St. Patrick was a zealot who participated in the slaughter and persecution of many pagans in Ireland and forced conversion to Christianity.
Therefore, I choose not to celebrate the life or actions of such an evil man.
While this day has come to serve as a day of pride for the Irish, but is truly a legacy of the corruption of a people by the Roman Catholic Church many centuries ago.
3 comments on “Why not to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day”
That’s nonsense! The Irish overwhelmingly converted to Christianity AND in this day and age so many people don’t even know who St. Patrick was or what he did, the holiday has lost it’s true meaning. The whole holiday started because THE IRISH wanted to celebrate St. Partick bringing them Christianity. I can’t think that they would have a holiday for this if they felt they were forced and if they were slaughtered by the thousands (incidently, do you celebrate Valentine’s Day?) In fact, many of the Irish immigrants that came to America were here to celebrate the religious freedom (granted a lot came over because of the deplorable conditions of Ireland during the famine)… Too bad it’s been reduced to getting drunk, wearing green, and hanging pictures of leprachauns.
Exactly, why celebrate a holiday that has no remembered meaning, especially when that meaning is overly negative.
It was most likely started by religious leaders to keep and convert people, much like other holidays, such as Christmas, were used to destroy pagan traditions.
Not to “destroy” pagan traditions, but to offer an alternative to the traditions that were often too violent for many people. I don’t know if you understood my meaning behind my comment, but my point was that St. Patrick’s Day did not start because of something overly negative. Well, I guess that depends on what side of the fence you sit on.