Quote (hATemOnkEy @ 18 Jul 2015 03:52)
I'm interested.
Do American Christians generally participate in Lent?
A lot of American Christians participate in their own brand of gross, self promotional practice of of fasting.
rather than going about a fast, that is or should be a quiet self denial.
Which typically means a vegan or at least vegetarian diet. They will give up a favorite item for the period of Lent.
But rather than the fast being a quiet (suffering) which you deal with with a smile and no outward sign of difference.
They like to compare and boast about what they are giving up, drawing attention to how hard their (ordeal) or fast is.
This action actually pushes them away from the true relationship that the fast is intended to draw them closer to.