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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]Hamlette
(15,556 posts)15. thanks for posting, looks great n/t
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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