Drive-thru ashes!

[Thor]

A local church in my area had a priest stand by the side of the road rubbing ashes on the heads of people too busy to attend church yesterday.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/artic...s-than-one

What's next? A drive-thru funeral?

I always get a kick out of Ass Wednesday. Whenever I see a twit with ashes on their forehead I always say, "You have some dirt on your forehead. You might wanna wash that off."

[Welsh cake]

Dare I ask where the ashes are actually supplied from?

[theVOID]

The Lybian rebels.

[Welsh cake]

^You're just too bad for these forums. XD

It's ludicrous when Christians quote God's curse from Genesis "Dust you are and to dust you shall return" when they also believe people have immortal souls.

So which one is it? Are we by God's design mortal or immortal? It seems they can't decide which beliefs are better to advertise.

[Thor]

Dare I ask where the ashes are actually supplied from?

Supposedly, they burn the palm fronds left over after Easter service and use the ashes for the following Ass Wednesday. But who knows for sure? Could be from cigarettes smoked by the priests after boffing altar boys.

[Minimalist]

I always get a kick out of Ass Wednesday.

Now THAT sounds like a really good idea.

[Dotard]

On ash wednesday I get a kick out of going up to people with that ash mark and in all seriousness say;

"Excuse me sir/ma'am. I don't know if you are aware you have some dirt on your face."

[ozgoat]

A local church in my area had a priest stand by the side of the road rubbing ashes on the heads of people too busy to attend church yesterday.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/artic...s-than-one

What's next? A drive-thru funeral?

I always get a kick out of Ass Wednesday. Whenever I see a twit with ashes on their forehead I always say, "You have some dirt on your forehead. You might wanna wash that off."

I have to admit that I've never heard of this strange ritual! To think that Christians used to convert "the savages" away from their "strange" rituals!

The things people do in the name of religion.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I have to admit that I've never heard of this strange ritual! To think that Christians used to convert "the savages" away from their "strange" rituals!

Ash Wednesday; marks the beginning of Lent.

Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.

According to the Canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent forty days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan.[1][2] Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this forty day liturgical period of prayer and fasting.

Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.[3]

This practice is common in much of Christendom, being celebrated by Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Anglicans.[4][5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

[Thor]

I have to admit that I've never heard of this strange ritual! To think that Christians used to convert "the savages" away from their "strange" rituals!

The things people do in the name of religion.

Well, it's no sillier than sprinkling "holy water", dumping water on a baby's head, spreading oil on someone's forehead, confessing your "sins" in a booth, or eating a wafer and calling it "the body of Christ".

Christianity is full of moronic rituals.