S.Peelman said:
I didn't really want to respond in this thread but there you have it. I don't want to burst your bubble, but most people here in the Netherlands and in those Northern European countries don't give jack shit about religion. We are on that list because we are some of the most prosperous countries in the world. Even the people that are statistically considered "poor", would have it pretty decent in most other places. Unlike those Arab countries, distribution of wealth is much more balanced, meaning more happy people instead of just a happy few. Religion has absolutely no impact on the majority of people's daily lives as people do what they want with whom they want, it by law serves no role in government, it has had no impact on how we built our economy. And this is not something that's new, this sort of influence has been steadily declining for centuries now. Churches have been and are still being closed left and right, to either be demolished or repurposed into libraries, art-galleries or apartment buildings. No, and I won't debate this, but you are very wrong, christianity or religion in general is not connected to happiness here. |
I already know that as the years go by less and less people in Western Europe care about religion, and Netherlands is the country people care the least
still, US and Western Europe's culture and way of living have been set many years ago based on Christian ideals (people used to care back then), and the way we live today is a result of that, regardless if people are shifting to atheist
a long discussion really that cannot be done on a forum
don't mind my username, that was more than 10 years ago, I'm a different person now, amazing how people change ^_^
