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(98,883 posts) Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:40 PM Feb 2020

Chicago Archdiocese says no to veggie burgers during Lent [View all]

"As Ash Wednesday begins the Lenten season, the Chicago Archdiocese has said that soy or fake protein-based “meat” are not alternatives for Catholics.
Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays but eating a veggie burger isn’t a viable alternative. However, plant-based meats don’t contain animal flesh, reported the Chicago Tribune."

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/chicago-archdiocese-says-no-to-veggie-burgers-during-lent/

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Chicago Archdiocese says no to veggie burgers during Lent [View all] still_one Feb 2020 OP

WTF Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #1

exactly still_one Feb 2020 #2

Because suffering is the point FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #8

lol still_one Feb 2020 #22

then you just fast, not do any of this half-assed no meat thing... Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #32

Its awful, mmbrevo Feb 2020 #61

But they can eat expensive fish and seafood? LisaM Feb 2020 #3

Must have gotten a kickback from Mrs. Paul's Freddie Feb 2020 #4

Or conglomerate owned Gortons. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #21

I would love to see their faces when they die maxrandb Feb 2020 #5

Hmm... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #6

OMG!! Laughing so hard I'm crying! Thanks for making my day!! cornball 24 Feb 2020 #11

Oh... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #13

Welp... mbusby Feb 2020 #34

LOL - I must share this! KT2000 Feb 2020 #49

That makes no sense at all C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #7

They don't want anyone finding a loophole in their absolute power over us FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #10

It is about making a sacrifice. Newest Reality Feb 2020 #15

Beans are not meat C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #23

Ok. Newest Reality Feb 2020 #30

What bias? A vegetable patty is not meat. That's the plain reality of it. C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #35

If I were to say... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #39

I reshape my veggie burger into a fish stick C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #43

It is personal... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #50

Nom nom nomaste :-) C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #54

Tashi Delek! Newest Reality Feb 2020 #56

It's like Mossfern Feb 2020 #37

Yes, it is about making a sacrifce, and if they were talking Impossible Burgers, I'd see the point. LisaM Feb 2020 #27

Fish sticks or bust. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #9

party poopers trof Feb 2020 #12

Recalling George Carlin Zambero Feb 2020 #14

"I had a baloney sandwich." Kingofalldems Feb 2020 #24

Here, 2 patties for $6, it's a bit pricey irisblue Feb 2020 #16

As my mother used to say frazzled Feb 2020 #17

It's really not about the meat, but about making a sacrifice Goodheart Feb 2020 #18

I'm not sure salmon or shrimp or a filet o fish is a bigger sacrifice than fishwax Feb 2020 #20

Of course they're not. Like I said, religion is dumb. Goodheart Feb 2020 #25

the archdiocese didn't really say no fishwax Feb 2020 #19

RawStory strikes again jberryhill Feb 2020 #26

Succinct. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #28

Yes, but it got more hits than Manson was the lead drummer of the monkeys still_one Feb 2020 #62

Heh jberryhill Feb 2020 #64

+++. I do appreciate your words of wisdom. Seriously still_one Feb 2020 #67

Ah, thank you, that clears it up! LisaM Feb 2020 #29

Let's have Lobster instead nini Feb 2020 #31

If you are a member of an indigenous tribe, can you eat marine mammals on Fridays in Lent? jberryhill Feb 2020 #36

A sacrifice... Mendocino Feb 2020 #33

These are literally made from plants. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #38

I had two juicy pork sausages for breakfast, before I remembered it was Ash Wednesday, so that OnDoutside Feb 2020 #40

You're making me hungry. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #46

Rashers, two fried eggs, black and white pudding, a mound of toast and a mug of tea. OnDoutside Feb 2020 #51

You have no heart. You shall be plagued by buckets of unsalted, room temperature oatmeal. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #53

"I had Fish and Chips for dinner though !" Mariana Feb 2020 #65

It was...well maybe not for me ! I got it in the neck from my 13 year old OnDoutside Feb 2020 #69

I'm guessing seitan would be right out, as well al bupp Feb 2020 #41

In the same way a cracker transubstantiates into the meat... ret5hd Feb 2020 #42

"Transubstantiation: The REAL Impossible Burger" tishaLA Feb 2020 #47

Oh man...you know we're the going to hell. ret5hd Feb 2020 #66

So it's still ok to gnaw on those little chunks of Jesus? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #48

... leftstreet Feb 2020 #52

In compliance with religion in general MyNameGoesHere Feb 2020 #44

This is like during Passover tishaLA Feb 2020 #45

Fish: Meat Without Feet DinahMoeHum Feb 2020 #55

lololol, and people wonder why I am an atheist Celerity Feb 2020 #57

I gave up Church for Lent years ago. N/t alarimer Feb 2020 #58

Do priests have to give up edhopper Feb 2020 #59

Just one more of the 18,257 reasons I am an athiest. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #60

Yet the same Archdiocese (and many others) said it was ok to eat corned beef the last time Tanuki Feb 2020 #63

Meh, beats having them try to tell you Dagstead Bumwood Feb 2020 #68

Whatta dope. Mc Mike Feb 2020 #70