Leroy42 wrote: » You are looking at it as an attack on religion, and that is not what it is. It is looking for religion to be freely practiced, but also those that don't want to or believe, that they should have the choice. Happily, in recent years educate together etc have created more choice, but there is a lot more work to be done. But religion, a belief system based on a book, has no place in the education sphere, save for telling children that it exists and the good things and bad things it has done. You avoided my question. If it really about just having religion in school, then surely all children should be given the choice of which religion class to attend, which events to partake in (communion etc). It is easy for the CC to claim that everyone is free to do it, when they control the market. The usual monopoly claiming they welcome competition. The CC have gained very substantially from the schools. Not merely in money terms, but they maintained their grip on communities as everything revolved around the church and school. The state has given significant monetary subsidies to the CC. Be that be given them tax free status, the scandalous agreements that allowed the CC to avoid the majority of costs to be with the scandals, the fact that even getting such a deal they continue to not have paid up their side.
Leroy42 wrote: » That is quite a statement. What particularly have they done they have made it very good. Not sure the poster said they wanted to end religion, in fact they stated they were happy for people to do it for themselves. They want to get rid of religion in schools. The usual question, would you be happy if the catholic church was replaced by Islam as the default religion in all schools?
An_Toirpin wrote: » The churches reaction at first was poor but in the last 10 years it has been very good.
An_Toirpin wrote: » The fact that you simply say you're only agenda is to end religion is self apparent. I thought it was about the victims. :rolleyes:
work wrote: » majority of abuse stopped in the 70s. fantastic then all forgiven. I have multiple family members subjected to very dubious church abuse. this happened in Ireland not somewhere else. this is all very recent and I truly believe most victims say nothing for personal reasons. Their apologies have been too few and far between, they are slow coming and VERY slow to make amends. Just because you protest the Catholic church does not mean you agree with what every other group ever did! the RC church is a misogynistic cesspool with not a shred of evidence to back up its promotion of the Deity they plug yet worked their way into the fabric of our society. I am shocked by Varadkers support given their homophobic views. It's like the jews voting for Hitler.....does he not get the irony! Personally I am delighted to see them coming out of the schools. This is my only agenda. However I am shocked minority faiths will be left with the right to choose their pupils. This is discriminatory and supports other deity systems with no evidence. What a joke. Ban ALL religeon from schools. If parents want their kids bought up in a specific baseless faith whatever that is they should do it in their own time and with their own resources.
An_Toirpin wrote: » You really lost me. I really think you don't understand the sturcture of the church and the notion of responsibility? Clerics have appologising non stop for decades now, even for things they had no control over. I hear a lot of people shouting for apologies for Tuam. Leaving aside the fact that Tuam is vastly less scandalous than suggested, no Pope or Rome had any connection to it. They literally had no role whatsoever. It was an institution run done by Irish women in a French order at the bequest of the Irish State. It was primitive and obselete but so was the workhouse system it replaced. Why is that Irish people want to Irish mistakes on Rome and why is it only a scandal when it has the R word in it (religion). Poor Law Unions and metal asylums were non religious so we simply ignore them. You know the vast majority of the abuse stopped in the 1970s or before. Are you going to protest against the actions of Ronald Regan the next time an American president visits ireland?
hatrickpatrick wrote: » I'll be protesting. Sexual conservatism is a twisted ideology and needs to die.
work wrote: » Yes as a group they have shown little reason to be trusted. they are slow to apologise for atrocities and as such show little understanding of what they pretend to preach. Honesty and love.
martyc5674 wrote: » No one protesting is protesting against the religion, they are protesting the abuse of power the abuse of women the abuse of children that they have gotten away with for years. You won’t see any placards shunning catholics/Catholicism. He is the leader of a group who have destroyed so many families and I feel we are still only scratching the surface,with abuse stories hitting the media daily, they are slow to acknowledge anything and need to change this stance before they win back support.
Ipso wrote: » Especially given that some of the protestors are the type that are not very good at it and there will be a load of attention seekers who will probably end up distracting away from the main issues.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Bloody Sunday was only just over half that and I'm sure more knowledgeable posters will point to atrocities more recent than that. Listen I have no time for the pope, the RCC or any religion for that matter. I think the best "protest" that people can have would be to just ignore his visit if they feel that strongly about it. The less crowds shown on the news reports the better.
