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Do We Wonder What Historical Figures Would Say?

Posted on | March 17, 2010 | 15 Comments

by Smitty

Proof Positive quotes Saint Patrick:

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
-St. Patrick

Google, while not mentioning Saint Patrick by name, posts this on Saint Patrick’s Day:

As a Christian, I’ll venture as a default position that Saint Patrick would be as excited about the attention directed at himself, and not Christ, as, say, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be.
Heaven forbid anything ever be about me personally, in all seriousness.

Category: Culture

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15 Responses to “Do We Wonder What Historical Figures Would Say?”

  1. proof
    March 17th, 2010 @ 1:15 pm

    Yeah. I thought it might be appropriate to have folks give a thought to why Patrick was called a “saint” and something other than green beer and driving the snakes out of Ireland.
    (Though we could use someone to drive all the snakes out of Washington!!!)

  2. proof
    March 17th, 2010 @ 8:15 am

    Yeah. I thought it might be appropriate to have folks give a thought to why Patrick was called a “saint” and something other than green beer and driving the snakes out of Ireland.
    (Though we could use someone to drive all the snakes out of Washington!!!)

  3. I’ve got an errand or two to run this morning… « DaTechguy's Blog
    March 17th, 2010 @ 8:19 am

    […] the other McCain Smitty has a word about St. Patrick’s day at google: As a Christian, I’ll venture as a default position that Saint Patrick would be as excited about […]

  4. richard mcenroe
    March 17th, 2010 @ 2:19 pm

    Slainte sin Padraig… which is Gaelic for “If we had any idea what we were letting ourselves in for, we’da thrown the little Limey overboard…”

  5. Joe
    March 17th, 2010 @ 2:19 pm

    Obligatory St. Patrick Day inspired music video from an Irish Latvian American band.

  6. richard mcenroe
    March 17th, 2010 @ 9:19 am

    Slainte sin Padraig… which is Gaelic for “If we had any idea what we were letting ourselves in for, we’da thrown the little Limey overboard…”

  7. Joe
    March 17th, 2010 @ 9:19 am

    Obligatory St. Patrick Day inspired music video from an Irish Latvian American band.

  8. Joe
    March 17th, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

    The real holiday is St. Joseph’s Day on March 19.

  9. Joe
    March 17th, 2010 @ 9:20 am

    The real holiday is St. Joseph’s Day on March 19.

  10. chuck cross
    March 17th, 2010 @ 6:35 pm

    nyc is going to be a hot mess all day and night with sunny weather in the ’60’s.

  11. chuck cross
    March 17th, 2010 @ 1:35 pm

    nyc is going to be a hot mess all day and night with sunny weather in the ’60’s.

  12. Live Free Or Die
    March 17th, 2010 @ 7:40 pm

    Favorite St. Patrick’s Day Trivia fact: St. Patrick wasn’t Irish.(Roman father/mother, from Gaul)
    Maureen O’Hara, Grace Kelly, and Maureen Sullivan are reason enough to celibrate St. Patrick’s Day. 😉
    St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland? That would account for the Kennedys’ presence in America.
    St. Patrick’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, etc.. have been exsanguinated of their Christianity by the Secular World. Druids can practice their paganism freely, but Christ, and his followers? They must not be named.

  13. Live Free Or Die
    March 17th, 2010 @ 2:40 pm

    Favorite St. Patrick’s Day Trivia fact: St. Patrick wasn’t Irish.(Roman father/mother, from Gaul)
    Maureen O’Hara, Grace Kelly, and Maureen Sullivan are reason enough to celibrate St. Patrick’s Day. 😉
    St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland? That would account for the Kennedys’ presence in America.
    St. Patrick’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, etc.. have been exsanguinated of their Christianity by the Secular World. Druids can practice their paganism freely, but Christ, and his followers? They must not be named.

  14. Bob Belvedere
    March 17th, 2010 @ 9:02 pm

    If Saint Patrick were alive, he’s be speaking Italian and would be quite disappointed that the snakes came back to Ireland and took over the country.

  15. Bob Belvedere
    March 17th, 2010 @ 4:02 pm

    If Saint Patrick were alive, he’s be speaking Italian and would be quite disappointed that the snakes came back to Ireland and took over the country.