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Should ridiculous references to God and menage a toi be removed from constitution

  • 19-11-2012 10:06PM
    #1
    jasonmcco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭


    CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND – BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
    In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred,
    We, the people of Éire,
    Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial,

    This is not a joke it really does say this.
    This has to face a legal challenge from Irish people of different beliefs.How can atheists accept this?

    This has to be removed to spare us from ridicule.


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  • #2
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    to te to te toe sure im only a weee irish man


  • #3
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    I don't really care, both in the sense I don't care if the Irish constitution mentions Jesus or Christianity, and in the sense that I don't care how ridiculous you think that Jesus and Christianity are.


  • #4
    Notorious97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭Notorious97


    who gives a fu*k, this country has way bigger problems


  • #5
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    jasonmcco wrote: »
    This has to be removed to spare us from ridicule.
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    Oh No! Not ridicule ! Anything but ridicule !!!!!


  • #6
    Bloodwing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭Bloodwing


    jasonmcco wrote: »
    CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND – BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
    In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred,
    We, the people of Éire,
    Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial,

    This is not a joke it really does say this.
    This has to face a legal challenge from Irish people of different beliefs.How can atheists accept this?

    This has to be removed to spare us from ridicule.

    I'd rather see religion removed from our schools, legal system and medical system first. It's a lot more important than the preamble of the constitution.


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  • #7
    Niles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    'cause this is the only thing that could be used to ridicule our country...


  • #8
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Well, I suppose it has been about 6 hours since a God thread.


  • #9
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Of course, Religion is personal.


  • #10
    poeticseraphim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭poeticseraphim


    Yes....it should be removed

    But it would be better to remove it from the entire system first.


  • #11
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    It should be removed yes but as others have said we have bigger problems to worry about at the moment.


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  • #12
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    keano_afc wrote: »
    Well, I suppose it has been about 6 hours since a God thread.

    Republican thread coming in 10..9..8..7..6.....


  • #13
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    pmcmahon wrote: »

    Republican thread coming in 10..9..8..7..6.....

    Sure if Jesus was around today, he'd be in the ra


  • #14
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    Que the 'right on' thanks posts.............


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I was thinking of a different menage-a-trois :(


  • #16
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,114 ✭✭✭OU812


    As an atheist, I don't care about it, because it doesn't really concern me, however I would like to see it removed.

    It does concern me though that these two ads were served up to me on this page


  • #17
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Wtf is wrong with a ménage à tois?! :pac:


  • #18
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Sure if Jesus was around today, he'd be in the ra

    Sure they were all on the blanket...
    http://www.lostseed.com/extras/free-graphics/images/jesus-pictures/jesus-and-apostles.jpg


  • #19
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    1ZRed wrote: »
    Wtf is wrong with a ménage à tois?! :pac:
    Ever tried to shag a Holy Ghost?


  • #20
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Can I just not have an interest in religion and not be labelled an athiest? Like middle ground kinda thing without the silly labels.


  • #21
    jasonmcco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭jasonmcco


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I was thinking of a different menage-a-trois :(

    No there both the same:D


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  • #22
    jasonmcco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭jasonmcco


    I think a better explaination for the virgin birth would be that Joseph flicked it or she never wiped the rim.


  • #23
    jasonmcco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭jasonmcco


    Or maybe the holy ghost was wearing a holy condom


  • #24
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    Yakult wrote: »
    Can I just not have an interest in religion and not be labelled an athiest? Like middle ground kinda thing without the silly labels.

    It's one of those questions where there isn't a middle ground. Particularly where Christianity is concerned. Either someone commits their life to following Jesus and His word, or they reject Him.

    If you don't want to be called an atheist that's fine, but there isn't really a middle ground.


  • #25
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    philologos wrote: »
    Either someone commits their life to following Jesus and His word, or they reject Him.
    Come on now. You can't reject something that doesn't exist.


  • #26
    jasonmcco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭jasonmcco


    smash wrote: »
    Ever tried to shag a Holy Ghost?

    Phantom come is a load of bollox


  • #27
    Neewbie_noob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Neewbie_noob


    jasonmcco wrote: »
    CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND – BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
    In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred,
    We, the people of Éire,
    Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial,

    This is not a joke it really does say this.
    This has to face a legal challenge from Irish people of different beliefs.How can atheists accept this?

    This has to be removed to spare us from ridicule.

    God knows


  • #28
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    OU812 wrote: »
    As an atheist, I don't care about it, because it doesn't really concern me, however I would like to see it removed.

    It does concern me though that these two ads were served up to me on this page

    Turn off your ads then!


  • #29
    Neewbie_noob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Neewbie_noob


    Chucken wrote: »
    Turn off your ads then!

    Thought only subscribers and moderators and the good aul skin Gordon could do that ???


  • #30
    Icepick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭Icepick


    Neewbie_noob wrote: »
    Thought only subscribers and moderators and the good aul skin Gordon could do that ???
    search adblock


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  • #31
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    smash wrote: »
    Ever tried to shag a Holy Ghost?
    Well, he's tried to shag just about everything else ... :D
    jasonmcco wrote: »
    Phantom come is a load of bollox
    Isn't it called ectoplasm?


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