RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 11, 2018 at 11:02 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2018 at 11:03 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(December 11, 2018 at 10:09 pm)Amarok Wrote:*emphasis mine*(December 11, 2018 at 9:48 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: But you did...I already explained how in all practical terms it is a secular state . Religion virtually plays no role in it's everyday operations of the state nor are religious preferences or values enforced on the population by law . Nor is the population very religious. The church is a powerless vestigial non factor . So what part of any of that is incorrect ?. I know you want it to be wrong so you can pretend you have won some petty victory but to do so you must ignore the churches powerlessness in the country .
Do you understand that what you said is factually incorrect? I know you want Denmark's government to be secular so bad so you can make sense out of it being so happy, but i'm not going to let you ignore the definition of what secularism is.
The Church of Denmark is NOT powerless, the monarch is the head of the church, who holds reserve powers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark
Quote:According to the Danish Constitution, the Danish Monarch, as the de facto head of state, is the holder of executive and, jointly with the Folketing, legislative power. The Monarch has the ability to deny giving a bill royal assent as well as to choose and dismiss the Prime Minister or any Minister of Government with or without cause; however, no Monarch has exercised the latter powers since King Christian X dismissed the government on 28 March 1920, sparking the 1920 Easter Crisis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark
Quote:As supreme authority of the Church of Denmark, the monarch must be a member (article 6 of the Constitution). This applies to the royal princes and princesses as well, but does not apply to their spouses.
Is it likely for Denmark will have a religious fanatic as a monarch? probably not, but then again years ago it was highly unlikely that anyone thought that Trump could be president, so let's stop talking about how "powerless" the Church of Denmark is.