No meat on Fridays! WHY?

Every person who knows a Catholic person (so… everyone?) is probably aware that during Lent there is to be no meat eaten on Fridays. No one knows why, they just follow blindly. So I looked into it.

Canon 1251
Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

No justification at all. Religion without reason! So I dug a little deeper. Nothing.

C’mon there has to be a reason! Many speculate that it is just another instance of sacrifice – meat was a luxury back in the day. But today, meat just seems arbitrary.

Side note: It makes me sick that there are at least 1250 other Canonical laws… all man-made. No god involved. If you are Catholic, you are far more likely to be under the influence of the Vatican than you are of Jesus. The holidays Catholics celebrate, the songs they sing, most prayers they pray, the mass itself, even which gospels made it into the bible… all decisions made by regular human beings like you and me. I don’t mean to single Catholics out, either. Other religions are the same, but the “no meat on Fridays” think irks me. I hate that there is no reason for it! Rules need justification!