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Christina van Tets
cjvt at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 11 20:00:15 PDT 2000
<<<SNIP...I don't consider Lent to be really a fast, in comparison to other religions whom require you to spend days/weeks without food.>>>
Fast comes in lots of different varieties, depending on religious dogma, personal constitution and season. LEnt in my personal Roman Catholic upbringing was not necessarily a mainstream fasting. We restricted food intake and avoided foods, but was not a starvation thing. The (Christian) Orthodoxy has a far more stringent view of the Lenten season and fasting. You might find it interesting to read about their season of paschal preparation. . . it is pretty intense compared to most christian fasting practices, ans rivals others of non-christian traditions. No starvation fasting, but certainly demanding in today's world.
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