As a Catholic, I agree. I think the people who have done good in the name of the Catholic church would have done good works regardless, because they are inherently kind and compassionate people.

Of course you don’t force people what to believe or not believe! The point of secularism is that no one religion should be codified in law. In Ireland, non-Catholics have to deal with laws that are not based on public health and safety or on science or medicine but on Catholic dogma. That’s what secularists have a…

I really firmly believe that over its 1500+ year history the Roman Catholic church has done far more harm than good. Not to write off the good that individual Catholics have done, but as an institution it has rarely (maybe never?) been on the right side of history.

I’m too lazy to do an in-depth google search right now, but wasn’t there a huge uproar about finding a mass grave of children born to unwed mothers in the ‘60s awhile back too? Really showing the sacredness of life there.

Are they serious about the church being so fantastic for Ireland and
Europe? Are they not aware of the awful history of rape and abuse of children in Catholic schools in Ireland? I mean, it’s almost painful reading about the church and its supporters whitewashing the church’s influence on Ireland. Or, we could go back…