Lent Is Ramadan For Christians
It’s not just Anglican Archbishops who are determined to make the transition painless:
Dutch Catholics have re-branded the Lent fast as the “Christian Ramadan” in an attempt to appeal to young people who are more likely to know about Islam than Christianity.
“The image of the Catholic Lent must be polished. The fact that we use a Muslim term is related to the fact that Ramadan is a better-known concept among young people than Lent,” says, Martin Van der Kuil, director the Catholic charity Vastenaktie.
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February 13th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
why don’t they just dump the “Christianity” tag and just call it “Western Islam” instead?
then everyone will be happy, won’t they…?
February 13th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
your granny sounds like a very wise woman!
February 13th, 2008 at 12:10 am
If they’re not going to Church then why would they do Lent? If they are in the Church then they would know what Lent is.
Sounds like the Church just wants to get in the press. As my granny used to say - beware of bandwagons - the wheels might come off.