We all know countries change. First they are one way, then they are another.
I love Ireland, but I am sort of sad about the direction it has chosen to take in the past 25 years or so.
They have legalized divorce, contraception, and now gay marriage. I get part of the reason this happened was the decline of faith among Irishmen and Irishwomen. But I have to think part of it was foreign international "colonialist" thinking.
People who thought the Irish were "backward" and needed to be "modern." That way of thinking is sort of offensive IMO, as if a group of people can't decide what is good for them.
As it stands.. how likely is it Ireland could "turn back the clock" and be restored to being a truly Catholic nation?
I want it to be so.... but I won't hold my breath
I love Ireland, but I am sort of sad about the direction it has chosen to take in the past 25 years or so.
They have legalized divorce, contraception, and now gay marriage. I get part of the reason this happened was the decline of faith among Irishmen and Irishwomen. But I have to think part of it was foreign international "colonialist" thinking.
People who thought the Irish were "backward" and needed to be "modern." That way of thinking is sort of offensive IMO, as if a group of people can't decide what is good for them.
As it stands.. how likely is it Ireland could "turn back the clock" and be restored to being a truly Catholic nation?
I want it to be so.... but I won't hold my breath
