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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee
In my opinion (or more accurately in my belief), this is not a God thing. Just another man-made religious creation. Probably ordained by Pope Boniface XXXVI in 1583. Goes along with no meat of fridays, priest's not allowed to marry, hail marys, pergatory, etc., etc., etc., etc..
Brian
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Maybe it has more to do with the time of year. In the middle ages ... that's the time when everyone was fifty ... the food that was stored for winter was giving out at this time of the year; so, it is easier for people to fast when there was very little to eat. Perhaps it put a religious spin on the inevitable hungry times; maybe made people feel good about the bad times. It would be difficult to get people to fast at an all you can eat buffet, but much easier to get them to hold off eating if all that is available is a shrivelled up wiener (no filthy comments Flashy) and a piece of last weeks pizza.