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1 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 85401 | ||
Emmaus Turning to my trusty Webster dictionary, I find two definitions for meat: 1 - Food 2 - The flesh of animals, especially of mammals. Checking on the definition of animal, the first definition is: any living organism except a plant or bacterium, typically able to move about. So ---- based on my interpretation of Webster's definition, it looks like fish is meat. New Creature |
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2 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 85431 | ||
New Creature, Why is making your point so important that you would ignore the even the Webster's definition that says "the flesh of animals, especially of mammals", which are as I described warm blood animals? And why did you leave out Websters inclusion of the edible part of a nut in its hird desciption of meat? A you say, it is certainly your interpretation of Websters's definition, not Webster's definition of meat that matters most to you. Emmaus |
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3 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 85458 | ||
Emmaus It was not my intention to get into a long drawn out argument on this subject. Once again I only offer my personal thoughts and opinions on the matter. I am of the opinion that neither the Catholic church, nor Webster, science or even myself for that matter, is the final authority on this subject. This I know Strip away the hide of cattle and underneath you have flesh and bones and blood and internal organs. Strip away the feathers from fowl, and underneath you have flesh, and bones and blood, and internal organs Strip away the scales and skin of a fish and underneath you find flesh and bones and blood and internal organs. Go to a grocery store, and you have to go to the MEAT section of the food market to purchase the above mentioned MEATS. Go to a restaurant and look at the main entree on the menus. Included are the various main entree's - pork, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, etc. The prices vary on the menu, depending on which meat you seclect to go with your potatoe, and veggies. Go to a wine store and they will tell you which wine goes good with the various MEATS mentinoed above. I very well may be wrong, but I still maintain my personal opinion on the matter. I respect others differing opinions on this subject as well. New Creature |
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4 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | reilly1041 | 85525 | ||
New Creature, This may blow you away, but my grandfather (now deceased) defined "chicken as chicken, meat as meat", and would happily eat chicken on Fridays during Lent, while still honoring (in his mind) the Catholic doctrine of abstaining from meat. I think the important point to remember is that the Catholic practice to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent has a very valid and honorable purpose: to keep Jesus and his ultimate sacrifice of Good Friday in the hearts and minds of His followers. The Catholic Church has defined the abstaining of meat as Emmaus listed it. The details aren't as important, especially if you are not Catholic (as it appears you are not). The important point is that it is simply a means of keeping the focus on Jesus and His sacrifice during the important preparation period called Lent. I hope I explained it correctly, Emmaus! Emmaus, I may be almost ex-Catholic, but I'm not anti-Catholic!! :) reilly |
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5 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 85527 | ||
Reilly, Your explanation of the Friday abstinance from meat ("keep Jesus and his ultimate sacrifice of Good Friday in the hearts and minds of His followers") is exactly right to the point. Emmaus |
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