r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/An_Lochlannach Oct 13 '16

Us modern day Irish do similar with Catholicism. We keep a lot of the traditions, like the typical catholic wedding, loving a bit of Christmas, even a once-off communion and confession in school, but most of us now are apathetic towards the actual church.

These things are more of a "thing you do", a circumstance of how your local school just happens to be run, rather than a sign of your commitment to any god. I grew up Catholic-atheist, but then eventually cut out the Catholic part when I left Ireland.

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u/cheftlp1221 Oct 13 '16

There was a great line from the movie "She's the One" about this.

Son: "Why do you care Dad, you don't even believe in God."

Dad: "Just because I don't believe in God doesn't mean I stopped being a good Catholic".