How many of you are against or for offshore drilling?
Norway is a beautiful country and they are enviormentally sound people and they are self-sufficient. And they also export. Why can't we. France runs almost all of its power on nuclear power and they store it underground. And we don't.? And for those of those who think that offshore drilling won't decrease gas and fuel prices. You're wrong. Keeping money out of foreign hand makes the dollar stronger. And since it's close to good old Uncle Sam artificial marketing wouldn't be a global thing. And also if it was a mistake to not start drilling years ago we need to start now.
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I am for it. You are correct - we should have started years ago. There is a entrenched " Green Movement " in the U.S. that is against nuclear power and oil drilling, offshore or on land. One thing that the liberal left wing news will not tell us about is CHINA, WITH CUBA'S PERMISSION IS DRILLING 50 MILES OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.
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You got it right and look at summer 2005 when Katrina followed by Rita tore through the Gulf of Mexico and destroyed over 100 oil platforms. Did you see the stories of oil spills? NO? That is because there was none. The oil industry has brought technology to bear that caps the wells at the ocean floor preventing any spills.The reason the offshore drilling was stopped off both coast was the threat of spills which is now gone and we are talking about 50 miles out to sea where they will be below the horizon from shore not like Galveston where if you look real hard you can spot them. As far as ANWAR the pristine section you see on the TV is not the area where they want to drill it is the frozen to 1000 ft deep tundra on the far north where a size of an airport will be developed and connect to already existing pipeline to the south. The fact is they just want to stop us from having oil to push their alternate energy which no one ask them when will it be ready. They complain that it takes 5 to 10 years to get through the red tape and build the infrastructure to bring the oil to market, but no one ask how long till your hippy energy will power our economy. Truth is way longer than 5 to 10 years.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Does anyone know how can I find a job in Bergen, Norway?. I'll be there 3 months with a low budget?
Does anyone know how can I find a job in Bergen, Norway?. I'll be there 3 months with a low budget?
I speek english, spanish and italian, but I don't speek norwegian (or how ever you call it). I'm 24 and all I care is about getting some money while visiting my best friend over there. I've worked as an english and spanish teacher before... I'm also a dentist... so maybe I could work as a dental assistant or something... I'm Italian (If that makes any difference)
Careers & Employment - 2 Answers
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Have you tried looking at job sites like Monster.com or seeing if there's anything similar in Norway (or if they have a sort of affiliate site)? They may have placement services there as well like a temp agency. Try asking your best friend since he/she lives there what sort of services they may have that are similar to what I've mentioned :-) Maybe you can get work in a 'touristy' spot since you speak so many languages. Good luck! PS... bring me back some lefsa!
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It's hard getting a job if you don't know Norwegian. If you're willing to take jobs which you're clearly overqualified for, there are mainly three branches which foreigner who don't know Norwegian work in Bergen: The Fishmarket (Bryggen), Guiding tourists (summertime) and construction. I don't know the chances of being a assistent dentist in Norway, as there are some requirements for speaking Norwegian for health-workers. It might be someone seeking private language lessons though. Good Luck!
I speek english, spanish and italian, but I don't speek norwegian (or how ever you call it). I'm 24 and all I care is about getting some money while visiting my best friend over there. I've worked as an english and spanish teacher before... I'm also a dentist... so maybe I could work as a dental assistant or something... I'm Italian (If that makes any difference)
Careers & Employment - 2 Answers
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Have you tried looking at job sites like Monster.com or seeing if there's anything similar in Norway (or if they have a sort of affiliate site)? They may have placement services there as well like a temp agency. Try asking your best friend since he/she lives there what sort of services they may have that are similar to what I've mentioned :-) Maybe you can get work in a 'touristy' spot since you speak so many languages. Good luck! PS... bring me back some lefsa!
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It's hard getting a job if you don't know Norwegian. If you're willing to take jobs which you're clearly overqualified for, there are mainly three branches which foreigner who don't know Norwegian work in Bergen: The Fishmarket (Bryggen), Guiding tourists (summertime) and construction. I don't know the chances of being a assistent dentist in Norway, as there are some requirements for speaking Norwegian for health-workers. It might be someone seeking private language lessons though. Good Luck!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Has anyone heard about this Tamil/US/Norway conspiracy theory?
Has anyone heard about this Tamil/US/Norway conspiracy theory?
