Originally posted by debbiejo
Ok then..........let's say what kind of beer you all like...........hahaAnd why is this so special anyway........Do we celebrath Saint Thresa's Day.............Who is she anyways,.............or Saint Michael..........Or Saint Jude, St. Clement, St. Debbiejo?????????
My cat Tipper, was born on Saint Patrick's Day. Tomorrow she will be 6. 💃 She is the only cat that I've ever known the birthday of.
Saint Patricks day is celebrated mainly because he was the man that brought christianity to Ireland and when he came ,he used the shamrock to explain to them about God.He used the shamrock as a way of explaining the trinity.
There is also old legends/tales that he drove all the snakes from Ireland etc......but paddy's day has become more of a tradition rather than a holy day 😊
Originally posted by debbiejo
Ok then..........let's say what kind of beer you all like...........hahaAnd why is this so special anyway........Do we celebrath Saint Thresa's Day.............Who is she anyways,.............or Saint Michael..........Or Saint Jude, St. Clement, St. Debbiejo?????????
To put it in a nutshell, it's pretty much likes Christmas & Easter to a lesser extent in which it has been integrated into society not due to its values but because it brings happiness & entertainment to people, in the case of St Patricks day, people aren't really celebrating the day, but just the reason to go out and get pissed, same with Christmas i.e presents. This in contrary to other dates that people don't like for some reason or another, aren't really celebrated and sometimes forgotten.
Just my 2 cents on it, hope no one is offended by it in anyway 😄
Originally posted by sweetness
Saint Patricks day is celebrated mainly because he was the man that brought christianity to Ireland and when he came ,he used the shamrock to explain to them about God.He used the shamrock as a way of explaining the trinity.
There is also old legends/tales that he drove all the snakes from Ireland etc......but paddy's day has become more of a tradition rather than a holy day 😊
Yeah, and then the Americans stole it and now they dress all green and deat ice cream with root beer....
Root Beer??...............Not root beer to my recollection, lol
Saint Patrick as I have read was going to Ireland, and too his surprise they were already Christianized, so by who then?? The Roman Catholic Church didn't appreciate their form of Christianity though and sent more priests, and monks and use intimidation's to persuade them to accept Easter instead Of Passover and Christmas as of was Mithras birth trying to merge things together.............The church also had many Saints that were supposed to be "Studied" on certain days..........No fun on those days though............So, I guess Christmas, a celebration of St Nicholas, and St. Patrick's day, of this saint would be one to what we could celebrate according to the Church............Guess they rule.
Originally posted by debbiejo
Root Beer??...............Not root beer to my recollection, lolSaint Patrick as I have read was going to Ireland, and too his surprise they were already Christianized, so by who then?? The Roman Catholic Church didn't appreciate their form of Christianity though and sent more priests, and monks and use intimidation's to persuade them to accept Easter instead Of Passover and Christmas as of was Mithras birth trying to merge things together.............The church also had many Saints that were supposed to be "Studied" on certain days..........No fun on those days though............So, I guess Christmas, a celebration of St Nicholas, and St. Patrick's day, of this saint would be one to what we could celebrate according to the Church............Guess they rule.
I'm pretty sure that Ireland was a pagan country before St Patrick came 😛
Originally posted by sweetnessSo the church would tell ya, though in many other documents they were Christians, just not the sort the church wanted to recognise...........they did believe in Jesus, though they did keep the Sabbath an some OT teachings. .....This is written in some Celtic writings..........If who ever wanted to keep these teachings were ostracized and cut off, church by church and village by village sending in more and more monks..........Look at old maps of the periods. When you look at them along with the history you can see what the church did to convert them...........Ireland was an Island and the mainland didn't have much to do with them until later. They were to busy converting the main lands.........
I'm pretty sure that Ireland was a pagan country before St Patrick came 😛
http://www.allaboutirish.com/library/bookrev/rev-saved.shtm
Debbiejo that little link might interest yeah. You certainly know your stuff about christianity and many other things inbetween. LOL I am not attempting to convert or spout christianity cuz I thought the book was long winded however you might thinks its interesting.
Now back to St Patricks day did he drive the snakes outta Ireland on that holiday🙂
Originally posted by debbiejo
So the church would tell ya, though in many other documents they were Christians, just not the sort the church wanted to recognise...........they did believe in Jesus, though they did keep the Sabbath an some OT teachings. .....This is written in some Celtic writings..........If who ever wanted to keep these teachings were ostracized and cut off, church by church and village by village sending in more and more monks..........Look at old maps of the periods. When you look at them along with the history you can see what the church did to convert them...........Ireland was an Island and the mainland didn't have much to do with them until later. They were to busy converting the main lands.........
you learn something new everyday , i never knew that 😮
So....................What'ts the best beer???????????????????........Seems to be what everyone cares about anyways.....................Or should we put little hats on like we do here.................hahaha.........put some Irish toons on and dance around sayin "Me like it too"???????????............hahah
Originally posted by soleran30Ha ha ha......oh, those Vikings just want to ruin everything..............don't they..... 😗 🐰 🐰
http://www.allaboutirish.com/library/bookrev/rev-saved.shtmDebbiejo that little link might interest yeah. You certainly know your stuff about christianity and many other things inbetween. LOL I am not attempting to convert or spout christianity cuz I thought the book was long winded however you might thinks its interesting.
Now back to St Patricks day did he drive the snakes outta Ireland on that holiday🙂
Look it up on the Net, its a wonderfully place to find any question you had.
So, I did it.
Patrick was a priest who brought Christianity to Ireland. He died on March 17th.
The reason why it's celebrated here is because the Irish immigrants in Boston celebrated it, and I guess it become popular.
It could also be because Spring is around the corner, and people need a reason to celebrate that, and it just happens that St. Paddy's Day is around the time of Spring.
Re: Saint Patricks Day.......
Originally posted by debbiejo
Anybody think this is special............Tell you the truth, I've never celebrated. I've always forgotten about it, but why celebrate a Saint to Ireland?........And why do you need to by Irish to be special?........
I love Saint Patricks Day! I like to dress in green each year and go to the pub for Irish Stew and Guiness. 😛