: :: What's this fascination with JC? That was 2000 years ago, time to move on...: :Capitalism dates from some time ago too but hey it's kinda stuck. What would you suggest I move on from "Christianity" (I really believe in a form of anarchist deism with a christian-humanist tint)to?
: As you are Irish Lark (I hope my memory serves me well here), i think that the answer to that is obvious, you should become a pagan as your ancestors were. After all, didn't the British bring christianity with them when they invaded Ireland?
Erm, no, they didn't.
St. Patrick was supposed to have brought Christianity to Ireland along with St. Bridget and various other saints; he died in 493 A.D.
The English first invaded Ireland in 1152 A.D. because the See of Dublin rejected the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury; Pope Adrian gave his blessing for Henry the Second to invade Ireland to bring Dublin back into line.
The actual invasion proper took place on May the First 1169; Robert FitzStephen landed an army of about 400 men in Leinster. The rest is history.
It's unwise to call an Irishman a heathen and suggest that they were barbarians before the English turned up; they tend to take offence at it...
Cultural sensitivity and all that.
Gideon.
(who is English.)
None.
