Territorial Bloggings
A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
Least religious countries
Fascinating statistics in this article/paper on the levels of “organic atheism” & the like.
Somehow I think Bp. Giertz would be aggrieved by Sweden’s #1 ranking, and Scandinavia taking 3 of the top 4 spots…
The top 10:
1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
2. Vietnam
3. Denmark
4. Norway
5. Japan
6. Czech Republic
7. Finland
8. France
9. South Korea
10. Estonia (up [...]
Yet more proof that words…
Because we’re stupid sheep (and I mean that in the best sense of the word…), we need to constantly be reminded of simple things & concepts.
Stuff like this: Words have meaning and power.
I love words. Big, fancy words. Small, simple words. Refined words. Coarse words. Theological words. Pop-culture words. Sincere words. Snarky words. Profound [...]
A virulent virus
Neal Boortz is going to receive a firestorm of criticism for these comments, but he is, of course , correct.
“Islam is a virus. It is a deadly virus that is spreading throughout Europe and the Western world,” and “we’re going to wait far too long to develop a vaccine to find a way to fight [...]
Brown’s noise
A few weeks back, I finally broke down and gave in. On a trip to the local public library, I checked out copies of Dan Brown’s novels Angels & Devils and The DaVinci Code. Even more, I actually read them!
Vast amounts of ink have been spilled reviewing, discussing, bemoaning, and condemning these novels, especially [...]


