Don't worry I don't really know what it is either, fortunately we have Wikipedia.
"Lent is the Christian observance of the liturgical year from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday."
Why is Ash Wednesday on a Tuesday?
Continued from Wikipedia: "The traditional purpose of Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial"
Sounds about as fun as a colonoscopy with a pineapple...
But since a lot of people today are "high holiday religious" they don't do it for the original reasons, they just give something up to make themselves think they are still upholding their religious beliefs.
Now, myself not being a religious man, I have questions about what you can and cannot give up for Lent.
For example, can I give up giving things up?
Maybe I could give up work (without giving up getting paid, and they'd have to go along with it because its my religious right)?
Are you allowed to give up adhering to the law?
I'd like to give up NOT drinking beer every day...
Like many things to do with religion, there's a few loop-holes...
But, if you HAD to give up something for 46 days...What would it be?
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