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In reply to the discussion: American Bible-Thumper Travels To Scandinavia, Freaks Out After Discovering How Secular They Are [View all]BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)14. I guess he didn't go to Jutland
But yes, the cities are so secular, they would never think of mixing religion and politics. Their religion is the more casual kind that includes religious holidays, but not truly the religion itself.
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American Bible-Thumper Travels To Scandinavia, Freaks Out After Discovering How Secular They Are [View all]
KamaAina
May 2015
OP
Well, it's pretty insensitive of them to broadcast this is whatever foreign language that was....
brooklynite
May 2015
#5
That was brilliant. Thanks for posting it! (Were you engaging in a sacred act of Kopism
tblue37
May 2015
#40
Luv it. My thoughts exactly. -- most holier than thou are always more depraved than us.
erronis
May 2015
#10
I also wonder if its dawned on anyone that we obsess over the military/ police waaaay too much
Myrina
May 2015
#20
In the 60s these countries had state churches - one official religion and they all had to pay taxes
jwirr
May 2015
#23
Thank you. I was not aware that the state churches still existed. It does not surprise me that they
jwirr
May 2015
#42
Okay. Now I remember what it was all about. I was educated in a conservative Lutheran college
jwirr
May 2015
#80
Thank you, Diclotican- I was hoping we'd hear from you in this thread. I always appreciate your
NBachers
May 2015
#79
I'll bet religions can't take big tax breaks in Scandanavia like they do in the U.S.
valerief
May 2015
#47
I think a trip there would do these people around where I live a lot of good.
Jamastiene
May 2015
#81
When I was in Stockholm in 2011, I attended a service at the Angliska Kyrkan
Lydia Leftcoast
May 2015
#88
Some teenage evangelists stopped by my house one day. I told them I was an atheist.
ieoeja
May 2015
#102