Number of church attendees in Poland

That is because Jesus is the ONLY ONE that will never let you down.
You can ALWAYS trust Him and that is where this peace comes from......The Holy Spirit.
People that try to be their own god don't know this peace and are failures in life.
Attending church is like filling up your gas tank in your car to get through the week.
Just wait until war breaks out or the terrorists let off a dirty bomb that wipes out the total population of London or Paris in one day.

The churches will be filled.
Amazing how that works isn't it.

oh, Catholic love for the brethren I see?
And yeah, my bad- I mistook those who attend the mass (dominicantes) with those who eat the cracker (communicantes). The former are just below 40%, the latter one just above 16%.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominicantes_i_communicantes_w_Polsce

Although I haven't followed specifically the question of church attendance in Poland, I'd imagine (if the New York tri-state's any guide!) that it's up from nearly any other European country, particularly neighboring Germany, where it's been declining for literally decades.

I think that Catholic nations tend to take their religious practices more seriously than Protestant ones. I'm speaking of course, of Europe, as the US is still predominantly Protestant, Methodists and Presbyterians mainly, and Americans outside of New York or L.A. tend to be very serious and regular church attendees in my experience:-)

... and quite a few still dislike Catholics just like in the olden days ...

Righto! Not that I have much but deep dislike for House Speaker Ryan, he does on rarest of occasions say things with which I concur and and one of those was that there is a lingering, deep-seated anti-Catholic bias throughout this land, witness university president Gordon Gee several years ago complaining that it "it weren't for those d----d Catholics, ......"

Pretty disgusting for someone in his capacity, don't you think?

Back to Poland, I can't imagine the Lutheran minority having a great deal of say. Even the Jews are more politically representedLOL

There was a prime minister in Poland of that or other denomination a few years ago.


Fair enough. At least you have balls to walk the walk, resect.


See, some do lovin' others need to keep heathen in check.

Which PM, pray tell?

Buzek

Didn't know that:-) Interesting. Must have been the glaring exception!

Why? Poland is not Israel. Being a protestant is not being hold against you, not as in some 'protestant 'countries where being a Catholics still seem to be hold against you, at least by some.

As Poland remains such a Catholic stronghold to this day, I was merely struck by the lack of uniformity in the choice of a non-Catholic to represent Poland, that's all:-)

There are non-Jewish Israelis aka Palestinians who represent Israel in her Knesset!

Sheesh! Bah? stronghold? I wouldn't say so. Its rather that other (so called) Catholic countries are wimps.


Plenty of non-Catholic representing Poland being Catholic is not a requirement for the job. Hence Poland is not Israel with few token Palestinians in Knesset.

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i think you dont know much about polish catolicizm.its more about traditions,nobody listen to what priest are saying really.
i spent 10 years going to church every sunday cus my mum wanted me to go..never understood them priests or listening them.it was boring as hell,and look more like pagan ritual with all them fkin water splashing,smoke incense,go to knees,stand up,sing,go to knees,sit down,stand ,sing,go home.

So.. don't give money to the poor because the poor are fickle, stupid and incapable of looking after themselves. Thats inverted snobbery.

On the other hand targeting the 20billion pln would be far more effective if give as a tax break for working families (as Delph suggested)


Helicopter money is a dubious concept, at best.

Erm, just because you didn't like it doesn't mean that others are like you. Don't assume that you are the typical example of a Polish person. In the UK the Polish churches are full....with young families and people. I am not saying that there are not Polish people who go to Church just because they were taught to and don't really care about it but the vast majority are Catholics and want families, heck even non Catholic do.

Missing their home country? Had to be said.

{gregy741 - nobody listen to what priest are saying}

Isn't it a bit presumptious to speak for all mankind? Have you surveyed every member of the congregation as to whether they were paying attention during the service. Yes, some sermons are indeed disjointed, long-winded, repetitive and boring but when an eloquent retreatmaster (rekolekcjonista) asends the pulpit, he can often make the entire copngregation sit up and take heed.

not presumption from my expierience.for all my friends i had through out my youth time,going to church was a boring as hell pain in the ass obligation to parents.

i never had or knew a single friend who enjoyed going to church.ever.ppl go to church in Poland cus tradition and cus they dont want to by judged by neighbours.

to fake too stiff, pagan ritual,completely disconnected from attendants ceremony in byzantine beautifully interiors where people were afraid to sneeze.bollocks.
i attended many services in the UK and there were great.guy walking among people,telling interesting things ect.not some smoking insesses,splashing holy water(whatever that is) and some other strange repetetive rituals

I actually enjoyed going to church as a kid - but I do not consider myself Catholic anymore - I have found new and better teaching

Sounds interesting, do tell!

At mass today, I was surprised how few people attended.

{Ironside - Lutheran minority}

Did you know that Martin Luther was a Jew-hater from the word go?

The bad old days.

here askrealjesus.com

Ascended Master teachings. Flourished in Poland before the war. Janusz Korczak was a firm believer in that, as was General Tokarzewski-Karasiewicz. Are you familiar with the story of Uma Devi (Wanda Dynowska)?

Growing now in Poland too, as part of various spiritual pathways.

To get back closer to the topic, Poland is in an interesting period at the moment. A population who have had a lot of exposure to religious ideas as well as a heavy dose of rationalism, many dissatisfied with the RCC as a spiritual journey.

As traditional church attendance plummets, people are turning more and more to the various alternatives that exist.