We are great.

mariaalice

Ireland is on the way to being a post religious society and when that has happened in other societies people have take up other wacky spiritual beliefs and pseudo scientific ideas, we have not done this to any great extent in Ireland. We mostly just ignore the church while retaining the rituals of the church that give up comfort such as wedding and funerals.

The economy is on the floor and in a lot of other economies that has led to the rise of the far right and fascism this has not happened at all in Ireland we have remained passionately moderate in our politicise.

We are a sensible pragmatic moderate people IMO:P

freeze4real

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hoodwinked

we are all great everybody pat the nearest person to you on the back! :pac:

Shenshen

What other "wacky spiritual beliefs and pseudo scientific ideas"?

Angels?
Psychics?
Ghosts?
Homeopathy?
Spirit Healing?

I kind of hate to break it to you, but all of the above are ripe in Ireland...

Shenshen

hoodwinked wrote: »

we are all great everybody pat the nearest person to you on the back! :pac:

The nearest person to me is a Frenchman...

SEPT 23 1989

I blame the below cost selling of alcohol in supermarkets

Sauve

Alcohol is our God.

Clandestine

So brave

maximoose

Shenshen wrote: »

What other "wacky spiritual beliefs and pseudo scientific ideas"?

Angles?

HEY! Leave angles alone, it is not wacky and it's been proven time and time again that a² + b² = c²

hoodwinked

Shenshen wrote: »

The nearest person to me is a Frenchman...

pat him/her on the back tell them, they're great too! lets be non-exclusive! :pac:

Mr Benevolent

If we're so great then were need to change the name of the country first. Nobody seems to notice that Ireland means 'Angerland'.

For those without dictionaries, 'ire' = 'intense anger or wrath'.

mariaalice

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I blame the below cost selling of alcohol in supermarkets

The bread and circus argument, we are being keep passive with all the cheap alcohol.

Shenshen

maximoose wrote: »

HEY! Leave angles alone, it is not wacky and it's been proven time and time again that a² + b² = c²

Curse my poor English spelling! :mad:

OneArt

mariaalice wrote: »

The bread and circus argument, we are being keep passive with all the cheap alcohol.

Why do some people think there is such a thing as cheap alcohol in Ireland?

starlings

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

If we're so great then were need to change the name of the country first. Nobody seems to notice that Ireland means 'Angerland'.

For those without dictionaries, 'ire' = 'intense anger or wrath'.

yes, that's exactly how the name was derived. The Anglo-Saxons took one look and said "that's not Hibernia, you daft Romans: it's heated up to high summer by the native rabble."

AnonoBoy

mariaalice wrote: »

We are a sensible pragmatic moderate people IMO:P

G'wan the boys.

Seedy Arling

Save me Jebus!

mikom

mariaalice wrote: »

We are great.

Ireland is on the way to being a post religious society and when that has happened in other societies people have take up other wacky spiritual beliefs and pseudo scientific ideas, we have not done this to any great extent in Ireland. We mostly just ignore the church while retaining the rituals of the church that give up comfort such as wedding and funerals.

The economy is on the floor and in a lot of other economies that has led to the rise of the far right and fascism this has not happened at all in Ireland we have remained passionately moderate in our politicise.

We are a sensible pragmatic moderate people IMO:P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aOGnVKWbwc

speedboatchase

Come back to me when we have banished 'Religious studies' from school and introduced basic abortion rights OP.

Zebra3

OneArt wrote: »

Why do some people think there is such a thing as cheap alcohol in Ireland?

There is.

Go to the homebrewing forum. :cool:

Grayson

speedboatchase wrote: »

Come back to me when we have banished 'Religious studies' from school and introduced basic abortion rights OP.

I'm grand with generic religion studies. people should know about all the faiths of the world.

vronki

mariaalice wrote: »

Ireland is on the way to being a post religious society and when that has happened in other societies people have take up other wacky spiritual beliefs and pseudo scientific ideas, we have not done this to any great extent in Ireland. We mostly just ignore the church while retaining the rituals of the church that give up comfort such as wedding and funerals.

The economy is on the floor and in a lot of other economies that has led to the rise of the far right and fascism this has not happened at all in Ireland we have remained passionately moderate in our politicise.

We are a sensible pragmatic moderate people IMO:P

Yep, G.K. Chesterton put it well.

When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing — they believe in anything.

Truncheon Rouge

Hurray ...may we never have any spiritual reflection ever again.

Next up ..philosophy in general..nonsense, lets scrap it.

We live in a meaningless universe woooohooooo

mariaalice

Truncheon Rouge wrote: »

Hurray ...may we never have any spiritual reflection ever again.

Next up ..philosophy in general..nonsense, lets scrap it.

We live in a meaningless universe woooohooooo

Spiritual reflection dose not equate to believing in magical thinking, my spiritual meaning could come from loving and being loved and having children could be the meaning of my life

People also find spiritual meaning in poetry, music, art, etc.

Truncheon Rouge

mariaalice wrote: »

Spiritual reflection dose not equate to believing in magical thinking, my spiritual meaning could come from loving and being loved and having children could be the meaning of my life

People also find spiritual meaning in poetry, music, art, etc.

hahaha some whacky stuff there

all hormones and neurons don't ya know.

get down with the pragmatism homey, its all just atoms.