NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Ah yes, religion is to blame here, not cult of personality.
If takes religion plus the 'cult of personality' to threaten a concert pianist with 18 months imprisonment just for being a public atheist. It's one of many reasons why the Government should never profess a State Religion. So yes, religion is in part to blame here.Ah yes, religion is to blame here, not cult of personality.
Religion is a tool in a cult of personality. It reinforces their righteousness and allows them to say "because God said so" and not "because I said so" which facilitates their rise to total control.If takes religion plus the 'cult of personality' to threaten a concert pianist with 18 months imprisonment just for being a public atheist. It's one of many reasons why the Government should never profess a State Religion. So yes, religion is in part to blame here.
In short, only a religious government would worry about an atheist concert pianist to the point of imprisonment.
you just out-watsoned watsonReligion is a tool in a cult of personality. It reinforces their righteousness and allows them to say "because God said so" and not "because I said so" which facilitates their rise to total control.
He seems to be implying it's Islam that is driving Erdogan, whereas I think Erdogan is in the drivers seat in a hijacked Islamic car.you just out-watsoned watson
Yes, this.He seems to be implying it's Islam that is driving Erdogan, whereas I think Erdogan is in the drivers seat in a hijacked Islamic car.
Man everyone who's been there says that Istanbul is the coolest city in the world. My favourite designer lives there. This is very sad.Turkey is so ****ed
Yeah it was basically which **** was going to lead a dictatorship. Strongest man prevailed.Dictatorship rising...
Nope.was turkey ever a part of the european union? if not, what were the reasons why they were excluded?
ok......it is on the border between asia and europe and i have heard it referred to a european country before which is why i asked...anyway...Nope.
Not being in Europe would be a major reason for exclusion.
Turkish politicians haven't yet appreciated or learned the meaning of the term - 'Separation of Church and State'.was turkey ever a part of the european union? if not, what were the reasons why they were excluded?
what on earth does this have to do with the question posed.Turkish politicians haven't yet appreciated or learned the meaning of the term - 'Separation of Church and State'.
Everything.what on earth does this have to do with the question posed.
What is Driving the European Debate about Turkey?
.....Turkey’s potential accession to the EU has propelled the question of what it means to be secular and European into the public spotlight. There is a sense in Europe that the religion/politics question and its relationship to an ever-evolving European identity be resolved before Turkey is admitted to the EU. The Turkish case is therefore controversial not only because it involves the potential accession of a Muslim-majority country to a historically Christian-majority (now arguably post-Christian-majority) Europe, but more fundamentally because it brings up long dormant dilemmas internal to Europe regarding how religion and politics relate to each other. In other words, Turkey’s candidacy destabilizes the European secular social imaginary. It involves unfinished business in the social fabric of the core EU members, including what it means to be secular (both in Europe and in Turkey) and how religion, including but not only Islam, should relate to European public life. This cultural sticking point is what the debate over Turkish accession is really about, and it is for this reason that it is culturally, in addition to economically and politically, so contentious.
http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.ed...man_Hurd/publications_files/InsightTurkey.pdf