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The Godlessness Trap
One of the reasons that religious people fear and distrust atheists and agnostics is that that they associate godlessness with nihilism and crime. Their fears are unfounded. Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheists, Christianity, crime, criminality, gangs, godlessness, nihilism, nihilists, redemption, religion
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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
Down with this sort of thing: the UCC art controversy
A minor shitstorm has occurred here in Cork with the public display of a picture in UCC. The picture purports to be the Virgin Mary, wrapped in a garland of flowers and held aloft by a naked angel. The picture … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma Lopez, blasphemy, Jerry Buttimer, religion, UCC, Virgin Mary
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Is suffering a gift?
Ryan Tubridy outdid himself on the Late Late Show last Friday with an interview with a so-called “visionary” from Medjugorje, Vicka Ivanković-Mijatović, who claims to be in daily contact with the Virgin Mary. Mijatović is in Ireland all this week. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, late late show, medjugorje, prayer, religion, suffering, Vicka Ivanković-Mijatović
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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
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Tagged Catholicism, Ireland, Marian apparitions, Melleray Grotto, moving statues, religion, Waterford
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Clinging to beliefs
If there is one thing that defines humanity, it is our beliefs. We all have beliefs. Beliefs about God, health, death, the government or our purpose in life, among many others. Beliefs can rule our lives. They can be shared … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, beliefs, disbelief, life, religion, skepticism, thinking
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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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