When you think of the religious holidays celebrated in Ireland, which ones spring to mind?
Needless to say, the main beneficiaries of Lent are the absolute buzzers in primary schools across Ireland who'll tell their teachers that they're giving up homework and the mad yokes who'll say that they're giving up the beer before hitting you with an"Aaahhh, only joking, I really like beer!" like Father Noel Furlong.
For all the horror and sorrow that the Catholic church has visited unto Ireland, many of its rituals and rules are now almost inextricably linked with what it means to be Irish. Since the church is so deeply involved in so many schools, it's hard to imagine many people get through their education without being communicated and confirmed and taking part in at least a few fasts.St. Anthony is another good example, or the lighting a candle method of exam studying.
Catholicism has nothing new to offer us. As a doctrine, it has expired. It is rooted in the oppression of normal people by an organisation that has, for centuries, refused to atone for its own sins. Sins that include that allowing the spread of AIDS across poor nations, sexual abuse to a degree that is quite simply unprecedented, and frequent campaigns against basic human rights movements in countries like Ireland.
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