A question (thought) about sacrifice

[Heddi]

8. note to self - don't post after drinking mudslides :

TL;DR version -

what is the point of a sacrifice if you're not sacrificing anything? How can you be considered to be doing something that is supposed to be a testament to God when you're doing less than phoning it in?

No one will die if they don't eat Corned beef on St Paty's day. No one is going to have a coronary if they give up something TRUELY meaningful for 40 days.

But they don't. They half-ass it and claim to be SO MORALLY SUPERIOR that they have the right, vis-a-vis their special relationship with God, to determine so many things that affect the lives of BILLIONS of people who don't follow their beliefs (see: abortion, reproductive, LGBT, end of life, tax, etc issues)