Protestant Europe enjoys the highest living standards in the world, are the smartest, richest and most industrious. It could just be the coincidental similarity with the Germanic meta-ethnicity's distribution.
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Protestant Europe enjoys the highest living standards in the world, are the smartest, richest and most industrious. It could just be the coincidental similarity with the Germanic meta-ethnicity's distribution.
I agree. Best example is one of their most prominent saints.
http://mjfd.webs.com/100_dollar_bill.jpg
I am nominally a Lutheran.
I'm a member of the Norwegian state Church.
Sort of.
My family/heritage is of the WASP set here in America (Presbyterian/Congregational) but I am by no means a practitioner.
I've got the work ethic though. :thumb001:
I was raised in the Southern Baptist Convention. Let me clear the way and state that I hate going to church! :D
This group epitomizes most of the (bad) in Southern white Americans.:loco:Quote:
The word Southern in Southern Baptist Convention stems from its having been founded and rooted in the Southern United States. The SBC became a separate denomination in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, following a regional split with northern Baptists over the issues of slavery and missions.
I was baptized to a Lutheran.
Indeed...
Lithuanian attributes Estonia's success to religion
Lithuaniatribune.com writes with reference to weekly Veidas that the wealth gap between Estonia and the rest of the Baltic states was widening because of religion.
Explaining why Estonians have been less willing to emigrate than their southern neighbours, why they have higher monthly wages and the old age pensions (more than 20 percent higher than in Lithuania) and why Estonia’s GDP is higher than Lithuania’s by 12 percent, Lithuaian sociologist Mindaugas Degutis says religion is the major factor influencing this trend.
He said: “Estonians are Protestants and sociologist Max Weber already a hundred years ago noticed a link between Protestantism and economic development because the followers of this religion believe that they will be redeemed if they are good at work. This could have contributed to the factors that have led to the leadership of the Estonians – a faster and more successful implementation of reforms, the discipline which is characterises the Nordic countries, a political system more focused on pragmatic functioning instead of populist attitudes.”
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I am a baptized Lutheran, but I'm not religious as I live in the least religious country in the world.
The funny thing is, when looking at non-religious countries, then Estonia is #1 with Sweden and Denmark being 2nd and 3rd. Now if you look at the European Economic Sustainability Index, then Sweden has the most sustainable economy in Europe while Estonia and Denmark share 2nd place.
Religion(or the lack of it) and the culture related to that religion strongly influence the lifestyle of people.
Member of a Christian Identity church in my area.