tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post1625513699933982084..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Fall in the Number of Catholics in IrelandMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-54157070858013158312017-11-20T14:55:29.511-08:002017-11-20T14:55:29.511-08:00And by "possibly", I mean that you know ...And by "possibly", I mean that you know quite well that Catholics don't worship Mary, so I'm not going to bother arguing this. The explanations for the decline of Irish is much simpler-- it was suppressed by the British.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-39669515782215723542017-11-20T14:45:35.412-08:002017-11-20T14:45:35.412-08:00Yes, possibly.Yes, possibly.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-78702270002071237272017-11-20T14:37:29.284-08:002017-11-20T14:37:29.284-08:00It always saddens me to find Irish so little spoke...It always saddens me to find Irish so little spoken in Ireland. I used to live in Wales and it always delighted me that Welsh was the regular language of about half of the country, geographically. But the Welsh were good Protestants who translated the word of God into their own language. Perhaps the fruit of Papism is language death, just as the fruit of Papism is idolatry of the worst, most vile sort, i.e mariolatry &c.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-56157142550148594652017-04-07T12:51:59.591-07:002017-04-07T12:51:59.591-07:00"Jedis are now in communion with Rome" m..."Jedis are now in communion with Rome" made me laugh out loud. I'm glad your government hasn't indulged this caper...<br /><br />As for how many Jedi Knights we have, I don't know. But I did see an Imperial Stormtrooper walking down O'Connell Street around the time The Force Awakens was released. I wasn't alarmed; they're famously bad shots.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-66398291306354077632017-04-07T06:23:43.736-07:002017-04-07T06:23:43.736-07:00From what I could find in a hurry:58,000 Australia...From what I could find in a hurry:58,000 Australians wrote JEDI KNIGHT or something similar in 2006, but the official statistics include this as RELIGION UNDEFINEDSéamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-84581638850758620472017-04-07T04:54:56.506-07:002017-04-07T04:54:56.506-07:00By any chance do they have many Jedi Knights in Ir...By any chance do they have many Jedi Knights in Ireland? The last Australian census was less than a year ago and I don't think the numbers are released yet, but in the previous census so many Australians put down their religion as 'Jedi Knight' that it would actually be within the top twenty religions. So I'm told. Since they are filming these days at the Skelligs perhaps Jedis are now in union with Rome?<br />22% of Australians claimed to be ' no religion' in 2011, it was expected to be higher last year. Numerically only the Catholic Church somewhat higher than' no religions'. It must be said that there is quite an organized group campaigning for people to say ' no religion', no doubt to dissuade government funding of religious institutions. As you say, there can actually be a grey area, even here as some people will often be involved in the perimeter, through love of classical music,etc<br />PS I bought some Cadburys eggs for my youngest niece today and noticed that the word EASTER was downplayed a bit, it was present on one side of the box, but the front and back just called them 'chocolate eggs'Séamusnoreply@blogger.com