Re:Montreal is taxing churches (2017)
by BrandoElFollito on Sunday July 26, 2020 @09:59AM
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This is the same in Poland.
The recent elections confirmed the conservative direction of the country, fueled along others by the catholic church.
The good thing is that religion is not compulsory anymore. There used to be a time where not bring part of the church meant beung a real outcast.
This included the communist rulers who were quick to chistianise their children because otherwise they wild have hell in the family.
That was acually not bad as the church balanced the state.
Now they are omnipotent, and this is also the reason more people can be outside of church - because church is not unanimously seen as a savior anymore. Quite the opposite in the ranks of 30-50 yo people.
Re:Montreal is taxing churches (2017)
by jacquesm on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:35AM
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I lived there for a few years in total, I'm well aware of all this and it is a sad thing to see this raise its ugly head again. The church was instrumental in getting rid of the communists but they are a huge problem by themselves as well.
The recent elections confirmed the conservative direction of the country, fueled along others by the catholic church.
The good thing is that religion is not compulsory anymore. There used to be a time where not bring part of the church meant beung a real outcast.
This included the communist rulers who were quick to chistianise their children because otherwise they wild have hell in the family.
That was acually not bad as the church balanced the state.
Now they are omnipotent, and this is also the reason more people can be outside of church - because church is not unanimously seen as a savior anymore. Quite the opposite in the ranks of 30-50 yo people.