Radical Sacrifice
I think it's fair to say that I'm not a very disciplined person. It's fortunate for me that I don't have too many dangerous vices. (Unless you count baked bean abuse) I've never made a new year's resolution, I usually think it's a bit pointless. The same goes for giving things up for lent. Besides, people in the churches I grew up in were less inclined to follow such traditions.
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But now I'm a member of the Anglican Society in the university. In fact, I'm the treasurer, as of last Sunday. ('The money was just resting in my account' Fr. Ted Crilly) Anyway, hanging around with Anglicans, Methodists and Catholics, as I do occasionally these days, it came to my attention that some of the Methodists were giving up alcohol for lent and they were inviting others to do the same. I think it was said that it would be an act of solidarity with those suffering the effects of alcohol abuse. It seemed like a reasonable idea to me, and some of the people I know might benefit from a bit of abstinance, saying no more.
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So, I'm not going to give up alcohol for lent. For me, alcohol doesn't really appeal that much. I probably average about one pint of cider every two weeks, and I wouldn't miss it much. Therefore, I've decided, I'm going to give up cola, in all it's diabolical forms. Starting from whenever it is (1st March?) for forty(?) days, none of the following shall pass my lips:
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Coke/Diet/CherryPepsi/Diet/MaxDr PepperSupermarket brand colaAny others I can't think of...
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I will allow myself lemonade/Sprite - no need to go completely mad - but mainly I'll try to make sure I drink orange juice. I expect you all to quiz me when lent starts, to make sure I don't fall off the wagon.
posted by Rowland @ 2:17 am
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7 Comments:
I would count baked bean abuse.
Oh, I was hoping you'd cut me some slack on that one.
Besides, I thought I heard of alleged baked bean abuse by yourself once.
And on that great day, those to the left all cried out with one accord, "I was hoping you'd cut me some slack on that one".
'Thinking' you heard of 'alleged' abuse is twice removed from being certain of such abuse.
You've got nothing on me.
I don't know what to say to you now, Pete, except that it appears that 'those on the left' so revere my words that they corporately answer in the singular.
And you've conveniently ignored my counter-charge. Perhaps it's because you know the dangers of baked bean abuse that you take it more seriously than I do?
Hey, did you edit that? Or did I just miss it?
I suppose I'll have to give you the benefit of the doubt, because I don't think you would do that.
So, you didn't ignore my counter-charge. I apologise, and ask you to ignore my accusation that you ignored my first allegation.
Clear as mud? Speaking of which, if I throw enough, some might stick.
I think you told me that you like beans, you're on a slippery slope.
Nope, I didn't edit it.
Maybe those in the left didn't know that everyone else would say the same thing. Each individual spoke only for themselves, and it just so happened that they spoke in unison. Ever think of that?
I may have told you I like beans. I do. Much less than I used to, but I still quite like them from time to time. But then, I like a lot of things that I don't abuse. And the things I abuse you don't know about.
"Maybe those in the left didn't know that everyone else would say the same thing. Each individual spoke only for themselves, and it just so happened that they spoke in unison. Ever think of that?"
It did cross my mind, but I chose not to believe it. They must have felt strange when they realised what was going on.
Assuming that when you say you you like beans, you mean to eat, and not in some bizarre friendship, I bet the beans feel abused.
"And the things I abuse you don't know about."
That's mightily intriguing
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