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A level playing field?
It should be made illegal for schools in receipt of public money, to discriminate against children and parents on religious grounds. Ireland urgently needs a level playing field.
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Tagged atheism, Catholicism, discrimination, education, Ireland, Protestantism, religion, secondary school, secularism
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The “ravages of secularism”
Two church leaders, Archbishop Michael Neary and Bishop Patrick Rooke, strongly attacked secularism in Tuesday’s Mayo News. They called secularism a cult, and defined it as a philosophy defined by selfishness and greed. It was seen as the “common enemy” … Continue reading
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Tagged Achill Island, atheism, Catholic Church, Catholicism, clericalism, Ireland, religion, secularism
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Could the Irish Catholic Church split from Rome?
No matter what bad news comes out, the bulk of Irish Catholics have no stomach for change. Continue reading
Melleray Grotto
The day turned out to be wet and misty, so instead of our planned hillwalk we ended up walking the Glenshelane Forest Trail near Cappoquin, Co. Waterford. “Glenshelane” translates into “Valley of the Fairies” and with its meandering streams and … Continue reading
Posted in tours and trips
Tagged Catholicism, Ireland, Marian apparitions, Melleray Grotto, moving statues, religion, Waterford
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An incomplete education
I think I was around fifteen years old. The elderly Christian Brother teaching us Religious Studies brought us all downstairs to the video room. The lesson for the day would be a documentary on Our Lady of Garabandal, a supposed … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Tagged Catholicism, critical thinking, education, Ireland, magical thinking, woo
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Another month, another depressing report on clerical child abuse..
The latest report on child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese does not fail to shock. The abuse itself is chilling, depressing and appalling, but compounding it is the behaviour of senior bishops and cardinals as they conspired – over a … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Tagged bishops, Catholic Church, Catholicism, child abuse, Dublin, Ireland, religion, secularism
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Thousands of pilgrims witness Nothing at Knock
KNOCK, Co. Mayo – 31 October 2009 Fifty thousand people from around Ireland turned up the town of Knock, Co. Mayo, today to see a glorious display of Nothing. The anticipation had been building up for weeks after clairvoyant Joe … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, Ireland, joe coleman, knock, knock shrine, religion, WTF?
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An Evil Cradling
For me, one of the most memorable moments in the movie “Schindler’s List” is when well dressed officials began to set up tables, open up their journals, prepare their inkwells and process the lives of human beings as if they … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Catholicism, child abuse, Christian Brothers, CORI, Ireland, politics, religion, Ryan Inquiry
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The case for humanism
When you are admitted into hospital in Ireland, one of the first questions you are asked is your religion. The main reason, apparently, is because if you don’t manage to clock out when your stay is over, they want to … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, agnostics, atheism, atheists, birth, Catholicism, celebration, death, funerals, humanism, humanist association of Ireland, humanists, Ireland, marriage, religion, weddings
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