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TlalocW

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1. I hardly think East Germany is the MOST godless place on Earth

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 11:34 AM

Sep 2012

I had a college professor who would almost wax poetically about Asian exchange students who came from certain places, who were never exposed to any kind of religious thinking, calling them wonderfully pure atheists, and he enjoyed seeing their expressions when he started explaining Christianity and other religions to them.

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Eastern Germany: the most godless place on Earth [View all] rug Sep 2012 OP

I hardly think East Germany is the MOST godless place on Earth TlalocW Sep 2012 #1

The whole universe is godless... AlbertCat Sep 2012 #2

He has spoken and He has not stuttered. cbayer Sep 2012 #3

The noises people hear when they have tinnitus aren't real. dimbear Sep 2012 #8

Of course they are real. Just because others can't hear it does not make it less real. cbayer Sep 2012 #9

Real in the same sense God is real. Not real in the sense a brass band is real. dimbear Sep 2012 #10

The Czechs might argue with that onager Sep 2012 #4

They were in the same poll; 39.9% said they didn't believe in God muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #5

I would love to visit Prague some time. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #19

East Germany is very economically disadvantaged vs. the rest of the country. dimbear Sep 2012 #6

I've never heard of Jugendweihe either. cbayer Sep 2012 #7

What 'forced atheism'? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #11

Sounds forced to me: cbayer Sep 2012 #12

Except that 'sort of atheist' seems to mean 'secular' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #13

OK, won't call if forced, but ceremonies like this in communist countries cbayer Sep 2012 #14

I looked up Angela Merkel's father, since he was a pastor in the GDR muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #15

Interesting. cbayer Sep 2012 #16

Well, an authoritarian state like the GDR would note it on her record muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #17

One of the few good things to come out of Soviet domination. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #18

If you consider atheism by compulsion to be a good thing. rug Sep 2012 #20