Do people's parents still get thick about eating meat on Ash Wed/Good Friday?

andekwarhola · 15-02-2018 12:58AM

Do adults actually go out of their way to eat steak on Good Friday in order to sock it to the theists?

shamrock55 · 15-02-2018 01:01AM

My parents didn't give a ****e when I was young and I don't now,my kids had burgers for dinner tonight

15-02-2018 01:04AM

splinter65 wrote: »

Ah no omackeral , it’s a general rule on forums that posters who jump into a thread merely to correct someone else’s technical mistakes are grammar nazis.
That’s what you are. Don’t be ashamed of it. Own it.

I couldn't resist the irony. I don't care if people make spelling or grammar mistakes but when they're being pontificating sh*ts about something and saying things like ''your not educated'', you'll excuse me if I take the low hanging fruit.

On topic, back from a lovely meal with my darling gf. She had beef wellington, I had a rib eye steak cooked medium. It was amazing. A lot of folks were tucking into lovely meat dishes too judging by the nice aromas. Great to see the stranglehold of organised religion loosening year after year.

NIMAN · 15-02-2018 01:04AM

I was slightly miffed today.

I don't go along with this nonsense, and in this day and age surely its time the schools stopped it too, but alas no.

Another generation is being indoctrinated. If my kids decide to believe in an afterlife, I'm sure their diet or food choices aren't going to be an obstacle to getting into it?

mcmoustache · 15-02-2018 01:09AM

jimgoose wrote: »

I didn't say it was.

But a reptile can be a fish. Let's not get distracted here.

branie2 · 15-02-2018 01:13AM

mcmoustache wrote: »

But a reptile can be a fish. Let's not get distracted here.

Such as?

Bob_Marley · 15-02-2018 01:59AM

NIMAN wrote: »

I was slightly miffed today.

I don't go along with this nonsense, and in this day and age surely its time the schools stopped it too, but alas no.

Another generation is being indoctrinated. If my kids decide to believe in an afterlife, I'm sure their diet or food choices aren't going to be an obstacle to getting into it?

You don't understand it at all do you ?

Ash Wednesday, Lent, etc. is required for practicing Catholics only, no one else

And what's it to you if someone decides to give meat a break for one day ? Even if you are not religious, practicing self restraint and self discipline on a simple thing that you desire, but don't actually need for one day in the week, is not a bad thing, it's actually very good for you, and the more you practice it the easier it gets.

Bob_Marley · 15-02-2018 02:04AM

Sleepy wrote: »

I have a bag of FX Buckleys finest fillet steak beside me right now. Looking forward to dinner tonight!

My mother would expect no less, I've been a devout atheist for over 2 decades at this stage.

You do realise the requirement for lent etc. is only for practicing Catholics and no one else ?

NIMAN · 15-02-2018 04:23AM

Bob_Marley wrote: »

You don't understand it at all do you ?

Ash Wednesday, Lent, etc. is required for practicing Catholics only, no one else

And what's it to you if someone decides to give meat a break for one day ? Even if you are not religious, practicing self restraint and self discipline on a simple thing that you desire, but don't actually need for one day in the week, is not a bad thing, it's actually very good for you, and the more you practice it the easier it gets.

I do understand it.

My children are practicing Catholics, and I just think it is daft in this day and age to start putting this nonsensical stuff in their head.

I am well able to practice self restraint, I don't need the CC forcing it upon my children via their schooling.

the_syco · 15-02-2018 05:13AM

What else did your imaginary friend tell you to do?

15-02-2018 05:54AM

My Mother is not religious and is a vegetarian. So no. I don’t think I know anyone that avoids meat on good Friday... Didn’t even know you’re not supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday tbh!

splinter65 · 15-02-2018 09:42AM

Omackeral wrote: »

I couldn't resist the irony. I don't care if people make spelling or grammar mistakes but when they're being pontificating sh*ts about something and saying things like ''your not educated'', you'll excuse me if I take the low hanging fruit.

On topic, back from a lovely meal with my darling gf. She had beef wellington, I had a rib eye steak cooked medium. It was amazing. A lot of folks were tucking into lovely meat dishes too judging by the nice aromas. Great to see the stranglehold of organised religion loosening year after year.

I’m glad you and your girlfriend had a lovely Valentines meal but ...err.. you do realize that the Black fast thing wasn’t ever mandated by the State or anything like that? It was only ever a Catholic thing? It’s not as if the Spanish Inquisition were ever going to burst in the door and arrest the restaurateur for even being open!
What made my day yesterday was a lovely young priest bringing me my blessed ashes at work, to my office, I didn’t even have to get out of my chair !
So you see, you do your thing, and I’ll do mine.

15-02-2018 10:13AM

Science bless you Splinters.

splinter65 · 15-02-2018 10:17AM

Omackeral wrote: »

Science bless you Splinters.

And God bless you this Lent and Easter omackeral.

Penn · 15-02-2018 10:19AM

I remember my father being furious years ago that I ate meat on Ash Wednesday, yet he was more furious at the college for serving meat than at me for eating it (I think he knew my stance on religion by that point).

He was angry that a college in Ireland served meat on Ash Wednesday because they shouldn't be offering people that choice. Even when I made the point that a large percentage of the college were non-Catholic due to either being from a different religion or being foreign, he just couldn't get his head around it.

