Well, that's strange, this I don't care mentality seems more common in the US on this matter.
It's usually that the public and the media make a big fuss about it if someone brings religion into politics or a religious leader like the pope comments on politics.
Usually the media starts flaming the religious. I'm not religious but I don't think it's okay to flame someone just because he's religious.
Someone posted some numbers a while ago by some EU-agency where only 37% or something of Germans believed there is a god whereas about 90% of the US-Americans believed there is a god.
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Originally Posted by Voice  As for Europe - that is where the REAL religions and really religious people are. |
Are you serious or is that what the US public thinks?
hrhr, yes the pope's living in Europe, there's even pope beer brewed in his little hometown in bavaria. Some years ago the pope admitted the evolution theory is true and he believes in it, so if you're a "true catholic" you can't believe in creationism anymore.
Even if you're running a christian private school in Germany you are not allowed to tell them intelligent design is true as you have to follow strict regulations to be able to keep your license as a school.
In fact if you still do, the people responsible are going in jail. even the parents if they knew about it.
There was such a case a couple of years ago where methodist teachers and parents got about 8 years in custody each for that.
It's true, we have a lot of religious buldings here, some are over thousand years old. But well, they aren't that frequented and would be closed and destroyed if they wouldn't be protected by the UNESCO as cultural heritage sites. So we have a lot of totally empty churches around where I live which get subsidised so they don't fall apart.
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Originally Posted by hairy_Palms Just thought id correct, its not on the Pound Coin its on a ten pound note  |
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