I'm an American and I'm backpacking through a few places and I ended up in Sri Lanka for a little while. Whenever I backpack through a new country and I'm making conversation with one of the locals, I always ask what people in their country think about America and Americans, and today I had a taxi driver (who happened to be Sinhalese) near Colombo tell me that he doesn't like Americans because he used to be in the army in Sri Lanka and he fought against the Tamil Tiger terrorist organization--he said that Sri Lankans think that America (he wasn't specific on whether it was the American government or civilians in America) funneled money through Norway to the Tamil Tigers to help them with their attacks. I just said something like 'I don't know anything about that', but later I did a few online searches and I couldn't find anything about it, even on the conspiracy theory websites--where did that rumor come from? It doesn't seem logical for my taxi driver to tell me that he thinks my country funds terrorism the day after Osama bin Laden was killed unless he thought it was true, but why would he think that?
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I thought the Tamil Tigers were funded by China. Thanks I'll have to check this out too!
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I hate US government but not its people _____________________________________________ It is true that Tamil tigers were funded by Norway even during peace talks they(Norway & their representative Eric Solheim) were very biased.. Even during the last stages of war this guy tried to stop SL army killing Prabakaran don`t know about USA`s involvement BUT.., USA is clearly involved in UN`s Human right report which is against SL Now we just ended a war which has been a misery for our country for more than 30 years it cost well over 100,000 lives of Sinhalese & Tamil people during last stages as we all know LTTE used civilians in that area as a shield our army tried their but i am sure about 300-500 innocent civilians may have died in last week of the war more than half of these died because LTTE shot at civilians who tried to escape to the government controlled areas... How ever now its all over so Tamils & Sinhalese in this country are living happily since then After the war our GDP growth rate jumped to 8% from 3.5% in 2009(last 6,7 yrs average was around 5%),,expected to reach 9% + in future..,number of tourists are increasing at a rate of 50% ,no bombs,country is safe, refugees were settled , North & Eastern provinces developed rapidly..Then.. Suddenly look what USA & UN is going to do Now they are trying to conduct another investigation here It is said that UN too is forced by US to do this Even When countries like China & Russia are against these,why USA is trying to complicate situation in SL once again ? why they cant let people in this small island to live n their-alone? Even Tamil people in Sri Lanka don`t have any problem against what we did to LTTE !! Now tel me how may innocent civilians were killed by USA in Iraq,Afganistan,Vietnam & in Libya ? I am sure it is LOT more than the number of people killed by Al Quaida or LTTE Why UN didn't conducted any investigation about human rights there ? this is what make people in our country hate US(its government) +look how biased your media is...! for an example when after Bin Laiden`s death CNN said the justice has been done, hailed US army & said Americans are enjoying the freedom in times square waving US flags now this statement is 100% true..BUT.., look what they said when our army killed Prabakaran ! (Prabaran killed former Indian president-Rajiv Gandi,SL president-Premadasa,100,000+ civilians,bombed temple of Lord Buddha`s tooth relic,castle lady hospital,sacred bo tree & few schools !! ) when people in SL celebrated his death they described it as a very inhuman thing because SLns were celebrating the death of another Human !!!
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I'm from Norway, and I've heard this too. I even got into a verbal "fight" on YouTube of all places, with a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka who made all kinds of absurd accusations against my country and compatriots. I'd advise you to not blindly trust the person who answered and wrote defamatory things about Norway. The truth is that Norway has had an active role in peacekeeping in Sri Lanka. We've sent down a delegation to negotiate peace between the two parties (Tamils and the Sinhalese), but instead of wanting peace both parties on Sri Lanka kept on fighting. Now, the majority (the Sinhalese) are blaming Norway for their internal conflict, which we tried to resolve after being invited there by them. Does that seem logical to you? Norway has sent down millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, in an attempt to help people there. Our taxpayers are paying for peace in Sri Lanka, and if you want to do research on Norwegian aid policy, Norway is one of the most transparent countries on the planet. I'm sure some Sri Lankans will claim that aid money went to something else than aid, but then you got to ask yourself what the motive would be? Also, where is the evidence? What would Norway gain from arming or in any other way helping the Tamil Tigers? Money? Resources? Norway is among the top 10 richest countries on Earth, in per capita GDP. Why would Norway need some resources in war-torn Sri Lanka? More importantly, why would Norway risk its good reputation abroad and possibly international condemnation over Sri Lanka? The Sinhalese I argued with through YouTube messages, thought that all Norwegians were Christian extremists. This shows how little people know about my country, considering Norway has one of the least religious populations in the world. These misconceptions contribute to a warped image of the country in question. If you can't know certain simple facts about a country, then how are you supposed to know about complicated conspiracy theories?
