(June 28, 2021 at 7:49 am)Deesse23 Wrote: You have to pay as long as you are a member of the catholic or protestant church. Actual belief is not checked.
Well, isn't a belief in God implied?
(June 28, 2021 at 7:49 am)Deesse23 Wrote: Addendum:
Its easy to leave church. Takes about 10mins in the townhall, no questions asked, no pressure applied whatsoever
Yeah, but you also have to pay 70 Euros as a fee.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
