[split] AF Hall of Shame, various discussion including Denmark & bible contradiction

[Huggy Bear]

As i already pointed out a state religion that is voluntary is not much of a state religion . And considering the church does not seem to have any pragmatic power in Denmark  . It's presence seems more cremonial then actual governing power . And again considering  Denmark  provides freedom of religion and by theory from religion  which ultimately undermines a state religion . I again argue it's only a state religion in name not practice .  Which might as well be a secular government .

*emphasis mine*
Just stop.

The reason you guys lose arguments is because you insist on losing arguments... you're basically setting yourself up to fail. It's like your blind hatred of theists override your ability to reason.

It's Apparent you didn't read my full post.

http://atheistforums.org/thread-30615-po...#pid846133
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/rinv...enmark.htm

 Let me briefly summarize what the State-church system implies:

• According to the constitution (§ 54), the Lutheran-evangelic Church is the Danish People’s Church (“Folkekirke”), and is, as such, supported by the State, which means that the Lutheran-evangelic religion and its institutions and churches are given a favored place among religions in Danish society. All tax-paying citizens, regardless of their personal religious beliefs, thus contribute to the priests and bishops of the “Folkekirke.”

•  Practically all citizens are automatically born as members of the “Folkekirke.” Not to be so demands that the citizens take the initiative to leave the church. At present 83 percent of the Danish population belong to the “Folkekirke.”

 Denmark, then, from one point of view is clearly a Christian country—as are by the same standards the other Scandinavian countries.

This amalgamates into what I for want of a better label would label a secularised Lutheranism as a dominant cosmology in Denmark. Although Denmark (and Sweden) is a country in which most of the citizens by tradition belong to the State church, Christianity as a religion does not characterize the life of any large segment of the population.