If the fans are such true Christians but steadfast Hot Dog eaters, can’t they just go to church, confess that they “sinned” by eating hot dogs, and be forgiven for it? I mean, if you can be “forgiven” for killing someone, eating a tube of horse eyeids can’t be more than a drop in the bucket.
Hey, wait a sec…eating hot dogs is a sin? That sounds familar…
Ranchoth
(Ah, the joys of being a heathen. And not liking hot dogs or baseball, anyway!)
Actually, breaking the prohibition against eating meat on Good Friday doesn’t rise to the level of a sin. It’s a question of religious observance, and the proper way to mark the day.
There would be no sin to confess in this case.
"Each year in publishing the Lenten penance requirements, the U.S. bishops quote the teaching of the Holy Father concerning the seriousness of observing these days of penance. The obligation to do penance is a serious one; the obligation to observe, as a whole or “substantially,” the days of penance is also serious.
But no one should be scrupulous in this regard; failure to observe individual days of penance is not considered serious. Moral theologians remind us that some people are excused from fasting and/or abstinence because of sickness or other reasons."
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Lent/faqle9902.asp
A bigger problem for Catholics on Good Friday is the requirement to fast. Catholics are bound to eat on Good Friday only one full meal, plus very small meals when the other two meals would be eaten. The two small meals together shouldn’t add up to a full meal. Snacking is out of the question.
If you decide to use one of the small meals at the ballpark, you’ll be dissatisfied. If you eat the full meal there, you’ll go broke.
Does the Church have a position on nachos?
Yes, thou shalt not eat nachos with bean burritos beforeth Sunday services.
Just cause you’re sitting in a pew doesn’t mean ya have to be makin’ stinkies.
Well, it’s good to know that the Church’s moral authority is intact! The priest’s quote to the contrary, it’s not insensitive for the team to serve the food to the poeple who want it. Not everybody who goes to baseball games is a Christian, much less an observant Christian. I thought the whole fucking point of Lent was to deny yourself stuff, not to ask people to go out of their way so you won’t have to deal with anything even moderately tempting.
Let’s put it another way: I go to baseball games, and I’m a vegetarian. Do I have a right to complain that the teams are being insensitive to me by serving hot dogs and burgers? The answer is no, because if I don’t want them, I can just fucking not eat them. I’m pretty sure the confused Christians in Boston can do the same. Jesus got nailed to a cross, and these people can’t even say no to a $6 hot dog? 
Doesn’t sound like they’re very committed to what they’re doing. 
I can’t believe I’m sticking up for the Red Sox. :eek: