Friday, May 11, 2007
Paisley and Ahern visit Boyne site
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley stood shoulder-to-shoulder at an ancient battlefield to vow a shared future.
IMO: The section of Ahern's speech which I heard sounded quite sensible, and stressed the essential character of European agreement etc. Whilst I think many people will sensibly "remember the battle of the Boyne", I suppose by now many religious ideas are beginning to sound out of date anyway, but IMO religion still has beneficial factors. Indeed many people regard a serious and sympathetic attitude to all religions, however strange and bizarre, to be an important feature of human life and feel that religions should be treated sympathetically and with respect, for the benefit of science and scholarship at the very least.
IMO: The section of Ahern's speech which I heard sounded quite sensible, and stressed the essential character of European agreement etc. Whilst I think many people will sensibly "remember the battle of the Boyne", I suppose by now many religious ideas are beginning to sound out of date anyway, but IMO religion still has beneficial factors. Indeed many people regard a serious and sympathetic attitude to all religions, however strange and bizarre, to be an important feature of human life and feel that religions should be treated sympathetically and with respect, for the benefit of science and scholarship at the very least.
# posted by uv : 10:39 AM
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