[Skybird]

By law and constitution, Germany is meant to be a secular state. the special status givien to church, the powers and tax incomes it enjoys, the ways of inbfluencing edcuation and the health and social sector, is a scandal.

i take some pride in the fact that I asked relgious teachers at school so many logical questions that i finally was banned from relgious classes - with my parents refusing to protest to that.

I honestly think the power of the churches in Germany must be broken. I dislike them as much as i dislike islam.

In Berlin, btw, schools now offer ethics classes instead of religion classes. A referendum that was tried by pro-church initiatives and the churches themselves, was defeated by a clear majority of the population.