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In a place called Sweden, actually, they have none !
The Kingdom of Sweden had a State Religion for five centuries, the Lutheran
Church, as did three other Protestant nations in Europe. In a major turnaround,
they have extended identical monetary support to ALL religions, for the last
thirty years.
About ten years ago, the Press in Sweden reported on the newly appointed
Minister for Religion : he is the person who appoints Bishops and controls
church pursestrings. It turned out that the man was not a Believer ! An
incredulous King summoned the PM and sought an explanation.
HM was not prepared for the answer : There were none in the Realm, he was
told, in the ranks of the college educated ! The King then suggested he saw
hypocrisy in a law that named him the head of a Church that apparently did not
exist.
The Minister agreed, a new law was drafted, and Sweden is now a secular
State.
The moral of this story : Perhaps there is something to be said for the
many Gods of the world's oldest surviving religion. eric.
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