Leroy42 wrote: » The UK last carried out terrible things in our country some 80 years or so ago. We have been engaged in a long period of getting a closer a more equal relationship with both countries and the Queens visit was a further step on that road.The Church is still covering up abuse. Still withholding evidence. Very recently claimed that Canon law was above our laws. Until such time as the church attempts to right the wrong of the past, by standing up for the victims either than trying to silence them/degrade them, then we are dealing with an organisation that is actively working against the interests of some of our citizens.
Blaas4life wrote: You have friends?
Hitman3000 wrote: » That's a great idea thanks for the heads up. Must get my friends in on it. Thanks.
pauliebdub wrote: There's a posting doing the rounds on Facebook where they want people to protest the visit by ordering the free tickets to the Phoenix park and not showing up. Rather mean imo, why deprive tickets from people who genuinely want to go.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Didn't the queen of England visit recently?
Leroy42 wrote: » If another country had treated us with the disdain and caused so much hurt and pain to so many of our citizens would you have the same opinion? Should we welcome the head of the ISIS caliphate?
Rubberchikken wrote: » No. He's visiting our country just like any other leader. He deserves to be welcomed warmly.
AllForIt wrote: » I think it's interesting that the volume of ppl at events in Knock and Dublin are capped due to 'health and safety reasons'. Did anyone die in 1979 due to a stampede? It's not like the ppl going there are the same demographic as those attending a rock concert. To me it's an attempt to disguise the fact that there wouldn't be anywhere near the volume of ppl who turned up in 1979. But to protest about him coming here? No, why? Anyone who has a problem with religion, on the whole, never object to one having a religious belief but rather the way it was forced on our society. That is going going gone now and I have no problem with the Pope coming to Ireland. If one really believes that we are free to do what we like within the law then that person must also logically agree that ppl are free to practice their religion - and if that means something as unimportant as a church rep visiting the country then totally fine by me. I wont be paying any attention - just like the football world cup.
Graces7 wrote: Just dropping this in; have to go to bed! Food for thought in many ways
Deleted User wrote: » Whereas he is the representative leader of a faith, that has also provided a lot of good will/behavior to the world. It's not as simple as many people would like to suggest it is. I can certainly understand why many people would welcome his visit, and not be willing to join the mob in their hatred of all things Catholic. I'm agnostic and really don't like religion, of any kind.... but it's done very little harm to me, even though I was raised in a religious household and went to religious schools. I'm not going to rush out in welcome to the Pope, but at the same time, I bear him or the church absolutely no ill will.
Graces7 wrote: » . Albatross And yes I am an abuse survivor but have decided/chosen to walk on and leave the past, and yes to forgive, and that is a choice as is your choice to let that dead bird hang around your neck and weigh you down. I walk in the Light and support many survivors.
Leroy42 wrote: » It not about that. It's about protecting those that come after us.I applaud your ability to forgive, you are a far stronger person that I will ever be. But it is surely irresponsible of the state to forget. To welcome the very same organisation that caused so much hurt and pain with open arms. No one is forgetting. Sorry; cannot read the same things over and over again. No one is forgetting. I was literally sick for three days when Tuam surfaced. And spent hours in the graveyard at Letterfrack. When I first came to ireland, I was commissioned to write a book on the state of the Catholic Church in the early years of the new century This was on the eve of the first scandals breaking and my commission got me entry to places and people few access. I knew and know far more than most. If you do not forgive, then it is YOU you are hurting. Only you You are seeing one side. An unbalanced view. And there is still a strong church here of folk whose faith is not in the Church but in God, in Jesus. Wonderful folk who do so much good. So quietly and who lament what was done. The Pope is a political figure also.A head of state. If you start demoing against heads of state you do not agree with? No one is forgetting. How could we? The State is still trying to decide what to do with the Tuam site and has spent a huge sum getting experts in. That is all they can do. Almost all the Order that ran Tuam are dead and gone. All we can do is pick up the survivors and plan ahead. I am working with that too and have the peace I wish I could give you.. Mind you, there was the day a Christian Buggar...opps! Brother, came to my market stall boasting who he was .... and I fairly lambasted him.
