American Bible-Thumper Travels To Scandinavia, Freaks Out After Discovering How Secular They Are

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86. jwirr

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I have no problem that churches and others have to pay their faire share of the taxes - it should be a natural thing, that everyone should chip in their part of the taxes - rich or poor..

US in a way - have a form of "blessing" never to have experienced really fundy religion theocracy - as many if not all european countries have experienced one time or another - in a way it is the problem, becouse then all extreme religious groups can claim, with some fairness - that when secular government fail - why not try the opposite - religious theocracy - and who belive if that was happening - all the problems US have today - in all form of community would be something of the past.. Even if it would mean that millions had to be "re-programmed" in camps - where they might have to undergo theological idelogy on a level americans have yet to even experience.. After all - US was more or less founded by the ones who was hardline religious zealots back in the days. The first colonist who landed and build the first colonies in what become USA after a few centuries - was pepole who was rather extreme in their views - and who had become a problem for most european governments - as they wanted to turn socitity into something that neither the government (who was innfluced by new thingings about most things) and most of the pepole, who would have nothing to do with the nutjobs - Specially in England, who also experienced a form of theocracy in the 1600s - had thouands of this nuts who had a view who was extreme - and in any cases was arrested as they was trying to impose their will on others - for England - and as time was going - for the rest of Europe - the emigration to USA was a blessing of sorts - most of the worst extremist could be put on ships - and was then away from Europe - who could go forward into the future... And the ones who was leaving for the american colonies - was able to build their own future - out of nothing in most cases..

Europe and the US have a lot of difference in history, and I suspect the differences is indeed a part of the problem - specially as the religous zealots also have political power - to innfluence the government in a way they never had, just a few decades ago.... Zealots - who force religion onto others IS a bad thing.... A dangrous thing, that could end in some of the worst wars ever inflicted onto the world... Europe have had it share of that over the last couple of centuries... And I think that is kind of ingrinded into the collective experience...


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