far today. Encouraging sign.

pockets3d

Its the decline of western civilisation i tell ya !

candy-gal1

HASH wedensday no?!

totsy88

Duggy747 wrote: »

Happy Ash Wednesday

Is that your idea of jesus. mass must of been fun for u.

CreepingDeath

iDave wrote: »

I had meat for lunch
The world didnt end! Think I'll stay atheist based on todays evidence

I don't know... the Vatican was struck by lightning twice a couple of hours after the Pope resigned... Vatican Lightning Strike Link

Baneblade

and you had to go ruin it by starting this thread

Duggy747

totsy88 wrote: »

Is that your idea of jesus. mass must of been fun for u.

Boring as shìte, acutally.

Rabidlamb

bluewolf wrote: »

No ash wednesday threads, that's what

I've searched & even boards has never heard of it
http://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?query=Libertaire

Sounds like some dark web secret freeman society, can I join ?, is there an initiation ?, I'm available most days except Thursdays, Thursday is my internet porn day.

1ZRed

There was a poll brought in to ban the use of the "thinly veiled" posts and it's high fucking time the same was brought in to get rid of 95% of these fuking annoying religious threads!!

They're always so pointless and the same shit talk, for and against, has circled 95,761 times by now without anything new being added!

HondaSami

1ZRed wrote: »

There was a poll brought in to ban the use of the "thinly veiled" posts and it's high fucking time the same was brought in to get rid of 95% of these fuking annoying religious threads!!

They're always so pointless and the same shit talk, for and against, has circled 95,761 times by now without anything more to add!

Maybe if the people who did not like religion ignored the threads it would be ok and the people who don't have a problem with it can post without the usual crap been thrown at them.

gobnaitolunacy

Same reason there's no exciting Stations of the Cross/Rosary/Mass threads.

All the above about as much fun as a poke in the eye with a pointy stick.

1ZRed

HondaSami wrote: »

Maybe if the people who did not like religion ignored the threads it would be ok and the people who don't have a problem with it can post without the usual crap been thrown at them.

Maybe if more people posted them in their respective forums more often there wouldn't be any problems at all

alph

what's an "Ash Wednesday"?

gobnaitolunacy

alph wrote: »

what's an "Ash Wednesday"?

Something to do with Cricket?:D

Robbo

Vatican City related threads in the Vatican City board, obviously.

HondaSami

1ZRed wrote: »

Maybe if more people posted them in their respective forums more often there wouldn't be any problems at all

Do up a list of what's allowed in AH there for us, it would be great if we were all singing of the same hymn sheet.

krudler

I havent seen anyone with ashes on either today, you'd usually see a few people around

vektarman

Rabidlamb wrote: »

What goes on in Libertaire & why can't I enter it, I'm intrigued & a little aroused.

Too much info....

Brendan Flowers

hames wrote: »

I have ashes on my forehead but I didn't see the need to start a thread about it. I don't understand the point of the OP.

I'm sick of all these paranoid references to the shackles of Catholicism. I'm not talking about Magdelene Laundries, or child abuse, or mysogeny. Just Catholicism in its everyday biblical and liturgical practice.

Most Catholics don't care about this kind of victimhood rhetoric, and most reasonable non believers don't care for it either in my experience.

Its funny, some of these die-hard atheists are just as bad as some religious nuts for trying to force their beliefs/non-beliefs on to others.

People like the OP need to just f**k off and let people do what they want with their own lives, whether thats to follow a religion or not, or even, as Dara O'Briain would say "be Catholic in the sense that I hate Rangers!"

c_man

"Brimful of Asha" song now stuck in head.

Jaxxy

danslevent wrote: »

I always forget it is Ash Wednesday and the first person I see with the ash on their heads makes me initially think they are dirty :P

This for me, or one Ash Wed when I'd started working in town I thought to myself that I'd seen an inordinate amount of people with facial birthmarks walking around. Serious blonde moment!

But yeah, this day, like many others, passes me by without causing me any concern.

Rothko

I had forgotten it was Ash Wednesday until I saw this thread. Shows how much I care about it.

ejmaztec

I thought another 5 bed luxury residence had been torched.

upstairs for coffee

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

Its funny, some of these die-hard atheists are just as bad as some religious nuts for trying to force their beliefs/non-beliefs on to others.

