The Protestant countries were always superiour to the Catholic

[renaissance12]

Well they the first to come in large numbers.

Scandinavia had been the poorest area in Europe till XIX century...

[Suinthila]

The 'busy north' vs the 'lazy south'.

- Industrial revolution started in protestant England and got adopted later by others
- Germany's protestant northern part was always richer and more productive than the southern Catholic 'redneck farmers'
- Scandinavia is superiour to the southern WOG nations and Eastern (Poland, Chech, Hungary etc)
- same with worldpower USA that is protestant VS the primitive latino cultures and even the backward Canadians
- interesting enough its also the same phenomenon in Africa: the countries that got colonized by Britain are more prosperous now than the other French, Portuguese, Spanish etc


Here's a map visualizing it

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Nope.

The Klingon countries were always superior.

[Suinthila]

Scandinavia had been the poorest area in Europe till XIX century...

But, are you taking OP seriously?
It's a child playing, don't you realize it?

[renaissance12]

Always? No. It is only a matter of several decades.

There is a stereotype Protestants are more progressive in thinking, more open-minded. It could be. [/url]

Till the W.W.2 protestants were very bigots...much more than Catholics..

[Loki]

Scandinavia had been the poorest area in Europe till XIX century...

We're not living in the XIX century anymore... whatever happened then is irrelevant and due to completely different and often unknown circumstances.

You have something against poor people, though?

In any case, when I think "poor people", Scandinavians don't really come to mind...

[Oneeye]

In the USA the Northern Catholic part was far more advanced than the South, which was overwhelmingly protestant.

What "Northern Catholic part", Maryland? Florida, Louisiana, and California are what comes to mind for being Catholic historically, and the first two are southern, while the latter isn't "Northern".

[Oneeye]

Op didn't mention Renaissance. That started in the "lazy" south.

Without mention all the inventions of the A.Greeks and A.Romans, always in the "lazy" south.

England and London were built by Romans.

Yeah, laying around painting figures of people laying around is much more hard working than toiling the soil.

[MinervaItalica]

Yeah, laying around painting figures of people laying around is much more hard working than toiling the soil.

What do you mean? Renaissance is also the period of inventions and innovations not paintings only...

The banking system and capitalism were born in the "lazy" south too (Italian Maritime Republics and Florence).

[Cristiano viejo]

In any case, when I think "poor people", Scandinavians don't really come to mind...

Neither South Europeans.

[Loki]

In the USA the Northern Catholic part was far more advanced than the South, which was overwhelmingly protestant.

Nonsense. Catholics were never a majority, not even in the north. Only a majority among Mexicans and Hispanics... You'll probably argue Mexico is "more advanced" than the US next... Catholic arrogance is laughable and wrong at the same time, based on falsities.