A Lunatic Anti-Catholic?

On the contrary, hatred is irrational and a waste of one's resources. With five sisters, all of whom are religious, close to my own age (3 Catholic, 2 Jehovah's Witnesses) and without independent financial resources myself, I simply had to learn to survive in this negative culture, mostly by raising questions rather than making simplistic assertions. I've engaged in trade unions, left-wing politics, community democracy. as well as reading-up on history, real-politics, psychology and even a little philosophy. It is quite well understood by those who know me that I am quite impartial in my dislike for ALL irrational belief, not just those of a Catholic culture. The political ideology of Catholic Nationalism is just another out-dated ideology, not unique to Ireland, exploiting past superstitions and religious beliefs, and intellectually on par with National Socialism. Most Irish socialists have been influenced by the "need for popular growth" in a culture in which the Irish Catholic Church held virtually monopoly control. A ready example of this can be seen when RTE needs to roll out representatives of the working-class or the poor, one may expect to see Eamonn McCann side-by-side with Peter McVerry SJ. Maybe not such strange bedfellows, after all!