Is St. Patrick's Day a Holiday Celebrating Religious Colonialism?

[ChadCoxRox]

I celebrate the idea that St. Patrick survived enslavement related trauma and yet returned to Ireland with intent to share his belief and Christianity with the people and land where he'd been a victim, became a survivor and then a thriver.

Seems the articles I looked at didn't go into much detail about Maewyn, so perhaps there is more to the story about the conversion to Christianity in Ireland?

Or, much like many Christians have done for eons, the stories of who and what have been embedded for perpetuity rather than historical accuracy. There's plenty on the net about it and that's why I said it gets deep as you dig into the religion. Again, for my own purposes, I stick with what works for me, just like most everyone else. I think discussing the man and his history is different than celebratory traditions. I saw a meme today of Maewyn quickly regretting his gift as his car leaves full of green snakes and each snake complains of "are we there yet?", "I'm hungry," and other bits of childish travel woes.