Give up your iPod for Lent, bishops urge

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 2/16/10 | Kylie MacLellan

[NormsRevenge]

LONDON (Reuters) – British church leaders are encouraging people to give up their iPods for Lent, instead of more traditional vices such as chocolate, to help save the planet.

The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, and the Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, are among those calling for a carbon fast for Lent -- a period ahead of Easter which Christians traditionally consider a time of penance and reflection -- which begins on Wednesday.

As well as spending a day without using technology such as mobile phones or iPods, the 46 daily suggestions also include eating by candlelight, cutting meat and vegetables thinner so they cook faster and flushing the toilet less often.

[Northern Yankee]

These people no long seem to worship God but mother earth.

Good grief!

[GWB00]

I would, but about the only thing I listen to on my Ipod is Christian podcast teachings. It sort of would defeat my edification.

[doc1019]

give up their iPods for Lent

Jesus will be pleased. /s

[stainlessbanner]

carbon fast

I'll do that as soon as Prof Jones gets his data organized

[Tamar1973]

the 46 daily suggestions also include eating by candlelight, cutting meat and vegetables thinner so they cook faster and flushing the toilet less often.

That's not penance, that's a strange combination of frugality, mother-earth worship and health code violations.

[doc1019]

Giving up sin for lint would see more appropriate.

[Grizzled Bear]

British church leaders are encouraging people to give up their iPods for Lent, instead of more traditional vices such as chocolate, to help save the planet.

Some of us have an MP3 version of the Bible on our iPod. Does the Bishop really want us to give that up?

The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, and the Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, are among those calling for a carbon fast for Lent

Pardon me, but what "god" does this Bishop worship?

...the 46 daily suggestions also include eating by candlelight, cutting meat and vegetables thinner so they cook faster and flushing the toilet less often.

Alright. This "Bishop" is beginning to "weird me out!"

[HiTech RedNeck]

Jesus wasn’t tempted for forty days in the desert to learn how to live more greenly.

[HiTech RedNeck]

One pet peeve of mine is folks that are so engrossed in their iWhatever that they don’t notice whom they are about to walk into. Jesus doubtless approves remembering Lent with a fresh resolution to public courtesy :-)

[montomike]

Which one?...My Touch, my Classic, or my Shuffle

[Onelifetogive]

...and flushing the toilet less often.

But not at church, I presume...

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I can’t stand the damned things anyway ... the little wires get stuck between my teeth.

[doc1019]

Giving up something for a week to appease GOD is something that peeves me. If there is something that you should give up for a week to placate GOD, why are you doing it for the other 51 weeks of the year?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Silly, Lent is a 40 day period unless the Episcopal Church has voted to shorten it to a week (and I wouldn’t be surprised).

[doc1019]

Sorry, my time figures are wrong, but my premise is still strong. As a protestant, I’m not all that familiar with the concept of “lent”.

[Fractal Trader]

Anglican Ping

[HiTech RedNeck]

Er, all the mainline protestant churches know about Lent. Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist etc. As for the premise being strong, yeah it is strong like in stinks. The idea is the commemoration of Jesus being willing to undergo a 40 day period of austere living (actually went without food according to the bible account) by giving up some thing or item of privilege yourself. If you’re thinking of “appeasing” God rather than being sympatico, you’re not even in the same book let alone on the same page.

[bamahead]

Tech ping

[Star Traveler]

They’re nuts... I’m not giving up my iPod any time soon... LOL...