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Blood Cult: The Weird, Wild World of Christian Rituals

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Blood Droplet Emo Jes

Ash wednesday is the first day of lent, and that marks six weeks before easter. Some people used blood droplet emo jes to show their appreciation. Ash crosses are smeared onto people's foreheads. Lent comes from the old english word for spring. As christ went he fasted in the desert for forty days. Believers practise some kind of abstinence in their own lives. This is a form of self denial to help draw them closer to christ.

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