Good News: Atheism On the Rise in EuropeTommi Avicolli Meccabyline‚ Apr. 16‚ 2007There’s no doubt that the political influence of a church that once placed kings on their thrones and sent conquistadors off to new lands to add souls to its ranks (and slaughter them in the process), has greatly declined in European countries these days. The once faithful routinely practice birth control, as evidenced by the slowing birth rates in Western European countries. In open defiance of church teaching, abortion is legal in most of Europe, as is divorce. For a church hierarchy hell-bent on maintaining control of the masses, it gets worse: There’s now legalized gay marriage in three countries: Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. |