With the 17th coming soon, I would like to remind you that "St. Patrick" was hardly a Saint. When you hear that he "drove the Snakes from Ireland", Snakes is a euphemism for Pagans, upon whom he committed Cultural and Religious Genocide. But enjoy the green food and Beer. Nothing wrong with enjoying that.

#CoSoPagans

@Heucuva8 you think paganism actually left Ireland? actual lol

Some histories of Patrick suggest he helped bury it in plain sight. Intentionally.

Be careful of narratives; they can always obscure.

@erose @Heucuva8 Also, the Pagans held him as a slave for many years and after he became a bishop he actually went back and paid his price to his owner. So it goes...

@Heucuva8 @erose Not that I really care too much - just that there is more to the story.

See, I've heard that side of the story too, but being a slave doesn't justify him murdering a lot of Pagans. If it did, we'd have no Whites left in America today.
Should he have been enslaved? No. But that was kinda the thing to do at the time.

As for the idea that he was secretly "helping the Pagans", killing them is an odd form of help.

And I don't believe he killed or drove off ALL the Pagans, but it was a lot, and he was rewarded with a Holiday for it.

@Anemone @erose

@Heucuva8
Yeah.
It may make his dislike of Pagans 'understandable' but it doesn't justify his ignoring of the 10 commandments.

I am sure that as elsewhere, *some* Pagans converted gladly and freely for their own reasons.

Murdering the rest? No Paddy! No.

@erose @Anemone

@stueytheround @erose @Heucuva8 What a bummer this conversation was. Saint Patrick's Day is just a fun day to me.

@Anemone
I get you.
It is indeed a day to have fun.
It's worth knowing the truth though.

Patrick wasn't a Celtic saint in the real meaning of the word.
He was trained in a Roman Catholic monastery in France and by the time he returned to Ireland, he was already a Bishop.

The true Celtic saints had a more loving, gentle, holistic approach.

@Heucuva8 @erose

@stueytheround @erose @Heucuva8 Lots of persecution of Christians by the pagan Romans. I'm not going to perpetuate any myth of tolerant and inclusive paganism or tolerant and inclusive Christianity. They all tried to kill each other from time to time. Much better to join in some lighthearted fun on March 17th.