алсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 days agoVegans are technically more ardent fasters than most orthodox Christiansmessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down116
arrow-up1-9arrow-down1message-squareVegans are technically more ardent fasters than most orthodox Christiansалсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoNot eating meat on some Fridays isn’t fasting… And that’s not even something all Christians do, pretty sure it’s just Catholics
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 days agoNot eating meat on some Fridays are a Jewish thing that continued into Christianity; Catholics observe it more than other types of Christians, but they are not the only ones that observe it.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agoBut that’s still not fasting…
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days agoI did not refute that point, only who abstains from eating meat on Fridays.
Not eating meat on some Fridays isn’t fasting…
And that’s not even something all Christians do, pretty sure it’s just Catholics
Not eating meat on some Fridays are a Jewish thing that continued into Christianity; Catholics observe it more than other types of Christians, but they are not the only ones that observe it.
But that’s still not fasting…
I did not refute that point, only who abstains from eating meat on Fridays.