Giving up something that detracts from your relationship with God. Okay, sounds good. But every single thing you do that isn't 100% focused on him falls under that category. For instance, schoolwork. God doesn't require you to have an education to be tight with him, right? So instead of spending three hours studying for tomorrow's midterm, why not toss those books aside and get to rappin with tha Lord? Cause God wants you to be reasonable! I suppose the idea is that, ultimately, absolutely nothing is more important than your faith. But even the most pious human beings have non-spiritual needs. Now, if you spend a significant amount of time updating your site about the latest thing your roommates found to be gross, maybe you would be better off using those minutes to improve your spiritual life. But if your site is a place for you to express yourself (even if it seems cryptic to others), or especially if you're using it to show people how your walk with the Man is giving you insight or helping you become a better person, I don't think it makes sense to give that up. The God I've heard so much about likes people sharing him with others, and he likes his peeps to be happy and well-adjusted. I'd hate to think God would prefer people suffer than learn and grow and share in positive ways.
Most of this is directed at the two ladies (would you prefer girls? or women? it's tricky huh) giving up their sites for Lent, so sorry. I'm told I shouldn't complain unless I have a suggestion for improvement, so here: Give up a TV show, or apple pies, or pictures of guys that make you sigh, or anything that doesn't have the potential that your sites have. Or use your sites to help you in your goals. I know that on a list of life's basic needs, "personal website" is nowhere near the top 10, but not much else makes that cut either. Frankly, I think giving up a site is an easy out. Ask Allen or Drew or Mike or myself and we'll tell you it's incredibly easy to not update once you get the hang of it. I'm pretty sure this one-sided attack won't change anything. Actually I hope you both make it all the way, but only if, at the end of 40 days, you can honestly say to yourself "depriving myself of expression has brought me closer to God" as you settle down for a Friends marathon. =P
P.S. The words above represent a mind that was too restless to sleep, so please don't hold said mind to any of it (unless some of it is right, in which case I take full credit).
P.P.S. I'm going to wish I'd just deleted this...