tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post115576199722665622..comments2023-09-21T17:02:46.827+02:00Comments on Phyl's Blog: RELIGIONPhylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810079414061023335noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156271693521391232006-08-22T20:34:00.000+02:002006-08-22T20:34:00.000+02:00Sorry! :-( Do you want me to delete my comment, a...Sorry! :-( Do you want me to delete my comment, and you can pretend I never told you? ;-)Thomas Widmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481786791740154131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156257310416749372006-08-22T16:35:00.000+02:002006-08-22T16:35:00.000+02:00damn - i've enjoyed that story for 17 years and yo...damn - i've enjoyed that story for 17 years and you've just ruined it for me!Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810079414061023335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156238714057592192006-08-22T11:25:00.000+02:002006-08-22T11:25:00.000+02:00I hate to disappoint you, but I think it's short f...I hate to disappoint you, but I think it's short for 'Verschiedenes', according to a Google search... I wouldn't be surprised if the abbreviation was chosen because of the ambiguity, though! :-)Thomas Widmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481786791740154131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156233367067272082006-08-22T09:56:00.000+02:002006-08-22T09:56:00.000+02:00I do remember having a real problem when I lived i...I do remember having a real problem when I lived in Germany because you had to give a religion to anmeld at the townhall - I was unable to and they nearly fell over in shock. Should I have lied??? Eventually after much panic the official stamped the box V.D. - to this day I don't know what it stood for but my mates reckoned it was for verdammt ;-)Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810079414061023335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156233254066098162006-08-22T09:54:00.000+02:002006-08-22T09:54:00.000+02:00The last baby to be baptised in my family was a gr...The last baby to be baptised in my family was a grandparent - I wouldn't even know what religion to guess my family used to be! Though I do think my family is perhaps at the other end of the spectrum - I'd say about half the people I know had their kids baptised, though never attend church and I'd be very hard pushed to name more than 2 or 3 people I know who do attend church who are under 70!<BR/>I'd say I'd consider someone religious if they went to church once a year for the Christmas service!<BR/>As for paying church taxes - I'm afraid that is a way too alien concept for the UK!Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810079414061023335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156233036186826062006-08-22T09:50:00.000+02:002006-08-22T09:50:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810079414061023335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156188570441405222006-08-21T21:29:00.000+02:002006-08-21T21:29:00.000+02:00But you actually go to church! To explain it to P...But you actually go to church! To explain it to Phyllis, Denmark still has a state church, and unless they've changed the rules, one automatically becomes a member unless one explicitly leaves. Birth certificates and so on are done by the church, even for non-members. Church membership fees are collected by the tax authorities. I don't think church attendance on a normal Sunday is any stronger than here, but most people would have their kids baptised and expect to be buried from a church in Denmark.Thomas Widmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481786791740154131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156183100051989512006-08-21T19:58:00.000+02:002006-08-21T19:58:00.000+02:00Oh I don't have such a relative, my dad is a lawye...Oh I don't have such a relative, my dad is a lawyer and mom mum and sister are teachers ;-) My uncle and his wife in Germany are playing the flute.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316412796966815189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156149394201014752006-08-21T10:36:00.000+02:002006-08-21T10:36:00.000+02:00Is Denmark a really religious country? - In the UK...Is Denmark a <I>really</I> religious country? - In the UK, (or France or germany for that matter) I never met anyone related to a minister and yet everyone I know from Denmark has a relative who is a minister of some sort! In Scotland we use churches as pubs, restaurants, theatres, even furniture shops - from the sounds of things Denmark should be building extra ones just to have enough for all these ministers! ;-)<BR/>Explain your country to me guys, I'm intrigued!Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810079414061023335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1156099030405919732006-08-20T20:37:00.000+02:002006-08-20T20:37:00.000+02:00And so you should here from a child of two priests...And so you should here from a child of two priests :-/ Or maybe because of that?Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316412796966815189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28097563.post-1155885468177730912006-08-18T09:17:00.000+02:002006-08-18T09:17:00.000+02:00Easier until the jeep is involved in an accident a...Easier until the jeep is involved in an accident and Jesus doesn't act as an airbag after all...Thomas Widmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481786791740154131noreply@blogger.com