>HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY ANONS!
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>For those unfamiliar, it's not a specifically Catholic or even Christian thing
Well DUH. Learn history. Yes, it has nothing to do with "Catholic or Christian", and that is because "Ash Wednesday" begins the 40 days of "Lent" used to be called Weeping of Tammuz. Your pagan traditions make vain the Law of God.
Ezekiel 8:14
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
You pagans can call it what you like, but Ash Wednesday begins Lent, which leads to Easter. This is deception, because it is the ancient practice of Weeping for Tammuz that leads to ISHTAR, what you call Easter.
Ever notice that both Passover AND Easter are mentioned in the Bible? That is because Passover and Ishtar are two separate "celebrations". One, is ordained by God, the other is cursed by God. You have been deceived into thinking these holy days/rituals are the same event, and they are not.
We should pray and do God's will throughout our lives, without ever having put the pagan symbol of the cross on our foreheads (and across the Pineal Gland).