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    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-)

    in Mika News and Press

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    The only part about church that I like is the stained glass windows. :teehee:

    I've never actually been inside a church, though, so I guess I can neither like or dislike it. :bleh:

     

    Although I don't believe at all, I love visiting churches (the buildings), looking at the art, at the architecture, .... I'm always in awe with that....but I also have that with mosques, synagogues, etc...I just love beautiful buildings. :wink2:

    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-)

    in Mika News and Press

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    i cannot agree with some statements too, it's mainly the human, sincere attitude that appeals to me in this article.

     

    I get the feeling that it's written from the heart, and that what I find interesting too.

    I don't agree with everything, nor do I feel the need to agree with it, but it's interesting because it sheds a light into his mind and values.

    And basically, it's also well-written.

    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-)

    in Mika News and Press

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    In Germany is the church tax which is 8% from everything you earn. Then the church sends you a paper to ask you for a special church money you should pay once a year. They also collect money during every mess and you have to pay for weddings and funerals and every now and then children stand in front of your house to collect money for the church.

     

    wow....that's freaking expensive! :boxed: they are worse than the taxman!

    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-)

    in Mika News and Press

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    I don´t know how it is in other countries but in Germany you are in a church ( I was evangelish- lutherish ) and you have to pay a lot of money every month for the church and if you need anything from the church like a wedding or a funeral you have to pay again. When I left church last year I had to declair that I leave now and have to pay again. I don´t need a church to pray or to do good things for other people....

     

    here, in belgium, when you're a catholic, you have to pay if you want to have a mass (wedding, funeral, baptism,...), but you don't have to pay for being in the church (the institution).

    The prices of mass etc can be quite steep. like if you want to have a funeral at 11 am you pay a lot more than when you have it at 10 am.

    There was a whole article about that recently in a magazine.

    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-)

    in Mika News and Press

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    Actually I'm not an atheist, more like agnostic but I agree with you.:thumb_yello:

    Here in our Ortodox Christian church there are the same problems with pedophilia and their political involvment at the various levels of human life and behaviour. But they're even more conservative than Chatolic Church cos they always dropp the charges in these cases and we all know they lie. So sad::boxed:

     

    I think it's mind-boggling the way that the same problems pop up in almost every country. And I suspect it's only a minority of things that happened that surface. I find it truly shocking.

    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-)

    in Mika News and Press

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    yes, here in Italy more than ever with the pedophilia, money...etc...

    Mika wrote a column about the differences between religion and faith in "God" (I think everyone has a God...Catholic, Muslim, Jewish and even if the origin and the institutions are different...the concept is the same but maybe we divert it with racism and intolerance). Religion is often based on what people tell you to do from generations....for example Mika talks about the feeling, when he was 8yo, that some priests were homosexual and even if the children like him didn't feel it as wrong, all people did the opposite...so he had the sensation that religion was used to repress what was "wrong" and it was a cover, a place to hide. (and I agree!!)

    Now he feels that the Religion, The Pope, the institutions are wrong...in crisis because they show they're powerfull, rich, inflexible but is not the right thing to do...."Throw your golden cross in the trash and take a wood one" (sorry for the literal translation) means (I think) that money, power, prestige are not important...what matters is the true essence of faith which should make you feel always welcomed and free to do what you prefer to do (he says he's ok about contraceptives, homosexual marriage and tolerance....).

     

     

    I love that quote in your post "Throw your golden cross in the trash and take a wood one" ...that really sums it up.

     

    Over here it's mainly the pedophilia that's turning people against the Church. Every week (or even every day) new scandals are uncovered. We have two main news items: politics and abuse within the Church...how sad is that?

     

    I myself am an atheist, but I know and understand that religion is important to many.

    The Dutch thread, Part 35

    in MFC International

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    Misschien wel... Weet nog niet zeker of ik kan, maar Brugge is wel een van m'n favoriete steden.

     

     

    Kwam net 3 Amerikaanse meisjes tegen op straat hier in Brugge, en die zongen Kick-Ass...had zo'n zin om tegen hen te zeggen dat ze toch iets te vroeg waren, dat het pas in december is. :teehee:

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