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deltadad99
Feb 28, 2012, 11:17 PM
What position does the Religious Society of Friends take towards the celebration of Lent?

Wondergirl
Feb 28, 2012, 11:27 PM
If you Google the keywords Quakers and Lent, you will get a number of hits, such as --

Friends have traditionally shunned the traditional church calendar, not observing religious festivals such as Christmas, Lent, or Easter at particular times of the year, but instead believing that Christ's birth, crucifixion and resurrection should be commemorated every day of the year, not just on certain days, and that if something should or should not be done on certain days, this should be done all the year around and not just on those days. For example, many Quakers feel that fasting at Lent but then eating in excess at other times of the year is an act of hypocrisy, and therefore many Quakers, rather than observing Lent, live a simple lifestyle all the year round. These beliefs tie in with Friends' beliefs on sacraments and the belief that all of life is sacred. (from Religious Society of Friends ( Quaker ) | ReligionResourcesOnline.org (http://www.religionresourcesonline.org/different-types-of-religion/quaker.php))