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Catholic Archbishop Declares Alligator Seafood for Lent
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| March 27, 2013
| Kiri Tannenbaum
Posted on 03/27/2013 1:17:45 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: markomalley
My mother always served tuna or fish sticks. :)
We have either fish or shellfish for dinner. I often skip either breakfast or lunch. It's really only difficult if we are attending a dinner function, but with so many vegetarians these days, I can usually find something.
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posted on
03/27/2013 4:25:31 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: D-fendr
Oh, I understand your post well enough but neither is so just because an archbishop declares it to be so.
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posted on
03/27/2013 4:31:09 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: ArrogantBustard
Some people who are not members of Group X like to make mountains out of Group X’s molehills.
I see what you mean. But at the same time some episode or another of "The X Files" is what's always on t.v. around here...
Try thinking of some of the comments being like bad re-runs of Mystery Science Theater 3000
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posted on
03/27/2013 4:38:49 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(the beatings will continue until morale improves)
To: Alex Murphy
If alligator is seafood then Hippopotomous can’t be far behind...Them crazy Catholics...
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posted on
03/27/2013 4:46:55 PM PDT
by
Iscool
To: count-your-change
Are you suggesting Jesus was a fish?
To: Iscool
If you are suggesting that alligators are mammals or birds, i’m afraid it is not the Catholics who are crazy.
To: SoothingDave
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:09:19 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: Alex Murphy; Gamecock; F15Eagle
What about nutria? They're a kind of fish, aren't they?
To: trisham
We have either fish or shellfish for dinner I always found it ironic when people went out for King Crab or Lobster on Fridays (doesn't quite seem consistent with the idea of fasting...even mildly...does it?)
But, hey, it's something.
Maybe this country will return to that year 'round (like they recently did in, of all places, the UK)
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:17:37 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: count-your-change
neither is so just because an archbishop declares it to be so.That compounds the irony of your 'believe' post since Jesus is the one saying so about Holy Eucharist that you don't believe. That change in belief came first from "Archbishop" Zwingli. So, I don't think it is a matter of authority here.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:50:41 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
If you or the archbishop want to call an alligator a fish...welcome to it. Call an alligator anything you wish. It doesn’t make it so.
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posted on
03/27/2013 8:41:12 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: count-your-change
I don’t think you missed the point yet again.
Why bring something up if you don’t want to avoid it?
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posted on
03/27/2013 8:45:28 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: count-your-change
Rather: Why bring something up if you don’t want to avoid it?
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posted on
03/27/2013 8:47:02 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
Maybe you should get some sleep and come back later.
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posted on
03/27/2013 9:42:21 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: count-your-change
I’m good, but thanks for your concern.
Maybe you should rest more or at least hesitate before posting a gratuitous insult.
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posted on
03/27/2013 9:50:28 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
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posted on
03/27/2013 11:39:36 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: SoothingDave
If you are suggesting that alligators are mammals or birds, i’m afraid it is not the Catholics who are crazy.Well they sure ain't seafood...
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posted on
03/28/2013 5:12:35 AM PDT
by
Iscool
To: Iscool
The point is that they are not “meat,” as defined in canon law.
To: markomalley
Eating seafood on Fridays may not always seem like much of a sacrifice, but I would like to make the case that it is. It can be inconvenient, difficult or even impossible to find seafood at an event or function. Even private events are difficult to impossible. I can skip breakfast or lunch, but when we are out with friends or acquaintances, fasting isn’t an option. Imho, what I am doing by giving up meat on Fridays is a private observation, not something that should be obvious to those around me.
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posted on
03/28/2013 7:15:34 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: count-your-change; Alex Murphy; metmom
Call an alligator anything you wish. It doesn’t make it so. Kind of undermines the whole premise of the Catholic Church.
"It's not a divorce, it's an annulment!"
"We are pro-life! Welcome to communion abortionist pols!"
"Priests can't marry" (Never mind that the "first Pope" was married!)
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posted on
03/28/2013 7:48:31 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(He is Risen!)
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