Don't Catholics and Protestants both believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior? Don't they believe that God is Love and teaches us to love one another as He has loved us?
Where is all of this hatred coming from? Children are beaten because they are the 'wrong' religion. No wonders there are so many atheists in the world when this is the way Christians behave toward one another.
http://www.noapologiespress.com/newnews/irishgirl.html
2007-08-08 02:15:41 · 22 answers · asked by Naturescent 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just to let you now that is a fake article.
The difference is not theological. You have to look at the conflict more closely. Catholics were heavily repressed by the majority protestants. When the Catholics took up a civil rights movements based on that of Martin Luther King Jnr's they were crushed.
Up until the nineties the local authority in Derry had no Catholic employees, and Derry has one of the biggest Catholic populations in Northern Ireland.
Catholics are generally descended from the original inhabitants of Ulster, whereas protestants are descended from the planters from Scotland. So Catholics want to be part of the Republic of Ireland whereas protestants want to remain part of the UK.
There is peace now and intercommunity relations are starting to improve. The leader of the DUP(once a hardline Protestant/Unionist party) is now in power with the deputy leader of Sinn Féin(once a hardline Catholic/Nationalist party, and political wing for the IRA).
Religion as always is being portrayed as the reason for the conflict where it actually stems from how people treat each other. Even if the world was full of aethists we would still have conflict, be it racial, gender related or political ideology. The human condition creates conflict from differences, we have to curb that impulse.
2007-08-08 05:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The issue in Northern Ireland is political not religious. The media, who is always looking for short cuts and not the whole story, calls the participants Catholics and Protestants.
The conflict is about whether the British territory (probably the wrong word) of Northern Ireland should remain British or should become part of Ireland.
The majority of people in Ireland are Catholics. The majority of people in England and Northern Ireland are Protestants. There are actually Catholics and Protestants on either side.
The terrorists on either side of the issue are not Christian in any sense of the word.
With love in Christ.
2007-08-08 17:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Once the peace process begins the shitkickin takes a while to calm down. At least they have stopped bombing each other.
Maybe now that the government is combining peace will be possible.
It's also possible that tomorrow the hateful sin nature of man will rise up and start killing each other in Jesus name.
It's a shame there isn't more real God in the picture. Time to pray I guess. God Bless!
2007-08-08 23:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A an angry mob of Irish Catholic protestors ran up to a single Irish guy on the street.
The leader of the mob says," Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
The man says, "I am an athiest! So you have no reason to beat me."
The leader asks, "OK, Are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant one?"
The point is that the "Troubles" are all about religion and it's ability to divide people.
2007-08-08 02:25:44 · answer #4 · answered by UpChuck 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
East Belfast is primarily Protestant whereas West Belfast would be primarily Catholic. North and South I think are just mainly a mixture of the two. And of course the 2 main areas famous are the Falls Road (Catholic) and the Shankill Road (Protestant)
2016-05-17 04:59:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They might believe that Jesus is our savior but not necessarily that Christ is God. Neither might they have the indwelling Spirit of Christ (Holy Spirit) which is the only means by which we can love people as God loves them.
2007-08-14 21:01:00 · answer #6 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that Israelis and Arabs, or even some different Muslim groups can't. They follow leaders who control them by giving them an enemy. Politicians have been creating hatred since the beginning of history.
It's called Divide and Conquer.
2007-08-08 02:26:29 · answer #7 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you care to look up the history of the conflict, you'll see that it's not religion -based but territory-based. The fact that the two different factions just happen to be different religions is beside the point.
A British atheist
2007-08-08 02:25:37 · answer #8 · answered by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think the violence in Northern Ireland is pretty much over.
Btw, getting the living sh*t kicked out you is a little better then being shot to death. I could be wrong about that though.
2007-08-08 02:20:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that it is an entirely religious argument. The British did invade Ireland and some Irish want home rule.
AEN
2007-08-08 02:19:39 · answer #10 · answered by Grendel's Father 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