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I live in Norway. I read your Question and some of the comments. I have been doing many researches about this issue ( if Norway is helping some elements in countries like Sri Lanka, Eritrea, and pale stain ). Indeed they do. They do because they have some kind of inferiority complex (that has a very long root with Sweden and Denmark, they act like the small brother of the big brothers (Sweden and Denmark)), they tend to help any one with the underdog status like the LTTE, or Hamas. it has nothing to do with religion though. When Eritrea was fighting with Ethiopia the Whole Norwegian politics was very biased and helping Eritrea in money and diplomacy. You can find more if you dig more! The case of USA is a mixture of anger and something that cannot be described easily. (There are some elements of the government of USA that is evil, which is beyond comprehensive to us from the third world). So whenever there is a bad thing happening in your area that is of Corse the work of the evil USA. though I don't have evidence that may satisfay you, But i hope this will give you some clue as to why your taxi driver is talking Gebrish: please read Norwegian envoys to leave Ethiopia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6966597.stm Norway-Hamas link angers Israel : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6470669.stm Eritrea and its Discontents here you will find info on how norway has paid to ERITREA INORDER ERITREA TO TRAIN LTTE : http://vimeo.com/18716003 you will find some of the projects that norway is fundding or has been fundding. The people of Norway are very kind and good in general but the Government has a problem they are wan be ( peace maker , helper ...)
I'm an American and I'm backpacking through a few places and I ended up in Sri Lanka for a little while. Whenever I backpack through a new country and I'm making conversation with one of the locals, I always ask what people in their country think about America and Americans, and today I had a taxi driver (who happened to be Sinhalese) near Colombo tell me that he doesn't like Americans because he used to be in the army in Sri Lanka and he fought against the Tamil Tiger terrorist organization--he said that Sri Lankans think that America (he wasn't specific on whether it was the American government or civilians in America) funneled money through Norway to the Tamil Tigers to help them with their attacks. I just said something like 'I don't know anything about that', but later I did a few online searches and I couldn't find anything about it, even on the conspiracy theory websites--where did that rumor come from? It doesn't seem logical for my taxi driver to tell me that he thinks my country funds terrorism the day after Osama bin Laden was killed unless he thought it was true, but why would he think that?
Other - Politics & Government - 4 Answers
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I thought the Tamil Tigers were funded by China. Thanks I'll have to check this out too!
2 :
I hate US government but not its people _____________________________________________ It is true that Tamil tigers were funded by Norway even during peace talks they(Norway & their representative Eric Solheim) were very biased.. Even during the last stages of war this guy tried to stop SL army killing Prabakaran don`t know about USA`s involvement BUT.., USA is clearly involved in UN`s Human right report which is against SL Now we just ended a war which has been a misery for our country for more than 30 years it cost well over 100,000 lives of Sinhalese & Tamil people during last stages as we all know LTTE used civilians in that area as a shield our army tried their but i am sure about 300-500 innocent civilians may have died in last week of the war more than half of these died because LTTE shot at civilians who tried to escape to the government controlled areas... How ever now its all over so Tamils & Sinhalese in this country are living happily since then After the war our GDP growth rate jumped to 8% from 3.5% in 2009(last 6,7 yrs average was around 5%),,expected to reach 9% + in future..,number of tourists are increasing at a rate of 50% ,no bombs,country is safe, refugees were settled , North & Eastern provinces developed rapidly..Then.. Suddenly look what USA & UN is going to do Now they are trying to conduct another investigation here It is said that UN too is forced by US to do this Even When countries like China & Russia are against these,why USA is trying to complicate situation in SL once again ? why they cant let people in this small island to live n their-alone? Even Tamil people in Sri Lanka don`t have any problem against what we did to LTTE !! Now tel me how may innocent civilians were killed by USA in Iraq,Afganistan,Vietnam & in Libya ? I am sure it is LOT more than the number of people killed by Al Quaida or LTTE Why UN didn't conducted any investigation about human rights there ? this is what make people in our country hate US(its government) +look how biased your media is...! for an example when after Bin Laiden`s death CNN said the justice has been done, hailed US army & said Americans are enjoying the freedom in times square waving US flags now this statement is 100% true..BUT.., look what they said when our army killed Prabakaran ! (Prabaran killed former Indian president-Rajiv Gandi,SL president-Premadasa,100,000+ civilians,bombed temple of Lord Buddha`s tooth relic,castle lady hospital,sacred bo tree & few schools !! ) when people in SL celebrated his death they described it as a very inhuman thing because SLns were celebrating the death of another Human !!!
