Ireland losing faith faster than most countries.

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I think the weirdly superstitious stuff (in Ireland anyway) is fading for sure. There is a body of the population however who still it appears wish to worship a god of their tradition and culture, and from what I have read and seen on TV they are jettisoning the ritual, pomp, elitism and mumbo jumbo of the Catholic priesthood and trying to find a simpler set of rituals. Hopefully that is part of the path away from needing the crutch of religion altogether, but for some it won't be. A lot of people seem to have a need to believe there's a big guy up there looking out for them and that they will live forever if they believe in him.

Anything is worth a try when it comes to curing mortality.

Sadly it would appear none of it works. Tough innit?

Yeah, but it's convincing people that nothing works is the problem.