Yeah I hate Jesus but my daughters will be making all of their sacraments.
:D:clap:
[QUOTE=“Brimmer Bradley, post: 1094101, member: 2839”]Ah yeah KP that’s the shit that pisses me off, I’d be a practicing Catholic but don’t need to mention it every day.
Apparently its cool and hip now to comment and sneer at Catholics and they don’t mind trying to ram their atheist views down everyone’s necks.
I don’t pass any comment about you not going to mass choco so please don’t bother commenting on my attendance.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, these latte sipping hipster atheists should take a leaf out of the Catholic Church, who have never rammed their religion down anyone’s throats, preferring a subtle, non-invasive and non-judgemental way of espousing their religion.
I’m glad we’re on the same wavelength buddy. Cheers.
[QUOTE=“artfoley, post: 1094045, member: 179”]good one, I made my money/communion back in 82 in riverchapel and i went around on a victory lap of the harbour scooping up pound notes and fivers to beat the band and as venal and greedy as posible only a short 5 minutes after my prayer of christ beside me etc and it was the same for all the others in my class
so youre only an a la carte catholic ?[/QUOTE]
Same year as me @artfoley. Didn’t do a lap of honour as that was deemed to be too vulgar. And they were dead right. Didn’t get a whole pile of money, enough to keep me in sweets for a while and then we hit the road to Oola for the rest of the day.
Happier times
To answer the original question for a communion €20 is loads for an 8 yr old from a god parent. A tenner if you’re an uncle of the child and asked along. From what I can see the vast majority of kids around that age know fuck all about money and haven’t a clue of the value of currency.
There is an odd tendency in Ireland to turn every event into a giving away competition, which becomes a merry go round. I would go for a thoughtfully chosen piece of art. Or a football trophy. Or one of Jesus scoring a point maybe.
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Fucking hell :D:D:D:clap:
Nice strong arm from Jesus there
[QUOTE=“Juhniallio, post: 1094072, member: 53”]I’ll be putting mine through this shite. Hedging our bets!
I dont think anyone gives a shit whether people cough up cash for their kids in this day and age glas. It’s more a chance for a family occasion.[/QUOTE]
I have no problem with people having religion. I have a big problem with the legacy of the Catholic church in Ireland. I’ve no interest in it myself but will nod along when necessary at funerals or whatever. Given the choice, I won’t get married in a church or put children through this silly pageant. It would be hypocritical of me to do so and I don’t think its right in general. I think I’m close enough to the family not to need what I would see as a phoney event as an excuse for a get together.
I think you’re safe enough on that one.
Who’d have thought Glas would be right in here with an aggressively forthright PC/hipster opinion? And a bit of smuggery, to boot!
You’ll do what your mother tells you to do.
Leave his ma out of it. She’s a grand woman, mmmm really grand. Yummy grand.
Or her mother.
Didn’t really mean it to come across that way. I guess I just don’t understand why people who feel largely the same as me about religion just go along with this shite.
If whoever the wife is feels that strongly that she really wants churchy stuff I’m sure I’ll suck it up and go along with it. But it’s unlikely.
[QUOTE=“glasagusban, post: 1094471, member: 1533”]
But it’s unlikely.[/QUOTE]
Oh don’t worry, we know it’s very unlikely.
the not insignificant job of work to find a woman who can tolerate the idea of him riding her was obviously not enough, he is now narrowing down the field by insisting she (and her mother) must hold the same hipster views for his offspring
i dont see this man procreating any time soon, not with a woman anyway
There’s not many girls who’s vision of a dream wedding involved a registry office conveyor belt. Churches are nice buildings by and large.