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Post by eala on Jan 4, 2024 20:11:24 GMT
Maybe these countries were also injured by the experience of communism ?
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Post by Tomas on Jan 4, 2024 21:34:21 GMT
Maybe these countries were also injured by the experience of communism ? Highly probable. They also knew by the characteristics of violent push Socialist style on the Globalist VAXX coup, and many more in Europe from the "ex"-Communist lands were sceptical against that and said no to swallowing its bait. (Almost only working class East Europeans and some few conservative Catholics were refusing to take it, among my friends and aquaintances.) |
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Post by kj on Jan 5, 2024 14:37:01 GMT
I'm acquainted with two people living in Eastern Europe as expats from the west, one in Bucharest, the other in Budapest. Both prefer it to Western Europe, but both say it is foolish to have romantic notions about Eastern Europe as it is simply behind the game in going liberal etc. and that the change there to western tastes is palpable.
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Post by Tomas on Jan 7, 2024 18:32:16 GMT
I'm acquainted with two people living in Eastern Europe as expats from the west, one in Bucharest, the other in Budapest. Both prefer it to Western Europe, but both say it is foolish to have romantic notions about Eastern Europe as it is simply behind the game in going liberal etc. and that the change there to western tastes is palpable. I´m afraid that is what has happened partly, also in continental Europe for instance Italy. The relatively few Italians coming to live in Sweden are almost everyone idealising the Swedish liberal leftist openness etc from 4 decades ago or so! When I was visiting the Balkans 2022 I sort of rejoiced when looking at the statistical levels of non-vaxxed people. But the smolk in the cup was that even if less than 25% had took it, several others were still being deceived by the bait - only that they hadn´t got the propaganda driven in. Like one resident there who said she was soon going to Belgrad feeling need for "vaccination". That is, two years after the rush 2020... |
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Post by Séamus on Mar 19, 2024 12:32:23 GMT
'A CONTROVERSIAL silent disco held in one of Britain's most famous cathedrals may not be held again-despite raking in £12,000.
The nights, dubbed "a rave in the nave", were held to raise much- needed funds for historic Canterbury Cathedral.
The two sellout events last month saw 3,000 headphone-wearing party-goers dancing away.
Church officials said the feedback had been "overwhelmingly positive".
But the concept was heavily criticised by some Christians, who labelled it an "alcohol- fuelled rave in God's house".'
I mightn't have lingered too long on this International Express article (as the event was 90s-themed,Boyzone music was prominently billed) until turning two pages and reading that "an investment fund of £100 million to address the Church of England's links to transatlantic slavery was too small says a report calling for a target of £1 billion..the report said 100 million is very small compared to racial disadvantage originating in African slavery" (Aine Fox reporting). Even a hundred-million for people who died over two centuries ago wasn't to be sneezed at, I would have thought.
How appropriate that a Thomas Becket was once cut to death at same Seat for withstanding the governing values of the day. At least, nearly a millenium ago,his blood had made the edifice all the more relevant.
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Post by eala on Mar 21, 2024 22:04:14 GMT
'A CONTROVERSIAL silent disco held in one of Britain's most famous cathedrals may not be held again-despite raking in £12,000. The nights, dubbed "a rave in the nave", were held to raise much- needed funds for historic Canterbury Cathedral. The two sellout events last month saw 3,000 headphone-wearing party-goers dancing away. Church officials said the feedback had been "overwhelmingly positive". But the concept was heavily criticised by some Christians, who labelled it an "alcohol- fuelled rave in God's house".' I mightn't have lingered too long on this International Express article (as the event was 90s-themed,Boyzone music was prominently billed) until turning two pages and reading that "an investment fund of £100 million to address the Church of England's links to transatlantic slavery was too small says a report calling for a target of £1 billion..the report said 100 million is very small compared to racial disadvantage originating in African slavery" (Aine Fox reporting). Even a hundred-million for people who died over two centuries ago wasn't to be sneezed at, I would have thought. How appropriate that a Thomas Becket was once cut to death at same Seat for withstanding the governing values of the day. At least, nearly a millenium ago,his blood had made the edifice all the more relevant. |
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Post by cato on Mar 22, 2024 13:48:03 GMT
In the EU Greece seems to have the highest church attendance rates I am not familiar with Greek life but the Orthodox clergy and tradition there seems much stronger and confident than our version of Christianity which is firmly in retreat. On paper we have relatively high (by European standards) weekly worship rates. Few of would believe those rates reflect a strong vibrant minority though.
European Christianity as a whole has been in constant free fall for decades . Meanwhile the German Synod leaders want the rest of the universal church to adopt their morally bankrupt vision of Christian life.
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Post by cato on Mar 27, 2024 18:40:55 GMT
In a recent opinion piece on Substack Rod Dreher laments US Orthodox laity are the least likely to attend church with around 50% who never attend. This is worse than any other American Christian denomination. Most European churches would love to have that level of attendance.
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