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I'm from Norway, and I've heard this too. I even got into a verbal "fight" on YouTube of all places, with a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka who made all kinds of absurd accusations against my country and compatriots. I'd advise you to not blindly trust the person who answered and wrote defamatory things about Norway. The truth is that Norway has had an active role in peacekeeping in Sri Lanka. We've sent down a delegation to negotiate peace between the two parties (Tamils and the Sinhalese), but instead of wanting peace both parties on Sri Lanka kept on fighting. Now, the majority (the Sinhalese) are blaming Norway for their internal conflict, which we tried to resolve after being invited there by them. Does that seem logical to you? Norway has sent down millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, in an attempt to help people there. Our taxpayers are paying for peace in Sri Lanka, and if you want to do research on Norwegian aid policy, Norway is one of the most transparent countries on the planet. I'm sure some Sri Lankans will claim that aid money went to something else than aid, but then you got to ask yourself what the motive would be? Also, where is the evidence? What would Norway gain from arming or in any other way helping the Tamil Tigers? Money? Resources? Norway is among the top 10 richest countries on Earth, in per capita GDP. Why would Norway need some resources in war-torn Sri Lanka? More importantly, why would Norway risk its good reputation abroad and possibly international condemnation over Sri Lanka? The Sinhalese I argued with through YouTube messages, thought that all Norwegians were Christian extremists. This shows how little people know about my country, considering Norway has one of the least religious populations in the world. These misconceptions contribute to a warped image of the country in question. If you can't know certain simple facts about a country, then how are you supposed to know about complicated conspiracy theories?
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I live in Norway. I read your Question and some of the comments. I have been doing many researches about this issue ( if Norway is helping some elements in countries like Sri Lanka, Eritrea, and pale stain ). Indeed they do. They do because they have some kind of inferiority complex (that has a very long root with Sweden and Denmark, they act like the small brother of the big brothers (Sweden and Denmark)), they tend to help any one with the underdog status like the LTTE, or Hamas. it has nothing to do with religion though. When Eritrea was fighting with Ethiopia the Whole Norwegian politics was very biased and helping Eritrea in money and diplomacy. You can find more if you dig more! The case of USA is a mixture of anger and something that cannot be described easily. (There are some elements of the government of USA that is evil, which is beyond comprehensive to us from the third world). So whenever there is a bad thing happening in your area that is of Corse the work of the evil USA. though I don't have evidence that may satisfay you, But i hope this will give you some clue as to why your taxi driver is talking Gebrish: please read Norwegian envoys to leave Ethiopia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6966597.stm Norway-Hamas link angers Israel : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6470669.stm Eritrea and its Discontents here you will find info on how norway has paid to ERITREA INORDER ERITREA TO TRAIN LTTE : http://vimeo.com/18716003 you will find some of the projects that norway is fundding or has been fundding. The people of Norway are very kind and good in general but the Government has a problem they are wan be ( peace maker , helper ...)
Monday, November 1, 2010
Why are there so many people who just refuse to make a stand?
Why are there so many people who just refuse to make a stand?
I'm not necessarily talking about agnostics here. Saying that one doesn't know for sure one way or the other is completely fine with me. I'm rather talking about the apathetic non-religious people who just don't care at all. (Whether they be atheists, agnostics, deists or generic theists. Doesn't matter, really.) Like, people who live in a predominantly Christian country, for instance. And then they are obviously not Christian, but they remain totally apathetic when it comes to the whole religion issue! For instance in my country, Norway, we have a state church where 83 % of the population are members. Yet only 35 - 40 % consider themselves to be Christians I think, and the rest just let their tax money go to the church for no apparent reason. What is up with that?!? If you are a non-Christian person who is member of a church, why is that? How does it make any sense? What are your reasons? And would you be just as fine with being member of a, say, state mosque instead? Why or why not..? Why do YOU think that so many people refuse to make a stand when it comes to such an important issue? I'll admit that it does annoy me, but I'm not here to judge anyone. Just interested in hearing your reasons, okay..? =) If you're not religious, how can you not object to a system that takes so much money that could have been used on other stuff? How can you not protest against an institution which tries to impose its outdated "values" and "morals" on society as a whole? A church which hinders science and progress? Or in the USA: Even tries to mess with the educational system and denies people full equality. It is an institution which feeds on brainwashing people and catering to their insecurities. An industry that is constantly refusing to renew itself in accordance to the society we live in, thus creating conflict and outright hatred. And yet you just stand there and watch in silence, appearing to be completely fine with it.. Why is that? Please tell me, because I really want to know. I'm sincerely curious about this, actually.. It's easier to understand convinced Christian, as a matter of fact. Because at least they truly believe in something, and they stand by that no matter what.. *Sigh*. EDIT: Yeah, take a stand, I meant.. Typo. ;)
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fence sitters ;-)
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Do you mean...."take" a stand.......?
