Is fish considered meat? If so, how come mom let us (okay, made us) eat that on Fridays during lent?
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Katie
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Surely fish is fish and meat is meat as fruit is fruit and veg is veg
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To a vegetarian fish is meat and thus something they will not it. In the Catholic tradition fish is not considered meat and is acceptable to eat on Fridays during Lent.
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Some people don't consider fish meat; which I have never understood. I think that the sacrifice for Lent ought to be just that; a sacrifice. In modern countries like the U.S. we have meat available everyday and going with out it on Friday's during Lent is'nt a sacrifice. And having a big fish fry or crawfish boil like we have here in Louisiana is definitely not a sacrifice. If you want to fast for religious reasons then do what is meaningful to you not what is popular. Otherwise your just going hungry and it will mean nothing.
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As Catholics, we are to obstain on Fridays during Lent from the flesh of warm-blooded animals. Fish & seafood = cold-blooded, therefore acceptable and edible on such days.
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meat is muscle that is used by an animal, no matter the temperature of the blood that flows through it. So, next time you see a fish swimming remember that it is meat.
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Katie, what I understood for not eating meat on Fridays during lent, is something else. What I understood, is that, it is forbidden not to have sex on these days during lent.
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fish is meat. it does not matter on what day a person eats it. People try to bend the meaning so then they can feel good about themselves and not feel guilty of eating an animal, just for the tongue. consider this why do people eat cows but not dogs or cats?
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Yes. A fish is an animal therefore has meat.
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Of course it is but it's not a mammal so lots of people consider it acceptable to eat based upon these grounds.
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yes
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