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 Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:44 am
Does anyone know what St. Patricks day is really about? Well I actually went and looked it up and am now not feeling too pleased. Here were the finding results. Guess I won't be wearing green Friday, I don't care how many times I get pinched!
This is a holiday to celebrate national pride. The flag colours are orange, green and white. The holiday, originally, was used to celebrate the day St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, snakes which used to be the pagan symbol. You see, Patrick - or Maewyn (his real name) - was a christian (catholic) priest and he saught to drive paganism out of Ireland and make it a more christian place.
In those days - there were only catholics so strictly speaking St. Patricks day is a catholic holiday. But it's now celebrated by everyone and is used to display Irish pride.
So if you were pinched for not wearing green on St. Patricks day, it usually symbolizes that that person is pagan, or of the pagan religion.
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:59 am
*blinks eyes* well I've been pinched almost all my life on St. Patricks day... lol... I wasn't even wiccan... thats kinda odd though... I didn't know that, I just thought it was a made up thing or just another weird holiday.
well I'm not wearing green either!^^ (like every year)
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:03 am
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Let's all scream persecution!!! surprised
Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, Irish people want to celebrate him, it is not neccessarily because they HATE YOU. OH NOES.
Seriously though, if it offends you so much don't participate.
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:55 am
that long ago everyone that had to do with the church wanted pagnism gone, so It's not that offending, who cares what they think ^^ just have fun! I don't think of it as a religious holiday anyways, I'm just like..1/4 irish and like all the goofyness that goes on today heart
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:44 am
heh, I go on as though its anyother day... I don't really care about it... and my first post... yea, I wasn't feeling good at that time so I reacted in a way I normaly don't. but I still didn't wear green but thats because I never did, well I did when I was like 7-10 but I haven't lately. lol and it was long ago and I don't think people think that way much anymore... I don't, nevermind.. lol see ya!
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:23 am
Damn....I'm like Irish all the way...and it's like my favorite holliday...
I guess I don't really care how it got started...I just like an excuse to wear as much green as possible and drink green alcohol...(not beer)...that and I've never gotten pinched...but I pinch a lot of other people...
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:13 am
wow. i knew he wanted to quash all the pagans, but i didnt realize the symbol of the snake. *feels really stupid* i'm definatly not going to participate in this holiday again
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:03 pm
here's another fun fact about Ireland: the Catholic Church in Ireland is known as the Celtic Church, because the church there is the knows and accepst it's Pagan roots......that's right everyone! about 75-80% of the Catholic Religion is based on Paganism! of their 150 something saints, only about 50 actually came from the bible.....the others are based on the Old Deities from across Europe. That's how the Roman Catholic church became so huge, and why the Roman empire spread so much.....St. Patty's Day is a day to celebrate your Irish heritage, so drink up lads and lasses!!
also-Kiss ME!! I'm Irish!!!
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:42 pm
Olivia Benson here's another fun fact about Ireland: the Catholic Church in Ireland is known as the Celtic Church, because the church there is the knows and accepst it's Pagan roots......that's right everyone! about 75-80% of the Catholic Religion is based on Paganism! of their 150 something saints, only about 50 actually came from the bible.....the others are based on the Old Deities from across Europe. That's how the Roman Catholic church became so huge, and why the Roman empire spread so much.....St. Patty's Day is a day to celebrate your Irish heritage, so drink up lads and lasses!! also- Kiss ME!! I'm Irish!!!~Close but not quite, there are so many saints it's not funny. Real people from history and even modern times can and have been canonized as saints. The majority of them are actually historical figures. Not from different religions.
Incorrupt body of Saint Catherine of Bologna Died 1463, mysteriously preserved without embalming and radiating a sweet scent; her skin is darkend from the burning of candles around her shrine.
Incorrupt body of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes Died 1879, preserved without embalming and sweet smelling too.
Incorrupt body of Saint Catherine LaboreDied 1876, same story.
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, died 1317, same story.
The fact is being canonized is a recognition of the selfless life one had lead and the miracles attributed to their faith, such as healing, visions and incorruptable bodies even after centuries.
The reason Catholicism has spread so well is because it allowed people to impose their deities upon the existing ones in Catholicism, it's not the other way around. It is accessable to all cultures because they are able to adapt Christianity to their own set of beliefs, because if it was just the old gods of Europe why is there a huge popularity in Middle and South America, in the Polynesian Islands, In Africa. Places that will flagellate themselves untill there is no skin on their backs to venerate Mary, will dance with hundreds 3-4 foot long steel spikes being driven into their skin by a huge weight supported above them by these spikes alone, for hours untill they go into trances for Jesus. As far as I am aware these are local practices to their areas imposed on Christianity not by, and definately not old european traditions. And there is so much of it everywhere.
This is an area of my particular interest.
Did you know that 62% of statistics are made up on the spot rolleyes ~
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:38 am
hi guys
Here's another fact:
st patrick isn't even Irish he's Welsh
what's that all about?
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:20 am
I still don't care. It's my favorite holliday. I don't read anything into it except that I get to wear my favorite color in excess and drink green liquor!!! I don't really see how you can go wrong with green vodka....hmmm.....apple martinis.....mmmmm......also....
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:45 pm
I have known that for a Lng time ....... and on St. pattys Day I wear a red snake neck lace and I used to have this shirt I made a long time ago that says "Pinch me today and feel the consequences of one of the REAL snakes of Ireland." I thought it was awsome but I couldnt find it this year cry in fact I havent seen it in a while... confused
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:47 pm
Funkcarla8 hi guys Here's another fact: st patrick isn't even Irish he's Welshwhat's that all about? Thats kinda wierd...
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:02 pm
Day_Dreamer333 Funkcarla8 hi guys Here's another fact: st patrick isn't even Irish he's Welshwhat's that all about? Thats kinda wierd... ~
Doesn't really matter where they are born, if they did something great for a country that country will celebrate them. If a welsh saint drove all the snakes out of ireland, the irish will take them as a patron saint.
If it were a russian saint that drove the snakes out the irish would still celebrate them.
I think the place of birth is kind of a moot point.
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:20 am
Tes Day_Dreamer333 Funkcarla8 hi guys Here's another fact: st patrick isn't even Irish he's Welshwhat's that all about? Thats kinda wierd... ~
Doesn't really matter where they are born, if they did something great for a country that country will celebrate them. If a welsh saint drove all the snakes out of ireland, the irish will take them as a patron saint.
If it were a russian saint that drove the snakes out the irish would still celebrate them.
I think the place of birth is kind of a moot point.
~ Yes fair point but if a saint was celebrated in a country for something even though that saint hadn't even stepped foot in that country should they by celebrated? (does that make sense?)
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