I see Fr Shane Daly recently became the first Jesuit ordained in Ireland since 2009. His sister is atheist Member of the Eire Parliament, Clare Daly.
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Interesting.
Thank God Kevin had at least one child he could be proud of.
I see Adrain Chiles converted to our side on his 40th Birthday, heâs on BBC2 now, Hon the Catholic Church
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Great post.
A few questions for the Catholics on the forum -
Do many of you attend mass now? Do many people generally attend mass in Ireland now? How many priests are ordained in ireland now? Are there many foreign priests?
I can give you an answer to this if you want?
@fisty , i get your line of angsty questioning here its not an uncommon stance here in ire land also youâll be glad to hear.
it has certainly become âinâ amongst citizens of a certain age profile to be seen to have rebelled against the catholic church. add to that calling yourself an âatheistâ is another feather in your cap and you can scream that from the rooftops here now in case someone under a rock hasnât heard already and an awful lot of normal looking people wont even see you for the desperately sad and attention seeking cunt that you would be.
bizarrely, its not hip or trendy right now in ireland to have a bit of faith in something harmless and to seek comfort in something that cant be explained through science or where you cannot find the answer or the reasoning on the internet. Outing yourself as depressed or gay, committing suicide etc etc is a a better route if you need the approval of the masses. Alternatively spend 16 hours a day lobbing someones elses scutter up on twitter is also good for this and a lot of people now chose these routes. Unbelievable really.
Its a funny old country now fisty thats for sure.
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Post of the year so far
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Superb post.
What a bizarre post.
Youâre not going to answer the questions I asked then?
ill tell you what fisty, ill prepare a list of pointless questions that i already know the answer to about bored middle aged men in australia whose existence is bearable mainly due to their obsession with tending their cucumber, âcapsicumsâ and âlegumesâ and we can start a hilarious game of tit for tat, ok?
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So thatâs a no then?
HBV, Iâve read your strange post again, Iâm still not entirely sure what youâre on about, they were, I thought, pretty simple questions, I was just interested more than anything, there was no agenda, there was no âangsty line of questioningâ. You seem to have seen it and straight away gone to your default position on anyone who says they donât believe in a god, atheist, whatever.
As you can see from some of the comments I have contributed to this thread above, I personally have no problems with anyoneâs faith. If someone believes in god, deity, whatever they want to call it, thatâs their business. I would never take the piss out of it, or criticise someone for their spiritual beliefs. In some ways I admire people who have that faith. Likewise, I find it offfensive when people (and I get this a lot from people who pronounce themselves Christians, as if they have some sort elevated position in spritual belief) tell me that I donât believe in a god because I think itâs âcoolâ to appear to be an atheist, or Iâm attention seeking. Thatâs my spritual belief - I donât have any.To my mind, thatâs every bit as valid as someone who has a strong belief in a god. Iâve had this belief, or lack thereof, since I was about 14 and I have thought long and hard about it. I just donât feel any belief in any god and the whole thing, when I thought about it logically, seems bizarre and quite silly to me personally. But thatâs not to say it wouldnât to someone else. I have plenty of friends with strong spritual beliefs and respect them for that.
The rest of your post seems to go off on some tangent about people who use some sort of difference (for the want of a better word) to seek attention, be it being gay, or depressed or whatever. Itâs pretty obvious who these people are, Iâm not sure why you would get so upset about them, personally I just ignore them, maybe you should too, it would make your life a lot easier.
I didnât know the answer to the questions I posed, thatâs why I asked them.
I will qualify all of this by stating that I detest the Catholic Church and I think religion is the single most stupid and dangerous thing mankind has invented. But thatâs separate to peopleâs spritual beliefs.
Peace be with you.
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I dunno Fitzy; replying to a 13-Like clamping ten days later leaves yourself badly exposed to âseethingâ, ârattledâ and âAussie shithole cuntâ type comments. I hope the rest of the board go against form and consider your measured response intelligently, but no doubt youâll have @myboyblue at the head of the mob, pitchfork in hand.
I expect the day to break over Irelandâs eastern seaboard in about four hours. Itâs not too late to delete your reply.
Who?
How would I delete it when youâve replied to it?