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Because disbelief does not create a reason to do anything. It is the absence of fire and passion. A true atheist is all fire and passion about his belief.....as are true Christians.
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actually i usually like to help out underdogs. this means germans and indians as some of my answers showed.
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You are not alone honey, I ask myself this everyday...
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I'd actually rather be an apathetic non-religious person, but I am unfortunately the caring non-religious type. I can't really change that but to be honest it'd be better for me if I didn't care. I could finally leave off the philosophical thoughts running around in my head all the time. I actually spent 2 and a half hours thinking about the concepts of good and evil yesterday XD TEH DEADLY KITTEH HAZ SPOKANE!
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It's called Freedom of and from Religion
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I'm guessing because the "enemy" is so large it is hard to fight something so big. It may also be a problem of organization, just getting the people together. In America, the churches have no say, besides lobbying and voting like any other special interest group.
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THEY DON'T WANT TO BE MAR-TORS
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the answer is very simple my friend. KNOWLEDGE with out this you can not make a stand,if you don't know where you will be a day from now,forget it!that is the reason why you have to be submissive to the governing authorities.That is the essence of Jesus teaching.
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I don't honestly know for sure and I'm certainly not one of those people nor do I live in a country where there is a state religion. But..... I wonder if there's just a large group of people that consider church not so much a religious experience but a social experience. They see that the church does good work (charity), brings people together (fellowship), and don't believe it does any real harm so they have no reason to oppose its function or power. I (and a lot of people) wouldn't necessarily agree with those people but I think there are probably a lot of people who think that way. They may go once in a while and catch up with some old friends and think "well, they give money to the needy and help the children." Why rock the boat? They may think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. I'm sure others will have better theories.
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I'm not Christian, but in America we acknowledge diversity of religious points of view for the most part, apart from a few intolerant types, so I find it unlikely someone who isn't religious would generally be hanging around in a church, or would hang around a church not his own, unless under a good bit of pressure from friends or family, we don't have a state religion here. As for how can I not object to such a church, I have to protect the rights of others to their freedom of religion, in order to keep my own rights safe, no matter how much I might disagree with them, if I would deny their right to exist, I would find my own rights denied some other time. The ones who try to mess with the educational system try to make laws for the rest of us and try to establish themselves as the state religion are loud, but a minority, most of us respect and treasure the separation of church and state as one of our freedoms. As for the amount of money they collect, what they do with it varies, some of them use it to build a bigger church, and for their own ends, others use it to establish shelters, food banks, and other charities, who am I to tell them they shouldn't? It's not a matter of watching them in silence, it's a matter of preserving their rights to their own spiritual path in order to preserve my own.
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I beg Your pardon edit Is that too polite for you
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Every single religion out there is man made!
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perhaps for some it is the only thing organized they ever belonged to, and that belonging means more to them than believing. Of course there are those who think they are safe by association.
