[boatbums]

Maybe you didn't notice the title of this thread:

"Why I Don't Observe Lent"

Nobody is demanding you either read it OR agree with it. Got it?

[boatbums]

Why is it FRoman Catholics can freely and gleefully dominate the Religion Forum on all the wonders and greatness of Lent but a non-Catholic posting a thread trying to explain why one doesn't observe it like they do is spammed, derided, insulted and the thread is virtually taken over by them???

Nobody - not even the author - denies the place and benefits of fasting in a Christian's life. So why the blasting and blustering just because someone discusses the history of the practice and why one chooses to observe it differently? We have some blatant, anti-anyone-but-Catholic-Christians here and it becomes pretty obvious when one dares post something like this. I wonder why the panic? What are they afraid of?

[MamaB]

You are right. No one makes anyone read any thread on here. God bless.