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Good luck trying to change something that's part of a cultural identity. Irish are catholic not because religion is actually something positive, but because it
by Shorel 12y ago
Good luck trying to change something that's part of a cultural identity.
Irish are catholic not because religion is actually something positive, but because it's a contrast with the British church, and part of their cultural identity.
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- oneandoneis2 12y agoYou realize every country that uses metric today used a different system before? The US is not a special snowflake: The entire rest of the world managed to switch just fine.
- Shorel 12y agoI'm not defending the US imperial system. They can switch if they want. But it's the only place in the world they actively try not to.
- dmoo 12y agoIreland moved from miles to kilometers for all road signs recently, no big deal; changed currency, no big deal. People adapt.
- Shorel 12y agoI'm very glad to learn that.
- alphadevx 12y ago> Irish are catholic not because religion is actually something positive, but because it's a contrast with the British church, and part of their cultural identity. Hmmm, I think you'll find that Catholicism is older than the Church of England (not that this relates to the metric system in any way). The English changed from being Catholic to Church of England during Henry VIII's reign. The Irish largely remained Catholic.
- Shorel 12y agoCatholicism started as a counter reform to Marcionism, including the Torah again in the Bible and rejecting some Gnostic concepts still prevalent in Paulism. This was at least a century (the dating is not precise) before Saint Patrick converted Ireland to Christianism, and specially, many centuries before the creation of Church of England. I don't see what part of my observation about 21 century Ireland made you think that I presupposed the Church of England was older. That part of history is even on TV (The Tudors).