Comments on: Meatless Friday http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/ Living One Day At A Time Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: lucia http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1040 lucia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1040 i go meatless every friday. :) but you are right, this has not been a strict practise in these days. example, if on a friday a friend happen to invite me for her wedding or birthday celebration where there'll be meat, it's ok to take meat. anyway it's no point when one fast from something one doesn't like. i mean if one doesn't like meat, the significance of fasting from meat is lost. i go meatless every friday. :) but you are right, this has not been a strict practise in these days. example, if on a friday a friend happen to invite me for her wedding or birthday celebration where there’ll be meat, it’s ok to take meat.

anyway it’s no point when one fast from something one doesn’t like. i mean if one doesn’t like meat, the significance of fasting from meat is lost.

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You must have meant abstinence as opposed to fasting. I have to disagree with you on that. When you abstain from something you do not like, there is still a point to be made. You are making a conscious attempt to fulfill whatever purpose that abstinence was intended for, be it religious or for health reasons. Not liking it makes it easier but does not diminish its significance.

]]> By: lucia http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1042 lucia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1042 yes i mean abstinence, and i'm talking on the religious point of view. i disagree on what you disagree. :) i still feel when one abstain from something one does not like (not only eating but other things like watching tv), the significance of abstinence is totally gone. usually when one abstain from eating something or from doing something, it is sort of sacrifice/penance, but if you, for example do not like chicken at all and you abstain from eating chicken, where is the sacrifice/penance? yes i mean abstinence, and i’m talking on the religious point of view.

i disagree on what you disagree. :) i still feel when one abstain from something one does not like (not only eating but other things like watching tv), the significance of abstinence is totally gone.

usually when one abstain from eating something or from doing something, it is sort of sacrifice/penance, but if you, for example do not like chicken at all and you abstain from eating chicken, where is the sacrifice/penance?

]]> By: Peter http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1043 Peter Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1043 Lucia, As I mentioned in my entry, abstinence on Fridays for me is not only for religious purposes but for health and as a form of escapism from the drag of the other days of the week. I do not fancy eating meat but I need the protein in controlled doses for the nutrition it provides. In this sense, going meatless on Fridays is significant to me. Lucia,
As I mentioned in my entry, abstinence on Fridays for me is not only for religious purposes but for health and as a form of escapism from the drag of the other days of the week. I do not fancy eating meat but I need the protein in controlled doses for the nutrition it provides. In this sense, going meatless on Fridays is significant to me.

]]> By: lucia http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1044 lucia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/09/24/meatless-friday/#comment-1044 ok, peter, yes in your case it is different so i understand the significance for you. however in other cases, like me for example, what i said stand. ok, peter, yes in your case it is different so i understand the significance for you. however in other cases, like me for example, what i said stand.

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