Interesting how news like this doesn’t typically blow up on social media, yet similar for religions with more darker skinned followers typically leads to significant vitriol.
The Christian churches probably have trillions in wealth — if you include all the illegal/unreported funds they hold (offshore accounts, etc) — so they have both the reason and finances to fund lobbyists and bot armies to suppress negative news.
Germany isn’t even secular. “The law” doesn’t apply to the church, there’s a separate set of laws for them. And the taxpayer funds the church because of some agreement from 200 years ago
Interesting how news like this doesn’t typically blow up on social media, yet similar for religions with more darker skinned followers typically leads to significant vitriol.
The Christian churches probably have trillions in wealth — if you include all the illegal/unreported funds they hold (offshore accounts, etc) — so they have both the reason and finances to fund lobbyists and bot armies to suppress negative news.
They are also in a Holy Alliance with conservative parties worldwide.
Germany isn’t even secular. “The law” doesn’t apply to the church, there’s a separate set of laws for them. And the taxpayer funds the church because of some agreement from 200 years ago