Surprised this never made it's way here - a good article in relation to communion (and related sacraments), from the point of view of catholics - mostly a priest - but it's nice when people "on the inside" view things with this kind of rationale. It would be easier to dismantle this system if everyo...

Don't know if any of you have heard about this; a Facebook friend posted a picture on Facebook relating to it and I followed it, with a feeling of foreboding, and found people loftily complaining that the media wasn't paying any attention to their protests. So, yes, apparently there are rallies acro...

I'm afraid I don't really know much Gaelic at all, and I know of know other way to say "Hello" than "Dia dhuit" - and I've consulted the boyfriend and he doesn't know any other either. But I would like to point out that some English language sayings are no less religious - Goodbye, for instance, is ...

Do you think we'd be allowed to put up posters promoting atheism in train stations? ... I'd bet you my left foot that we'd at the very least have to come up with a very inocuous and inoffensive message for it to even be legal. If it managed to go through, there would probably be public outrage, but...

An advert probably bought and paid for by a religious group, no different than if AI were to buy and pay for adspace, or if Cadbury's or Tayto were to --- am I the only one who, while annoyed by it, doesn't think it's right to request censorship?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire ... 05941.html

In a report to be presented to the UN’s Human Rights Council next week, the State will say there is a growing non-denominational school sector in Ireland which caters for all pupils.

"Growing" what a deceptive word choice.

Interesting article, but I only agree with it in the sense that I think that - tactically - a relaxed approach is less likely to be attacked. It's purely about stealth. As far as why secularism is being attacked, I don't think it has as much to do with the "aggressive" nature of it's proponents as t...

The majority of people in the Western World are Christian. Why would they want to believe that one of the most universally hated people in the history of the world was not only one of them, but motivated by Christian beliefs? People believe what they want to believe. They're not going to go looking ...

It's just the crowd's cry of "we're offended" that ticks me off. I'm so tired of people being offended.

I mean, FFS, the title of the article is "The Jesus-Eating Cult of Rick Santorum"; of course it's going to be offensive - don't read it. It's not like he said anything that wasn't true.

So, satirist Larry Doyle has had an article published in HuffPost which is more or less about how crazy Rick Santorum/Catholics in general are . And of course, the Catholics are offended and disgusted. The part that really gets me is this: What’s different is the double-standard the Huffington Post ...