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    #16
    Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

    Originally posted by B. de Corbin View Post
    OK, I give up.

    Obviously, you are unfit to be a Catholic. It's people like you that made the last Pope quit (does he get unemployment, I wonders?).

    Try being a pagan instead - you can just make stuff up...

    (Purple Rubber Ducky?)
    Sorry :P I was just expressing my confusion regarding the holiday, the whole ashes thing is new to me so it was unusual. I also couldn't understand why I needed them.


    *I was looking for something to put in the box, to see if it worked, and for some reason or another purple rubber duckies were on my mind, also, says "the Gerbil of Reality....."

    Originally posted by Eisheth View Post
    I moved these posts from the 'Thinking Thread' here because I know that there are more people wondering about this. Some of us are former Catholics so I figured, why not have it's own thread to explain and discuss this particular practice rather than derailing the existing topic.

    Now, that said... here's a short explanation from the wiki page. And yes, I know the stigma with wiki... but it's better than not knowing anything, or worse yet, not doing a search yourself.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday
    That actually made some sense, The general reason I got from the people sporting ashes was "because we are supposed to." which confused me.



    Also I am sorry for derailing the thinking thread!
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      #17
      Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

      Not gonna lie, I've never seen someone walk around with ashes on their forehead.


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        #18
        Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

        Originally posted by volcaniclastic View Post
        Not gonna lie, I've never seen someone walk around with ashes on their forehead.
        I was totally the odd person without ashes yesterday. I work in a Catholic hospital, I guess it's to be expected.
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        But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness.... Which could obviously only be redeemed by passing through the fiery inferno of my digestive tract.
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          #19
          Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

          Originally posted by volcaniclastic View Post
          Not gonna lie, I've never seen someone walk around with ashes on their forehead.
          Same here, but I've always wanted to.

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            #20
            Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

            I come from a catholic country and I've never heard about putting ashes in the forehead...
            "I was born from a Spark and Fire I became"

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              #21
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              Originally posted by Morrigan View Post
              I come from a catholic country and I've never heard about putting ashes in the forehead...
              I shall have to take photos next year then...
              http://catcrowsnow.blogspot.com/

              But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness.... Which could obviously only be redeemed by passing through the fiery inferno of my digestive tract.
              ~Jim Butcher

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                #22
                Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

                Originally posted by Morrigan View Post
                I come from a catholic country and I've never heard about putting ashes in the forehead...
                I grew up in a small town of about 2k population, in Germany. I think about 75%+ of the inhabitants were Catholic - my family included - and this was very much a prevalent thing there. However, maybe culture plays a role in this particular practice.
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                  #23
                  Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

                  My first encounter with this was at work,a fellow worker had the ashes on their forehead and my response was "You have something just there,and said I can clean that for you" That brought a response of NO!!!! don't touch it,and an explanation of why they had it there. So,it was something very new for me to understand.
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                    #24
                    Re: Ash Wednesday - Explain and Discuss

                    Originally posted by Maria de Luna View Post
                    I shall have to take photos next year then...
                    "I was born from a Spark and Fire I became"

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