tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post3721946207677830646..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Romania is the most religious country in EuropeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-45719435971707603852018-12-14T16:37:44.978+02:002018-12-14T16:37:44.978+02:00@Paul
Having worked and lived in Romania, Bulgaria...@Paul<br />Having worked and lived in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia, since 2002, I long ago came to the conclusion that Romanians are the most religious people of SEE.<br /><br />When I worked in Romania from 2002 to 2004, I frequently saw nuns and monks hitching along DN1 from Bucharest towards Southern Bucovina. I have memories of large numbers of visitors - family members, friends, pilgrims and sightseers- in the medieval monasteries and churches of Southern Bucovina, that my Romanian landlord so kindly showed me on a lightening-like pilgrimage one autumn weekend.<br /><br />I have seen no similar sights in the other SEE countries I have lived although they too have many churches and monasteries of similar antiquity.<br /><br />My Romanian friends and colleagues, seemed to have a closer connection with and attachment towards their church and took religious traditions and observances much more seriously, than the Bulgarians and Serbians I have known.<br /><br />Perhaps Romanians, because of their love of partying, celebrating, and generally enjoying life as much as they can, are greater sinners than their neighbours and consequently appreciate their church more :). But in this regard, I am certainly not one who could could cast the first stone ;).<br /><br />"Serbs and Croats have only enough religion to kill each other, which is the easy part." <br />Witty and cruel but inaccurate to blame the enmity between these peoples on religious differences. David in Belgradenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-35065303436936848632018-12-12T07:37:04.554+02:002018-12-12T07:37:04.554+02:00That's what happens when you allow religion, e...That's what happens when you allow religion, education, and healthcare to be owned by the state. Of course all governments will invest the people's money into the most popular things, which happen to be churches. If you care about education and health care, privatize them. But if you do that, a lot of politicians who skim money from these fruitful enterprises will have to give up their swimming pools.TheVidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344788573052372170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-24456859619872971732018-12-11T15:13:42.756+02:002018-12-11T15:13:42.756+02:00"Official data show Romania has some 18,000 c..."Official data show Romania has some 18,000 churches, compared with 4,700 schools and 425 hospitals." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-74346591491122157742018-12-11T14:59:37.398+02:002018-12-11T14:59:37.398+02:00"We are not involved in actually helping peop..."We are not involved in actually helping people because we piously devote ourselves to contemplation. We do, however, have time for money-grubbing, land grabs, and toadying to the powerful." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-33966943495590595742018-12-10T16:41:24.228+02:002018-12-10T16:41:24.228+02:00This is very good!This is very good!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-58740328933544804132018-12-10T15:45:31.753+02:002018-12-10T15:45:31.753+02:00@Marian
They are everywhere except in Muslim count...@Marian<br />They are everywhere except in Muslim countries ;).DavidinBelgradenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-73903925083282269442018-12-09T19:22:11.514+02:002018-12-09T19:22:11.514+02:00The atheist community is however pretty vocal in R...The atheist community is however pretty vocal in RomaniaMarian Hanganuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00299209241543916908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-65727420278782650722018-12-09T15:43:38.429+02:002018-12-09T15:43:38.429+02:00"Religiosity is not a particularly Balkan thi..."Religiosity is not a particularly Balkan thing. Bulgaria is very much less religious. Serbs and Croats have only enough religion to kill each other, which is the easy part". Wonderful line!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com