Ash Wednesday
When Catholics try to out-pagan Hindus!
Why do many Christians act like pagans every spring? Putting ashes on your
forehead for religious purposes is obviously pagan! Ash Wednesday is a
Roman Catholic holiday rejecting Jesus Christ and the Word of God. It begins
their period of fasting called Lent, when they avoid meat. And it follows their
day of condoned gluttony and revelry, called Mardi gras (Fat Tuesday) or
Shrove Tuesday (pancake day). These days follow Collop Monday (bacon and
eggs day). On Ash Wednesday, Catholics mark their foreheads with ashes.
The Scriptures warn of a great falling away from the pure doctrine and
practice of Jesus Christ and the apostles, and Ash Wednesday is just one more
example of this apostasy. It is one more abomination in the brothel of Roman
Catholicism and her spiritual debauchery and fornication. Are we too harsh?
Read the following arguments and see Rome's heresy in light of Scripture.
Ash Wednesday
1. Putting ashes on the forehead is not hinted at in the Bible. Jesus and the
apostles never thought of such a thing: it was adopted from paganism.
African and Indian pagan rites have involved ashes on the forehead. This
manmade tradition of the Catholics makes the worship of God of no effect
2. God's people sat in ashes or covered themselves with ashes to show deep
grief and repentance before God. They did not make a little mark on their
forehead to pretend grief and repentance. The marking of a cross on the
forehead merely shows pagan superstition and manmade tradition
3. Why is the forehead chosen for ashes? Why not the left elbow? Why not
the right knee? Jesus condemned publicly disfiguring your face to indicate
you were fasting (Matt 6:16-18). Catholics defy the teaching of Jesus
Christ in their self-righteous show of religion. And their practices are as
4. Why is the forehead chosen for ashes? The only Bible reference to men
marking their foreheads, other than Pharisee tradition with phylacteries, is
persons would not want to follow Rome with a mark on their forehead!
5. Why is the forehead chosen for ashes? Because it has the third eye chakra
of the Hindus. Surely you have seen Hindu women marked between their
eyes. Tilaka is the mark of auspiciousness of Hindus, which may be done
by marking the forehead with sacred ashes. Ash Wednesday did not come
from the Bible, and it appears by similarity to have come from Hinduism.
6. Abstaining from meat, which faithful Catholics do on Fridays, Ash
Wednesday, December 7, and December 24, is a doctrine of the devil and
proof of their apostasy from the Christian religion (I Tim 4:1-3). Ever
wonder why you had fish sticks on Friday in school? Now you know! The
Holy Spirit is clear in this text, and you can easily understand its force.
7. What is Mardi gras? It is French for Fat Tuesday. It is the day before Ash
Wednesday, when Catholics gorge and carouse before fasting for Lent.
Mardi gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans is something Jesus and
They never gorged and partied in preparation for fasting and repentance!
8. What is Shrove Tuesday? It is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, when
Catholics gorge and carouse before fasting for Lent. It is commonly called
pancake day, for the custom of eating pancakes filled with the local food
of choice. Sometimes there are pancake tossing contests and pancake
races. The purpose is to enjoy as much as possible before fasting for Lent.
9. What is Collop Monday? It is the Monday before Ash Wednesday, when
Catholics gorge and carouse before fasting for Lent. It is commonly called
collop and egg day, for the fare of choice and tradition is fried bacon and
eggs. The purpose is to enjoy as much as possible before fasting for Lent.
But Jesus did not gorge and carouse after His baptism and before fasting!
10. Why is Lent 40 days long? Because Catholics took the 40 days of fasting
of Jesus Christ after His baptism and before His public ministry to create
a manmade tradition. But Jesus did not gorge on Sundays, as Catholics do
on the six Sundays during Lent. Their Lent is actually 46 days long!
11. Why does Lent involve fasting? Because Catholics took the 40 days of
fasting of Jesus after His baptism and before His public ministry to create
a manmade tradition. But Catholics do not fast at all like Jesus. He went
without food! They give up television or chewing gum, while still eating
three meals a day, gorging on fish, and drinking anything they wish.
12. The Bible is very plain in its condemnation of manmade traditions in the
13. The Bible is very plain in its condemnation of any voluntary association
14. This study does not surprise Bible readers, because they know Daniel's
little horn, Paul's man of sin, and John's great whore and beast are
prophecies of the popes and church of Rome and their wicked rebellion
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