Amazingly for a nation that is heathen to the core in its behaviour and cringed when Geir Haarde asked the man in the sky to bless it last year, the Protestant National Church is hard to shake off.
It would be nice to say that Iceland has a commonsense like those nations who have seperated between church and state, but commonsense has shown itself to be lacking in our makeup for quite some time now.
While we are counting our chickens though, some curious things are revealed. The salary of one priest for example (paid for by the state coffers) is equivelant to 2 and a half police officers. The amount of direct state funding accepted by the church is just half of what the state spends on the University of Iceland. In indirect gains it is probably much higher.
A question revelant in all times is given even more weight under current circumstances. Should the state still be paying for this?
Even if they have Darth Vader on their side?
PS: I don’t care if you choose something to believe in. I just think it is unfair that one belief system is given such unfair advantage over others.
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Carl Mosconi
2 years ago
As a follower of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and others I couldn´t agree more. Those that truly believe in the supernatual can do so without any assistance from the clergy.