tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358337525667477985.post9071013520466840015..comments2023-06-13T08:39:26.134-07:00Comments on The Keough Corner: R is for ReligionTessa Keoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146870113899850353noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358337525667477985.post-49299471794921324402015-04-22T12:19:26.702-07:002015-04-22T12:19:26.702-07:00Just about all of the above happened in my family!...Just about all of the above happened in my family! Even recently, my brother was buried in a Catholic (on church grounds) cemetery, because his wife was a long-time member of the congregation and the priest was a friend from his car club and had been after him for years. :-) It's a sweet story in our Irish-Anglican-Presbyterian-Lutheran-Methodist Episcopal-Catholic-Christian Scientist....family. I really should write an anecdote about it for our family story. McElrea One-Name Studyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020516440315580918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358337525667477985.post-55964131357085655132015-04-22T12:12:33.957-07:002015-04-22T12:12:33.957-07:00Yes, and I wonder how many of the supposed convers...Yes, and I wonder how many of the supposed conversions were just a ruse to allow two people with different backgrounds to get married in the same church. My wife and I have very different religious views, and even in modern times it was hard to get our marriage organised. Churches generally weren't interested unless you were both from their parish and both upheld their faith. As an atheist then that was something of a show-stopper.Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358337525667477985.post-53830966656896315532015-04-22T11:55:46.339-07:002015-04-22T11:55:46.339-07:00Would love to read your post on this subject. I do...Would love to read your post on this subject. I do find religion (and a person's choice to embrace, ignore, or choose another religion) fascinating. And deciding to be agnostic or an atheist is also interesting - why do we make the choices we do and how do those choices affect us. The simple entry is one thing but then we need to follow up with activities and fleshing out the story! Tessa Keoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146870113899850353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358337525667477985.post-16867131840535451802015-04-22T02:32:55.181-07:002015-04-22T02:32:55.181-07:00I was thinking of writing about this subject mysel...I was thinking of writing about this subject myself Tessa. The more recent census questions have made a bit of a mess of the subject. I'll ignore the "Jedi" issue but the UK & IE questions don't make a distinction between your parent's faith -- including whether they baptised you -- and your own faith. Even faith can be split into spiritual beliefs (more of a personal thing) and religious practices (actually going to a church). The so-called "people of no faith" (which is a rather daft description) are just as complicated. Maybe all this would complicate the non-narrative, "database approach" to family history, but without the extra information the associated governments would not be able to interpret the data meaningfully or accurately.Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.com