Nowadays he doesn't really give a sh*t about it though. He'll still not eat meat or anything, but what other people do doesn't bother him as much.

Widdershins · 15-02-2018 10:37AM

My parents weren't religious in the first place.

To my intense amusement I was chastised for not observing other peoples feast and abstinence days, in my own home/life not theirs, this from a supposedly non observant daughter of a very enthusiastic Christian. I was lectured on my lack of respect etc etc.

mcmoustache · 15-02-2018 11:14AM

branie2 wrote: »

Such as?

Glad you asked. Alligators are considered fish to Catholics. Just like beavers.

Sleepy · 15-02-2018 11:25AM

Bob_Marley wrote: »

You do realise the requirement for lent etc. is only for practicing Catholics and no one else ?

And we've less and less of those in the country thank fuck.

Now, if we could just get them out of our education system all those "cultural" catholics could drop their pretense, the rest of our kids wouldn't have to be exposed to this nonsense and the few remaining practicing Catholics could quietly go about their religious observance.

whisky_galore · 15-02-2018 11:47AM

I still get grief from my mum for eating meat/not going to Mass, you'd swear the world would come to an end.

I got the 'not while you're living under my roof' (when I actually lived at home) and 'I raised you as a Catholic' spiel.

Everything for her revolves around religion. I rarely stay around at home very long as it's quite toxic, it nearly always ends in an argument about the 'R' word. At this stage of the game she's never going to accept that I've moved on.

Steve F · 15-02-2018 11:53AM

splinter65 wrote: »

Best tea ever. 2 slices of Brennans white sliced pan and a hot mug of tea TAE!!
Food of Gods .

Fixed it for you
If you're going down that route at least say it properly

Steve

whoopsadoodles · 15-02-2018 11:57AM

It never even occurred to me that yesterday was Ash Wednesday. I'm not in a Catholic country and I had murgh makhani for dinner which was yum. I had a vegetarian breakfast and lunch....so close. I don't think I've observed it in years. My mam still does and since she feeds my dad then he still does too but she'd make you a ham sambo if you wanted one.

El Tarangu · 15-02-2018 11:59AM

andekwarhola wrote: »

Do adults actually go out of their way to eat steak on Good Friday in order to sock it to the theists?

This thread is gas - a load of lads in their 30s and 40s bragging about how they don't need to do what their mammies tell them any more :cool:

housetypeb · 15-02-2018 12:43PM

El Tarangu wrote: »

This thread is gas - a load of lads in their 30s and 40s bragging about how they don't need to do what their mammies tell them any more :cool:

As opposed to grown men and women making their imaginary 3-in-one God happy by not eating meat on a Wednesday?

Mossy Monk · 15-02-2018 12:46PM

It's a silly tradition. Giving up items for lent is also in that category.

splinter65 · 15-02-2018 02:05PM

Sleepy wrote: »

And we've less and less of those in the country thank fuck.

Now, if we could just get them out of our education system all those "cultural" catholics could drop their pretense, the rest of our kids wouldn't have to be exposed to this nonsense and the few remaining practicing Catholics could quietly go about their religious observance.

I don’t know where your getting this “few” from 78%+ is a pretty big “few”!

splinter65 · 15-02-2018 02:08PM

El Tarangu wrote: »

This thread is gas - a load of lads in their 30s and 40s bragging about how they don't need to do what their mammies tell them any more :cool:

It would be even funnier if they weren’t still bringing their washing home at the weekend for the same mammy to do!

splinter65 · 15-02-2018 02:13PM

housetypeb wrote: »

As opposed to grown men and women making their imaginary 3-in-one God happy by not eating meat on a Wednesday?

Yes. Observing a religious tradition is a fairly normal practice for literally billions of people across the world, and across many religions.
Imagining as a grown man or woman that youre somehow one of the cool kids, and better, that youre socking it to “the man” because you don’t observe any religious tradition is actually very funny.

andekwarhola · 15-02-2018 02:43PM

housetypeb wrote: »

As opposed to grown men and women making their imaginary 3-in-one God happy by not eating meat on a Wednesday?

El Tarangu · 15-02-2018 02:52PM

housetypeb wrote: »

As opposed to grown men and women making their imaginary 3-in-one God happy by not eating meat on a Wednesday?

As opposed to just living their lives as they choose to, without the need for a round of backslaps from other bulletin board users.

housetypeb · 15-02-2018 02:55PM

splinter65 wrote: »

Yes. Observing a religious tradition is a fairly normal practice for literally billions of people across the world, and across many religions.
Imagining as a grown man or woman that youre somehow one of the cool kids, and better, that youre socking it to “the man” because you don’t observe any religious tradition is actually very funny.

You seem obsessed with the idea that anybody who doesn't agree with religion is doing it to be "cool".
I personally don't believe in any gods,not just your particular flavor of god.
If you were brought up in another region,you would probably be singing the praise's of Allah, Shiva, Prince Philip - worshiped as a god on some pacific island- while I would still be an atheist.
As for amusing.I class all the praying and repetitive chanting of the rosary as the same as a witch doctor dancing naked around a fire somewhere in a jungle,it has no practical affect but serves as a bonding technique between people who share the same beliefs.
You see the same thing when the Irish supporters are chanting "ole,ole" at matches.

Do people's parents still get thick about eating meat on Ash Wed/Good Friday?

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