(January 26, 2016 at 4:47 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(January 26, 2016 at 4:38 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: From what I have noticed, Ireland has abandoned their Catholic faith to a large degree.
Why is that? Is it because the people of Ireland are so rich now, they feel less of a need to pray to God?
I am not sure what they have against the Catholic faith at all really .
No, because they were sick of constant sex abuse scandals among the clergy, the abuse of their children, and idiotic rules that lead to the deaths of innocent people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_S...lappanavar
Not to mention years of Irish women putting up with all manner of abuse without recourse to a divorce court thanks in large measure to Catholic influence over the legal code.
Oh, and there is that small matter of sectarian violence that plagued Ireland and Northern Ireland for such a sad, long time.
And you wonder why people got fed up with the church? I'm surprised they didn't burn and bulldoze the fucking churches to the ground.