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2. Oh, yes, Catholics always put on a great show.

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:03 PM

Mar 2019

The costumes alone are absolutely fabulous. Some people are very attracted to ceremony and ritual. Many fraternal organizations are like that, too.

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Ahh, yes...Ash Wednesday... [View all] Mr.Bill Mar 2019 OP

It's all a show PJMcK Mar 2019 #1

Oh, yes, Catholics always put on a great show. Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #2

Not just Catholics unc70 Mar 2019 #3

I knew about Episcopalians (Catholic lite) but not Methodists. n/t Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #5

Public piety. trotsky Mar 2019 #4

Eh, more hamburgers for me on Fridays TlalocW Mar 2019 #6

I hated fish and still do - I dreaded Fridays. rurallib Mar 2019 #13

Yeah, I ran into a couple smudged foreheads at the store today. progressoid Mar 2019 #8

Eye rolling is persecution Cartoonist Mar 2019 #9

You are so right. progressoid Mar 2019 #11

not just Catholics handmade34 Mar 2019 #10

Tribalism requires the labeling of both members and outsiders. lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #12

The day people can show edhopper Mar 2019 #15