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    Whatever Americans touch becomes a circus


    Whatever Americans touch becomes a circus

    by MrJasonMason

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    2. Bulky_Specialist9645 on

      “When you fast, do not look somber **as the hypocrites do**, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:16-18

    7. Honest_Relation4095 on

      I have seen it occasionally, but usually it was just school children. It’s not very common in general.

    8. Galumphing-Galoshes on

      Wahlberg needs more than ash on his forehead to make up for his sins.

      Beats the snot out of people on multiple occasions (that he was caught on, who knows how many went unreported) and still tries to get a pardon for the convictions in 2014.

    11. alBoy54 on

      I grew up in Ireland and this is very common. But Wahlberg happening to do a TV interview on ash Wednesday? Performative

    18. TheSheWhoSaidThats on

      Ashes on Ash Wednesday is *extremely* common. The Pope himself absolutely gets them and the tweeter saying they never noticed *anyone* in Italy getting them means they’re lying or not very observant. Having them intentionally smudged this darkly as if with charcoal rather than ash for tv purposes, however, is clearly performative. It’s usually a small smudge like.. you know… ash.

    21. Ergonim on

      i grew up in a germany and visited a catholic gymnasium. This was common practice for everyone in our school (even tho most students just rubbed it of after they got it)

    22. cardboardtube_knight on

      Pretty sure it originated with the early church and there are Catholics overseas who observe Ash Wednesday this way, you’re not required to keep them on though.

      Also, how is this a circus? People only say this kind of goofy shit because it’s about Christianity. If someone did this about a tradition in any other religion you’d be called out for it. The more damning thing here isn’t what’s on their foreheads—it’s the fact that they’re on Fox and Friends

    23. _rkf on

      In Italy, ash is sprinkled on your head, not put on your forehead, so it makes sense she has never seen it.

    26. sovereignem on

      I work in a Catholic and we did this on Ash Wednesday, so that’s a bit of bullshit. But with how dark they are, definitely performative.

    27. Wolfjirn on

      *sigh* wearing ashes the whole day on Ash Wednesday is super common for Catholics. It’s a tradition that dates back centuries. Catholics do this every year… is it a little strange sure, but this is standard for Catholics world wide…

    30. DennisAFiveStarMan on

      I literally cannot escape Mark Walberg and his shitty pay to pray adverts on YouTube lately.

    31. Jake_The_Socialist on

      Americans are desperately trying to undo the Reformation like they undid the Enlightenment.

    33. CrouchingToaster on

      The more I get ads for marky marks church app the more I’m convinced he’s real life Mac from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    34. McDuchess on

      That is such BS. Back when I was Catholic, the ashes were not in a giant cross.

      Bets they did it themselves. Which is a kind of blasphemy, of course.

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