Religion in society - pick two out of three? | 89 comments (89 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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So, Catholics (and other mainline religions) get a break unavailable to some other more recent, smaller groups largely because of the cultural history of Catholicism in French society. And that's kind of the definition of non-independence between the state and religion, isn't it?

by santiago on Fri Sep 7th, 2012 at 05:05:15 PM EST
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So France is just as European as all the other European countries...

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2012 at 05:05:57 PM EST
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Re: Religion in society - pick two out of three? (4.00 / 2)

In practice they do, but that's not quite the point I was making. The Catholic Church in Russia or China is also less of a cult than Jehova's Witnesses or the Church of Happyology. So it's not solely a matter of historical hegemony.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2012 at 05:11:06 PM EST
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Religion in society - pick two out of three? | 89 comments (89 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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