People like the OP need to just f**k off and let people do what they want with their own lives, whether thats to follow a religion or not, or even, as Dara O'Briain would say "be Catholic in the sense that I hate Rangers!"

Never ever met a die hard atheist.

So what you are saying is that you want to bury your head in the sand. You want to just look the other way. Sure why not just let the Nazi's "do what they want".

I despise organised religion and the fact that they have had such a foothold in Irish society sickens me. So no, I won't just look the other way until this corrupt, amoral, purveyors of destruction take their lies and hypocracies and leave my country.

Pilotdude5

I refused getting the ashes back in secondary school, and people looked at me funny. That was 2008.

jester77

Ah balls, so yesterday was pancake Tuesday :eek:

will have to make up for it on the weekend.

o1s1n

1ZRed wrote: »

Maybe if more people posted them in their respective forums more often there wouldn't be any problems at all

If people did this will all threads and their respective forums, After Hours wouldn't exist.

ejmaztec

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Never ever met a die hard atheist.

So what you are saying is that you want to bury your head in the sand. You want to just look the other way. Sure why not just let the Nazi's "do what they want".

I despise organised religion and the fact that they have had such a foothold in Irish society sickens me. So no, I won't just look the other way until this corrupt, amoral, purveyors of destruction take their lies and hypocracies and leave my country.

That's a bit die hard.:eek:

Deank

1ZRed wrote: »

Thanks for reminding me. I'm off to get stamped slammed by the priest!

FYP

.jacksparrow.

What a crock of ****.

hames

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Never ever met a die hard atheist.

So what you are saying is that you want to bury your head in the sand. You want to just look the other way. Sure why not just let the Nazi's "do what they want".

Catholics are not actually inflicting torture and derision on minorities like the Nazis did; just because many Catholic institutions did so in the past does not mean that they did so as part of the legitimate Catholic faith; quite the opposite.

You can't just call someone a Nazi because you disagree with them. I want to get on with my faith as a private endeavour, in my own time, without harming anyone. What precisely is your problem with that kind of thing, which happens up and down the country and comes down to free personal choice? Isn't that the sort of freedom we should all be encouraging as an open, liberal society?

Deank

hames wrote: »

Catholics are not actually inflicting torture and derision on minorities like the Nazis did; just because many Catholic institutions did so in the past does not mean that they did so as part of the legitimate Catholic faith; quite the opposite.

You can't just call someone a Nazi because you disagree with them. I want to get on with my faith as a private endeavour, in my own time, without harming anyone. What precisely is your problem with that kind of thing, which happens up and down the country and comes down to free personal choice? Isn't that the sort of freedom we should all be encouraging as an open, liberal society?

I suppose you could say the same about Scientology then :rolleyes:

ejmaztec

Deank wrote: »

I suppose you could say the same about Scientology then :rolleyes:

I doubt it.

Deank

ejmaztec wrote: »

I doubt it.

It's all brain washing and conditioning no matter what way you look at it, remove religion and you remove a lot of conflict and wars, we don't need to look to far to see the impact it has had on our own society.

The King of Moo

I'm giving up being a liberal for Lent.

Prisoners need to do hard labour. It's the only language these scrotes understand. Some people are just born vermin and no amount of making excuses about their background and not getting enough hugs as a kid can change that.

Except for that one guy importing garlic who tried to avoid paying loads of tax.
He's great.

Deank wrote: »

I suppose you could say the same about Scientology then :rolleyes:

Not really, no. You can't be a private Scientologist as you first have to pay to learn of the church's teachings, then you're involved with the church which employs heavy-handed techniques to indoctrinate and abuse its members, and make it very hard to leave.

You can freely look up the teachings of most major religions and choose to live by them without any official involvement.

ejmaztec

Deank wrote: »

It's all brain washing and conditioning no matter what way you look at it, remove religion and you remove a lot of conflict and wars, we don't need to look to far to see the impact it has had on our own society.

Remove anything you like, but you're still left with human nature, unless you start brainwashing and conditioning people.