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The whole state church thing REALLY sucks. It would be great if Norway had separation of church and people wouldn't be signed up for a f*cking state church. Churches shouldn't be getting tax-favored status, let alone tax money. They should be taxed just like every other business! People tend to be apathetic and don't care whether they're signed up for some organization or where their tax money goes, so it's no wonder they don't resign from the church. That's why the government needs to be set up so that it doesn't sign people for a religion. ____
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The reason is that it's virtually impossible to organize atheists. Sure in Norway there's the Human Etisk Forbund, but honestly people who aren't "joiners" aren't going to go for that. In many ways it's a sop by the state to continue to hold the church in a special place, as it's guaranteed by the constitution. One thing that you should recognize though is that if you open churches to the "free market" you get more aggressive recruiting and indoctrination like you have in the US. Here we may be pissed off that the states money goes to support the church, but it at least keeps them quiet, stops them feeling the need to recruit for financial reasons and allows the rest of us to be safely secular. A free market church would be more aggressive, so maybe not such a good thing. As long as there is someone like the HEF making sure that the role of the church in society is limited then the balance is there. At least Norway's better off than the UK where they sit in the legislature (House of Lords). Still for all that religion seems to have a lot less influence in Europe, and Northern Europe in particular than in the supposedly secular, US with all its constitutional secularism.
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lol the churches oppose science and progress...yeah that's what we do. We go around boycotting hospitals and space shuttle launches...are you really that out of touch with American Christians? ;) Maybe we need to have a little chat lol Theyre not "trying to mess" with the educational system. They are simply applying the logic that was used against them for THEIR benefit. People said "If you want the Ten Commandments in the Courthouse, youre going to have to put up blah blah blah..." now, christians are saying, if you want to teach a weak theory such as evolution, you HAVE to teach a weak theory like creationism...except now people whine at the logic they implemented... I mean really...I WANT to believe in evolution....the conept of adaptation makes sense...but they have NO TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS...whatsoever...all they have is, "well, yeah that sounds good, lets make it a theory." Theyre basically saying we adapt to fit our surroundings...DUUUHHHH. oh...your question lol hmmmm, I guess youre kinda right, but hey, that means more money for us :)
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It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with apathy. People don't like to rock the boat and lack the gumption to get off their a$$es and do something.
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Well, in America, if this was the case, people would take a stand because they love their money.
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Fear.
I'm not necessarily talking about agnostics here. Saying that one doesn't know for sure one way or the other is completely fine with me. I'm rather talking about the apathetic non-religious people who just don't care at all. (Whether they be atheists, agnostics, deists or generic theists. Doesn't matter, really.) Like, people who live in a predominantly Christian country, for instance. And then they are obviously not Christian, but they remain totally apathetic when it comes to the whole religion issue! For instance in my country, Norway, we have a state church where 83 % of the population are members. Yet only 35 - 40 % consider themselves to be Christians I think, and the rest just let their tax money go to the church for no apparent reason. What is up with that?!? If you are a non-Christian person who is member of a church, why is that? How does it make any sense? What are your reasons? And would you be just as fine with being member of a, say, state mosque instead? Why or why not..? Why do YOU think that so many people refuse to make a stand when it comes to such an important issue? I'll admit that it does annoy me, but I'm not here to judge anyone. Just interested in hearing your reasons, okay..? =) If you're not religious, how can you not object to a system that takes so much money that could have been used on other stuff? How can you not protest against an institution which tries to impose its outdated "values" and "morals" on society as a whole? A church which hinders science and progress? Or in the USA: Even tries to mess with the educational system and denies people full equality. It is an institution which feeds on brainwashing people and catering to their insecurities. An industry that is constantly refusing to renew itself in accordance to the society we live in, thus creating conflict and outright hatred. And yet you just stand there and watch in silence, appearing to be completely fine with it.. Why is that? Please tell me, because I really want to know. I'm sincerely curious about this, actually.. It's easier to understand convinced Christian, as a matter of fact. Because at least they truly believe in something, and they stand by that no matter what.. *Sigh*. EDIT: Yeah, take a stand, I meant.. Typo. ;)
Religion & Spirituality - 21 Answers
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fence sitters ;-)
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Do you mean...."take" a stand.......?
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Because disbelief does not create a reason to do anything. It is the absence of fire and passion. A true atheist is all fire and passion about his belief.....as are true Christians.
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actually i usually like to help out underdogs. this means germans and indians as some of my answers showed.
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You are not alone honey, I ask myself this everyday...
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I'd actually rather be an apathetic non-religious person, but I am unfortunately the caring non-religious type. I can't really change that but to be honest it'd be better for me if I didn't care. I could finally leave off the philosophical thoughts running around in my head all the time. I actually spent 2 and a half hours thinking about the concepts of good and evil yesterday XD TEH DEADLY KITTEH HAZ SPOKANE!
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It's called Freedom of and from Religion
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I'm guessing because the "enemy" is so large it is hard to fight something so big. It may also be a problem of organization, just getting the people together. In America, the churches have no say, besides lobbying and voting like any other special interest group.
