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2007-01-30 Europe

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Posted by Korora 2007-01-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Europe's returning to something, all right: what Germans delicately refer to as the old thinking.

Posted by exJAG 2007-01-30 00:24|| 2007-01-30 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 The proof is in the doing. This article smacks of self-deception.

So private sector laborers and entrepreneurs are still somewhat religious? What percentage of the total of Europe does this represent?

What about the legions of pensioners, and the gigantic public sector? What about the class of '68 mandarins who are running the show in Euroland right now? Aren't these three groups, taken in aggregate, the majority and the ones who are in charge? Have they not taken steps to suppress religious expression? Are they not secular/atheist evangelicals who wield much more power than the religious could ever hope to do going forward?

Just asking.

It's one thing to see a movement within a small group in society and another entirely to see it reach the head of the rotting fish and set things right. It happened before once, in ancient Rome, but I suspect changes in technology, particularly information technology, will make it difficult for that to happen again.

I predict that if anything like a Roe effect starts to happen, the oligarchs in Brussels will pass laws to make sure that Christianity does not, in fact, burgeon, probably along the lines of the Chinese model of population control.

My experience with secular fundamentalists is that they are no different from any other fundamentalists, and that they will resort to whatever is necessary to preserve their "way".

Posted by no mo uro 2007-01-30 06:24|| 2007-01-30 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 For some reason, I doubt the workplace prayer sites are being used by Christians.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-01-30 07:44|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-01-30 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 The proof is in the doing.

Agreed, No Mo Uro. Still, there's that success with the "Alpha Course" that one has to factor in. Its pretty much the case that Christians stick to their faith and benefit from it more if there is a systematic education in its elements.

And I am not surprised at the circulation figures for the translation of the Bible: the NYT best seller lists, as a matter of PRINCIPLE, excludes Christian bookstores and sales of the Bible, since the conclusions one would base on a more complete (and honest) Best Sellers list would be contrary to NYT political policy.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-01-30 09:11|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-01-30 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 In times of complete uncertainty, people tend to return home. Home to God and family. They are looking for something to cling to, something to identify with. Islam's not it. Socialism's not it. The nanny state's not it.

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-30 09:54|| 2007-01-30 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 They are looking for something to cling to, something to identify with. Islam's not it. Socialism's not it. The nanny state's not it.

You make pretty good sense there WxJames, stay at it.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-30 15:22|| 2007-01-30 15:22|| Front Page Top

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