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Today, who is going to remember what St.Patrick's Day is really about?
St.Patrick's Day is not about Ireland (not that I opposed to a little pride in my Irish heritage).
St.Patrick's Day is not about drinking.
St.Patrick is not about wearing green or other gaudy Irish stereotypes.
St.Patrick's Day is about St.Patrick and other Irish missionaries (both to and from the Emerald Isle) and the propagation of the Catholic faith.
Who here remembers that?
Oh "Acid Zebra" your answer make me shake my head.
You might want to look into the history of Irish monastic orders. Particularly, you may want to read "How The Irish Saved Civilisation," which is about how missionaries went into Europe after the fall of the Western Empire, spreading literacy and other elements of civilisation.
I feel sorry for people as content to stew in their own ignorance as you are.
"Cale - Teh Lasur Kitteh," please tell me how St.Patrick "killed of pagans", being one man with no army. Please. I would *love* to hear how it was possible for one pacifist to kill off an entire war-like nation's priests. This should be good. Really.
Fail.
To "Mia," It is not intolerant to reserve St.Patrick's Day as a religious holiday for Catholics, simply because there would be no St.Patrick's Day at all were it not for the Catholic Church.
Historidcally, it has *always* been a religious holiday. It is not until more recent times that it has been secularised.
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- blueeyed girlLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
As a catholic, I agree with you...but it may not have the same meaning to others who don't share the faith.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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- ?Lv 61 decade ago
That isn't what its about.... That may be the history behind it, but that isn't why people celebrate it.
I love these know-it-alls who come on here trying to make everyone feel ignorant, when really they completely missed the concept in the first place.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Every Eastern Orthodox person who celebrates St. Patrick's Day as their name day.
For all you Patircks and Patricias...
Happy Name Day!
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- MiaLv 71 decade ago
Wasn't he that guy dancing around with a pipe to attract snakes? Or isn't that a metaphor for suppression of pagan religions? St. Patrick's day to me will always be about Irish culture, shamrocks, the luck of the Irish, and green beer. People should believe what they decide for themselves but I hardly applaud proselytizing myself. Why would one unless you are Catholic and think everyone else should be? Isn't that in itself a bit intolerant?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
If it was just about the religious stuff, no one would remember saint Patrick just like the million and one other obscure saints who nobody knows about.
- 1 decade ago
Nope... St Patricks Day is about Drinking Baileys and Wearing shamrocks on your sleeves...
No one cares that it celebrates St Patrick who essentially killed off the pagans in Ireland...
Source(s): Atheistic Atheist of Australian Atheistic Attitudes and Atheism - Anonymous1 decade ago
'St.Patrick is not about wearing green'
Heretic! I'm wearing camo.
I hate missionaries, they ruin good times.