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THEY DON'T WANT TO BE MAR-TORS
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the answer is very simple my friend. KNOWLEDGE with out this you can not make a stand,if you don't know where you will be a day from now,forget it!that is the reason why you have to be submissive to the governing authorities.That is the essence of Jesus teaching.
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I don't honestly know for sure and I'm certainly not one of those people nor do I live in a country where there is a state religion. But..... I wonder if there's just a large group of people that consider church not so much a religious experience but a social experience. They see that the church does good work (charity), brings people together (fellowship), and don't believe it does any real harm so they have no reason to oppose its function or power. I (and a lot of people) wouldn't necessarily agree with those people but I think there are probably a lot of people who think that way. They may go once in a while and catch up with some old friends and think "well, they give money to the needy and help the children." Why rock the boat? They may think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. I'm sure others will have better theories.
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I'm not Christian, but in America we acknowledge diversity of religious points of view for the most part, apart from a few intolerant types, so I find it unlikely someone who isn't religious would generally be hanging around in a church, or would hang around a church not his own, unless under a good bit of pressure from friends or family, we don't have a state religion here. As for how can I not object to such a church, I have to protect the rights of others to their freedom of religion, in order to keep my own rights safe, no matter how much I might disagree with them, if I would deny their right to exist, I would find my own rights denied some other time. The ones who try to mess with the educational system try to make laws for the rest of us and try to establish themselves as the state religion are loud, but a minority, most of us respect and treasure the separation of church and state as one of our freedoms. As for the amount of money they collect, what they do with it varies, some of them use it to build a bigger church, and for their own ends, others use it to establish shelters, food banks, and other charities, who am I to tell them they shouldn't? It's not a matter of watching them in silence, it's a matter of preserving their rights to their own spiritual path in order to preserve my own.
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I beg Your pardon edit Is that too polite for you
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Every single religion out there is man made!
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perhaps for some it is the only thing organized they ever belonged to, and that belonging means more to them than believing. Of course there are those who think they are safe by association.
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The whole state church thing REALLY sucks. It would be great if Norway had separation of church and people wouldn't be signed up for a f*cking state church. Churches shouldn't be getting tax-favored status, let alone tax money. They should be taxed just like every other business! People tend to be apathetic and don't care whether they're signed up for some organization or where their tax money goes, so it's no wonder they don't resign from the church. That's why the government needs to be set up so that it doesn't sign people for a religion. ____
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The reason is that it's virtually impossible to organize atheists. Sure in Norway there's the Human Etisk Forbund, but honestly people who aren't "joiners" aren't going to go for that. In many ways it's a sop by the state to continue to hold the church in a special place, as it's guaranteed by the constitution. One thing that you should recognize though is that if you open churches to the "free market" you get more aggressive recruiting and indoctrination like you have in the US. Here we may be pissed off that the states money goes to support the church, but it at least keeps them quiet, stops them feeling the need to recruit for financial reasons and allows the rest of us to be safely secular. A free market church would be more aggressive, so maybe not such a good thing. As long as there is someone like the HEF making sure that the role of the church in society is limited then the balance is there. At least Norway's better off than the UK where they sit in the legislature (House of Lords). Still for all that religion seems to have a lot less influence in Europe, and Northern Europe in particular than in the supposedly secular, US with all its constitutional secularism.
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lol the churches oppose science and progress...yeah that's what we do. We go around boycotting hospitals and space shuttle launches...are you really that out of touch with American Christians? ;) Maybe we need to have a little chat lol Theyre not "trying to mess" with the educational system. They are simply applying the logic that was used against them for THEIR benefit. People said "If you want the Ten Commandments in the Courthouse, youre going to have to put up blah blah blah..." now, christians are saying, if you want to teach a weak theory such as evolution, you HAVE to teach a weak theory like creationism...except now people whine at the logic they implemented... I mean really...I WANT to believe in evolution....the conept of adaptation makes sense...but they have NO TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS...whatsoever...all they have is, "well, yeah that sounds good, lets make it a theory." Theyre basically saying we adapt to fit our surroundings...DUUUHHHH. oh...your question lol hmmmm, I guess youre kinda right, but hey, that means more money for us :)
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It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with apathy. People don't like to rock the boat and lack the gumption to get off their a$$es and do something.
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Well, in America, if this was the case, people would take a stand because they love their money.
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Fear.
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