Two groups, worshiping the same deity and reading the same scriptures, hate each other so much that they must avoid coming near each other's houses of worship. Yay, Christianity!

Fortunately the atheists in the area can walk past the churches of both groups and ignore them altogether.

And yet, some continue to claim that religion benefits society. How odd.

to exploit division and make it easier for the English to exploit both in Ireland and Scotland.

The English transplanted convicts to Australia.

Very close to my own heart, and roots, the English transplanted thousands of Acadiens from their homes to La Louisiane and brought many Scots and Irish to Acadie after 1770.

Power politics.

Meanwhile, in China, the atheists who control the Chinese Government transplant Han Chinese into Muslim majority Uighur areas for the same reason.

And in Russia, when it was controlled by atheists, millions were transplanted to Siberia for the same reason.

Remarkable how, absent theism, the same actions taken for reason of power have the same results.

But for those who wish to frame and promote a simplistic narrative, they will see only what they wish to see.

tactics left long-lasting social scars in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and Southern Africa

The English were not alone, of course, in using this tactic.

With a Russian bonus.

#whataboutism

Refusing to recognize historical reality, however, is a logical error that leads to erroneous conclusions.

Whataboutism.

so the English didn't "transplant" Scots; they allowed and encouraged them to immigrate to Ireland, which England controlled. England and Scotland shared monarchs, of course - from the Scottish House of Stuart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Scots_people

actual history is not to be used.

The English deliberately forced out many Scots to encourage religious division, and to weaken the native Irish.

in the main they were by Landlords forcing out "Unproductive" people and replacing them with sheep. Their own aristocracy rather than "The English". the Wars of the Pretenders 1715 and 1745 were fought mostly by Scots on both sides.

As a side note, my clan was on both sides of the 1745 and managed to lose, we lost our lands to the Campbells. Heh I could go on but I wont.

It couldn't have been colonized by people from Great Britain. Great Britain did not exist then, now if they said "by people from what would become Great Britain" they would be correct.

That is, if we are being pedantic and all.

Well done.

They occupied it under Cromwell, but when under a king, Scotland had its own parliament, and any forcing would have been done by that (or the Scottish Stuart king). And it doesn't look like the Cromwell period was significant in the moves to Ulster.

Cromwell and the Protestants however... you might have a case, but you haven't argued for that one yet.

And, I would argue, knew what would happen.

now you're using the same verb.

I think the Wikipedia article you linked to shows that my point that England did not force Scots to go to Ireland is correct. "James had been King of Scotland before he also became King of England and needed to reward his subjects in Scotland with land in Ulster to assure them they were not being neglected now that he had moved his court to London. In addition, long-standing contact and settlement between Ulster and the west of Scotland meant that Scottish participation was a practical necessity."

IMHO, this tribal posturing is entirely political (meaning, bolstering participation, and threatening outsiders), and serves egos and insecure haters.

Just try to imagine jesus, or any metaphysical leader, at the front of one of these mobs. Right. You can't.

This crap is bigotry attempting divinity, and failing.

The dominance of territory by competing tribes is animalistic, and has nothing to do with goodness or faith in divine beings. Racism, plain and simple.

If faith is real, it does not require the subjugation of non-believers. Individuals who require the validation of their own group are suffering from psychological inconsistencies that cannot be resolved by others.