Members Will Posted March 21, 2007 Members Share Posted March 21, 2007 Mardi Gras is a festival which is connected with the Roman Catholic Church. In practice, it is a party of revelry, where people dress up in colorful custoumes, dance, drink and party wildly. Given that this festival is pure revelry, and is connected with the RCC, no Bible-believing Christian should partake in it. Scripture has said that revelry is a sin, and he that partakes in it as a lifestyle with no remorse has proven himself to be a false believer and shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Nevertheless it is an excellent time to preach the gospel to the people. Excellent time to witness to your Catholic friends. Someday, God will put an end to Man's partying and revelry, and will execute judgment on all. Ready for His judgment? The RCC is against Mardis Gras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry Posted March 21, 2007 Members Share Posted March 21, 2007 The RCC is against Mardis Gras. :puzzled: They are the ones who invented it! Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of their Lent season. To the Catholic church (and some others), Lent is the period where we are supposed to fast and deprive ourselves of certain things - as a penance for our sins - however, the week or so before Lent (leading up to Mardi Gras) is a time of drunken revelry, debauchery, gross sinning - kind of a last free-for-all grab at sin before they need to do their penance and be religious for 40 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Posted March 21, 2007 Members Share Posted March 21, 2007 :puzzled: They are the ones who invented it! Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of their Lent season. To the Catholic church (and some others), Lent is the period where we are supposed to fast and deprive ourselves of certain things - as a penance for our sins - however, the week or so before Lent (leading up to Mardi Gras) is a time of drunken revelry, debauchery, gross sinning - kind of a last free-for-all grab at sin before they need to do their penance and be religious for 40 days. The RCC is very much against the drunken revelry and partying we know as Mardis Gras. That is the current information I have that comes from very devout Catholics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry Posted March 21, 2007 Members Share Posted March 21, 2007 Nothing like them trying to save face - however an individual Catholic's personal position does not outweigh the majority of Catholics in the world, or in a particular country. It is like the RCC killing people in the Crusades, various wars (including supporting Hitler as a loyal son of the RCC), and the Inquisitions, then stepping back and lamenting the hatred and destruction others have done in the past (in an attempt to redirect the blame elsewhere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Posted March 21, 2007 Members Share Posted March 21, 2007 Nothing like them trying to save face - however an individual Catholic's personal position does not outweigh the majority of Catholics in the world, or in a particular country. It is like the RCC killing people in the Crusades, various wars (including supporting Hitler as a loyal son of the RCC), and the Inquisitions, then stepping back and lamenting the hatred and destruction others have done in the past (in an attempt to redirect the blame elsewhere). This was not their personal position. They stated that this was the position of "The Church." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 The RCC may be "officially against" the extremes we see in Mardi Gras today - however, the RCC is where it came from, and those revelling in it in our day are just carrying it to the logical end. When they teach that it is okay to sin during the week of Mardi Gras, as long as penance is done during the 40 days of Lent, of course there will be those who actually do so - as a direct result of their teachings on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerryNumbers Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 Its a crying shame that anyone claiming to know God and Jesus would have anything at all to do with the Mardi Gras. If they're Christians, they surely have to be carnal minded Christians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Madeline Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 Its a crying shame that anyone claiming to know God and Jesus would have anything at all to do with the Mardi Gras. If they're Christians, they surely have to be carnal minded Christians. We read in verse 5, "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit". The contrast is between the flesh, i.e. the old nature, and the spirit, i.e. the new nature. The unbeliever does not have a new nature. Therefore, the phrase "to be carnally minded" speaks of unbelievers, whilst, to carry forth the contrast of the previous verse, those that "are after the spirit" are believers. In short, this is a contrast between believers, who live after the spirit, and unbelievers, who live after the flesh. As for the phrase, "carnal Christians" it is not found in the Word of God and therefore is really not worth consideration. I believe that Christians can be carnal at times, but not carnally minded. Love, Madeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted March 22, 2007 Administrators Share Posted March 22, 2007 When they teach that it is okay to sin during the week of Mardi Gras, as long as penance is done during the 40 days of Lent, of course there will be those who actually do so - as a direct result of their teachings on this. :goodpost: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwayner79 Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 The RCC may be "officially against" the extremes we see in Mardi Gras today - however, the RCC is where it came from, and those revelling in it in our day are just carrying it to the logical end. When they teach that it is okay to sin during the week of Mardi Gras, as long as penance is done during the 40 days of Lent, of course there will be those who actually do so - as a direct result of their teachings on this. Did I miss some source here? Is there a RCC teaching that says go sin and repent during lent? My understanding of lent is you are giving up something that is not sinful as a means of refocusing on your relationship with Christ leading up to Easter. It would be akin to our concept of fasting. Please cite this teaching of the RCC. I am the first to say there are problems with the RCC church, but lets not make up stuff just because their an easy target. (As a side note, I would suspect if you took the number of folks who participate in MG, and the number of Catholics in the United States, you would find the percentage quit small. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 It is the week of Mardi Gras here that the Catholic churches do their annual gambling and parties. The Catholic church DOES teach that penance is their way to pay for their sins - at times even in advance. Lent is their way to make up for their sins during the year, but especially the period prior to Lent. Go to Google, and do a search for: "Mardi Gras" + Catholic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Three Posted March 26, 2007 Members Share Posted March 26, 2007 Was anyone else disappointed that New Orleans was so enthusiastic to resume the role of hosting Mardi Gras, so soon after Katrina? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tim Posted March 26, 2007 Members Share Posted March 26, 2007 Was anyone else disappointed that New Orleans was so enthusiastic to resume the role of hosting Mardi Gras, so soon after Katrina? Was anyone suprised ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerryNumbers Posted March 27, 2007 Members Share Posted March 27, 2007 My answer is yes I was disappointed and no I was not surprised. But, it oblivious, sin is strongly on their mind and their big bucks comes from sinnners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted March 28, 2007 Members Share Posted March 28, 2007 Mardi Gras draws tourists and big dollars so there is no surprise they push this and I wasn't disappointed because I expected no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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