Hello. Am I the only german here?

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Meh. Consider that every religion and even every denomination can be practiced differently in different countries. People always see what they want to in their god. To liberal Christians, Jesus was the kind rebel who cared for the poor. To conservative Christians, Jesus was a stern authoritarian who tells us to get right with his father. Why shouldn't denominations and sects be subject to modification by the local followers, just as a religion itself might be?

the possibility indivdualia choosing your faith (let`s not forget even as atheists) is a very importent right indeed! my main problems with most dominations and sects is the in most cases more than obvious politisation of the faith to fit their own personal comforts. if american protestants would realy cherish luthers teaching of reading the bible for themselves and therefor making decisions over what is their faith by themselves instead of being told what to do by some moneygrabbing televangelist who are nothing else but the 21century version of the 15 century greedy pope (first of after reading about all that genocide in genesis i believe most of them would become atheists)

You see the same thing in America. I'm not sure if you're familiar with the terms "red" and "blue" as it applies to American politics and culture. You see these colors on our election maps every four years.

"Red" or "red states" refers to areas of America, mostly the south or central western states. These are conservative areas, deeply religious, filled with myopic ignorant people chanting "USA! USA!" or "We're #1" even though they've likely never seen any other country. (how ironic that you might associate the color red with the far left). These are the states in our "Bible Belt".

"Blue" or "blue states" refers to more progressive, less religious areas of the country. Not surprisingly, these less religious areas are not only more educated but have a higher standard of living, fewer social problems, lower crime rates, etc.

well i am proud to say that currently the traditional political landscape of germany is collapsing. the german conservative party under merkel has become a more tolerant and more secular and middle class party while left wing parties are more and more flirting with buisnesses. states wich use to be conservative like baden würtenberg now have a liberal goverment and places wich use to be left leaning such as nordreihnwestfahlen had conservative goverments.
in todays german political electoral system the arguments you present have to go through a process almoust as thought as scientific review.
they matter more than your look, slogan or your faith

Here's hoping the Muslims don't ruin that paradise.

i am unfortunatly hardly informed at all on the state of islamic imigration into the netherlands

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I think my english isn`t as bad as i thought at the beginning, i believe the members of this forum will have the decency to notify me if i seem to be writing german to english translated meaningless gibberish