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> Ireland is very much a part of the UK and the church has a lot of power there. Only 27% of Irish people hold a favorable view of the Church. The population a
by factsaresacred 9y ago
> Ireland is very much a part of the UK and the church has a lot of power there.
Only 27% of Irish people hold a favorable view of the Church. The population are very much cultural Christians, most recently voting in favor of gay marriage and likely to rewrite the constitution to allow for limited abortion.
The power of the Church is very limited and waning. Although just a few decades ago they did have considerable power, it's kind of incredible in retrospect.
- jacquesm 9y agoIreland is one of the few countries that has seen up close how even splinter groups of what is essentially the same religion can go to war with each other. Between Ian Paisley and the IRA Ireland has learned a large number of super expensive lessons many of which have their roots in the protestant and catholic movements, handily used by the English to keep everybody divided. That's a very black chapter in European history.
- factsaresacred 9y ago> the same religion can go to war with each other. Sure, although the Troubles were about nationalism and civil rights and not religion. Religion did delineate the two main factions but there was little in the way of theological debate. It was an ethno-nationalist conflict.