Opt for the true believers to the monastery or the people of the church reform? Jukka Ritola
every year, the controversial Angel of heaven -hymn showing the finns appreciate the further christian tradition, even if christmas is secularized. Virsikin the archives may ask, why muslims are opposed to islam, the second highest of the prophet’s birth celebration. On the other hand, Jesus of Nazareth was a jew. Atheists should be having christmas similar to the valuable fiction as the Kalevala.
valuation despite the power of the church is in trouble. It still belongs to the 71% of the population, but this figure covers it, for example, that the metropolitan middle-aged men in the minority belongs to church anymore. More mass in the parish in less than half the region’s population belong to it. In rural areas live in some places still almost single culture.
Although the church ethics and traditions are valued, in a recent study, only 15% of finns have a church and religion as sacred. The holy experience was not for finns weird, but in this case it was thought before the rest of the home, close relatives, security and human dignity. Also domestic and wild rose high.
Religion hold sacred, the proportion of those in charge of the parish elections voter apathy. A lot of often than not according to surveys, believe the church’s central dogma. This can each be tested by considering the confession of faith in the theories of virgin birth in the resurrection of the body. Of course, even the protestant majority does not believe wine to a change in the eucharist truly the blood of Christ.
the result is difficult to analyze, because of the electoral alliance names were mostly nothing unsaid. This may reduce voter apathy, too, if you didn’t know the candidates. However, see signs of the polarization will continue. The same is perceived in national elections in all the western countries. The church is therefore on the other hand, believers who interpret the Bible literally, on the other hand, the radicals, who are fighting at the moment, especially gay couples marry. Women in the priesthood, raise more controversy. The church is between a lot of “tolkun people” who accept the reforms of bigotry in the matte of them and giving the conservatives for living space. Malt’s voice is drowned out, however easily fight the roar.
soon, Maybe have to choose the true believers of the monastery and loose the people of the church development. Whether fundamentalists are pondering how to finance a compact community? The people of the church did not, in turn, can only be to the rest of society act as a supplement to a social institution. Still also its theological basis has to be reformed if we are to prevent the final rupture in modern thought and religion.
