By: Mattias
Martin Modéus addresses the type of case you are referring to, Martin. His interpretation of 1 chapt., 3§ leaves no possibility for the case which you had in your school (i.e. he regards it as...
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To me the whole issue is resolved by the fact that my daughter’s school would never take their celebrations to the local chapter of the Church of Scientology.
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So has your objection to do with (i) the focus on cultural heritage, i.e. the fact that Lutheran culture and confession is of historical importance in Sweden, or (ii) the focus on Sv.K. being the...
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My objection has to do with the fact that a secular school is interpreting its collaboration with the Swedish Church as a harmless cultural thing (cf. Saint Lucy pageant) when in fact it is an act of...
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A visit to a public Scientology meeting (if they have such things) would also be a “harmless cultural thing” if the idea is to see the roles of religion in society. I interpret your reply as primarily...
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I don’t think it harms my kid to visit the Sv.K. But I do think it is harmful for secular society to support religion, particularly when one denomination is favoured over others institutionally. I wish...
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The separation between Sv.K. and the State of Sweden is complete since more than a decade back (the only exception is begravningsväsendet, where the State is hanging on, for reasons which we have...
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Come now, my friend. Unlike football and opera, religious denominationalism is explicitly forbidden by the state school curriculum. As for the length of the relationship between the school system and...
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By: Mattias
Religious denominationalism is certainly not forbidden (Deo gratias), but the undue favourisation of religious institutions probably would turn out to be (there are some possible prejudicate cases...
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Being a bookish kind of person and near-sighted in one eye, I have always viewed organised sports with the greatest suspicion. And to the extent that sports coaches teach blind obedience and belief in...
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