Cardinal Rode: Slovenia Atheist island

Slovenia prospered to no end in this so called dictatorship, so it's not so bad after all. When you get an insanely large amount of the wealth, and as time went on the inequality just rose and rose... then his labeling it is a dictatorship is kinda dumb. Slovenians loved yugoslavia and tito, especially because it enriched them at the expense of the other countries.

I am sure that if Muslims wanted to open a school teaching Islam, the Slovenian government would buckle down and allow it. That is the way of the EU.

Cardinal should be made aware about seperation of State and church.
He claims that all former yugo. countries teach religioun in schools. I can't speak for other countries but in schools in Kosova religion is not tought, same in USA (no public school teaches religion).

What would the army benefit from the bishop's religion - would soldiers turn one cheek while being shot in the other? Or would they feel like the army of God and punish others for the death of Christ? And children in schools, would they learn that the planet is only six thousands years old? How is that for "narrowing of the intellectual horizons of Slovenian youth"? They do learn about the history of religion in schools already. You know... about the burning of scientists and the Inquisition and the Crusades etc. All the important stuff I would say...

"I am sure that if Muslims wanted to open a school teaching Islam, the Slovenian government would buckle down and allow it."

Actually Slovenia is one of the very few European countries which doesn't have a single mosque, last I heard. For over 30 years the Muslim community in Slovenia has been trying to get a mosque built in Ljubljana, but Slovenia has thwarted it. Yet those same Slovenians were pro mosque building and supportive of Muslim (over) rights in areas where Serbs lived.

Another thing is that Slovenians do not seem a spiritual people - so maybe they aren't drawn to religious worship. There are some peoples who seem naturally more spiritual and/or religious and others who are not.

Cardinal should be made aware about seperation of State and church.
He claims that all former yugo. countries teach religioun in schools. I can't speak for other countries but in schools in Kosova religion is not tought, same in USA (no public school teaches religion).

Slovenia prospered to no end in this so called dictatorship, so it's not so bad after all. When you get an insanely large amount of the wealth, and as time went on the inequality just rose and rose... then his labeling it is a dictatorship is kinda dumb. Slovenians loved yugoslavia and tito, especially because it enriched them at the expense of the other countries.

I am sure that if Muslims wanted to open a school teaching Islam, the Slovenian government would buckle down and allow it. That is the way of the EU.

What would the army benefit from the bishop's religion - would soldiers turn one cheek while being shot in the other? Or would they feel like the army of God and punish others for the death of Christ? And children in schools, would they learn that the planet is only six thousands years old? How is that for "narrowing of the intellectual horizons of Slovenian youth"? They do learn about the history of religion in schools already. You know... about the burning of scientists and the Inquisition and the Crusades etc. All the important stuff I would say...

"I am sure that if Muslims wanted to open a school teaching Islam, the Slovenian government would buckle down and allow it."

Actually Slovenia is one of the very few European countries which doesn't have a single mosque, last I heard. For over 30 years the Muslim community in Slovenia has been trying to get a mosque built in Ljubljana, but Slovenia has thwarted it. Yet those same Slovenians were pro mosque building and supportive of Muslim (over) rights in areas where Serbs lived.

Another thing is that Slovenians do not seem a spiritual people - so maybe they aren't drawn to religious worship. There are some peoples who seem naturally more spiritual and/or religious and others who are not.