Grandtheftcow

Marriage in the western world brings legal benefits as well as tax benefits. If you find someone you intend to spend the rest of your life with it's likely in your best interests to get married. Of course it is a nice reassurance to your parter that you intend to spend the rest of your life with him/her as well.

Ah! I understand.... So, by your understanding, what is a violation of Canada's hate speech law? Preaching that homosexuality is sin? Referring to people like Dawkins as "militant" atheists? Referring to Christians as mentally ill? Just curious.... Hate speech is a little murky however there is a clause that allows such speech to be permitted if it's religiously motivated. As long as you don't attempt to incite violence against a group of people. Link removed by moderator

What's wrong with Sweden? No I'm one of those supposedly evil non-believers

Since I lack faith in a god or the supernatural I haven't had any such problems. However there have been a few instances where someone handed me a Bible tract and after a lengthy discussion lashed out in frustration at me. As far as I know Canadians are free to practice any religion as long as it doesn't violate Canada's hate speech laws.

I'd contend that there isn't an inherent need to worship but an inherent desire to understand the world we live in. For many religion and gods have fulfilled that need.

Canada is generally socially progressive. We have universal health care, same sex marriage, a strong sense of multiculturalism, anti-racist policies, and bilingual government services. A lot of those things run counter to whats stated in the Bible, or at least by popular Christian leaders in the US and American culture itself. Although few are very interested in science there is an understanding that what we know about the universe runs counter to what the Bible states and as a result many Christians I've talked to simply ignore Genesis, Noah's flood, and in some cases the entire Old Testament because of it's more hateful teachings compared to those of Jesus in the New Testament. Do I think our current culture is beneficial? In my opinion the grass does seem greener on this side of the border.

I better hide. Anyone got a link to a news article for more info?

Yeah I'm up north in Canada here so different culture and all. Religion here seems to be something for the older generation and is declining as they pass on. Oh I thought of the name while trying to come up with something unique for an e-mail address. Turns out the name's unique to the Internet too so any search engine would only return me and my Internet shenanigans. It's a fun series even though many here would find the games content objectionable.

So you feel that the culture in your area is a Christian one? In my area about 20% of the population describes themselves as non-religious, 43% Protestant, 25% Catholic and the rest belonging to other religious groups. Religion is generally considered a private matter here.