Re: European Religioins was: California/Texas secession

Roger Burton West schrieb:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:56:49AM +0100, K.H.Ranitzsch
> wrote:
> 
> >Germany is half Lutheran, half Catholic, Austria and
> > other Central European areas are Catholic. So the NSL would be
mixed
> 
> Yes, but if the other blocks are going to be monolithic and one of
them
> is _already_ Catholic... it would make sense that that bit had got
> absorbed by the FSE.

According to Canon history,  "those bits" of territory are part of the
NSL, however, and they constitute more than half of the NSL. Making any
large chunk of Europe denominationally homogenous in any but the most
nominal sense would require "religious cleansing" on a scale not seen
around here since the 30 Years War.

The idea that Church and State are separate is much more likely for the
GZG canon world. Note also that the Catholic Church is not in any
meaningful way a "National" institution, unlike many Protestant or
Orthodox denominations.

Greetings
Karl Heinz