Gerry Adams cuts out middleman with 'Protestant' beliefs - Times Online

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I'd be RC but i have to say i agree with him.

the protestant faiths seem more grounded and decent than hierarchical RCism

Gerry Adams doesn't do confessions, shocker!




It is interesting to hear, and I'd be interested to hear other politicians talk about their faith. But I'd be wary of politicians using such discussions as a spin exercise.

He's not a protestant , he's an a la carte RC. ( O I do hope that evangelicism is not
gripping politics up there, thats an absurd proposition- where RC/Protestant/evangelical
all ball together under some Blairite homogeny)

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I think many of those who still go to Mass are of the same opinion now anyway.

For me the Lord's Prayer is what I 'believe' in as its as much I think has a solid enough grounding for us to follow.

Does God exist - Yes IMO

but our knowledge of the Deity is by Nature going to be somewhat limited.

The Bible is indeed a great book and well worth study.

I also like Marcus Aurelius Philosophical writings too.

It certainly would help though if any residual fears of Catholic domination were laid to rest within the Protestant communities in the North.

Thought TBH I think the religious element was overplayed when National Identity is the real crux of the matter.

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I agree. I think that the Irish have moved away from RC in their thinking and in their religious belief but the idea of the Church being a badge of ones Irishness is still very strong and for that reason people will continue to attend masses and see themselves as roman catholic.

On pure theological and structural grounds, the Roman sect of Catholicism has very few legs to stand on and people know it. Theres a lot of resentment too given the actions of the church for so many decades. If we could avoid the inevitable, a discussion on it here would be very interesting, but I guess that road is closed before we start.

I also agree with you about the religious element of the national identity. The United Irishmen spring to mind.

One thing Gerry said though baffles me:
??? I think its downright nonsense how someone can make such a statement.

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Not many of our politicians down here would give as straight an answer to some of those questions.

In the holy land one church building has four actual churches minding a part of it. They dont talk to each other, they wont agree maintenance costs, sometimes they fist fight and generally hate each other.

But they are all christians. Now if thats not crazy then what is.

I think for those of us who come from the north and that includes the counties of Donegal,Cavan,Louth,Monaghan and Sligo our sensibilites while Catholic have been informed through a Calvanist prism. I see myself as Catholic and have great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, hardly a protestant thing except I suppose for high church Anglicans, Moravians and some Lutherans, however I also have a radical free thinking streak that doesn't really sit well with Catholic doctrine. I think many Catholics in Ireland have this streak and it doesn't make them less Catholic, in fact after all my internal argument I still believe in the "one holy,catholic and apostolic church". This does not mean that I can't have a brain and think for myself. Catholicism generally cannot and does not seek to subvert individual conscience. It is the extreme of Catholicism that promotes this.

Gerry is just hedging his bets.