Just as an add on to what Peter has been saying....I was brought up as a Scottish Presbyterian(now an atheist), our ministers were all hard uncompromising men whos dry theology would bore folks to tears.

As a young stonemason I was given the job of building the new alter in the big Catholic Chapel in the nearest town.

I cut all the stone by hand and transported it to town where my labourer and I built the stones in situe. I was amazed by the conduct of the two local priests who spent most of the time telling jokes and having a few drinks with us.

In fact, when the alter table was finished, we all sat on the marble top and polished off almost a bottle of whisky and a carrier bag of canned beer. :0).

Our joyless ministers would have been shaking their grey heads in disapproval.