Do you thing Southern Europe would benefit from adoption of Protestant values? (best, country)
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Most poor countries in Europe are either Eastern Orthodox or Catholic. France and Austria are catholic but they were also influenced by some protestant values. Don't you think Greeks, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Spanish, Portuguese etc. would get a benefit of addopting Calvinist values, that arguably made The Netherlands the successful society it is today (even catholic Dutch have them as Calvinist values came to be adopted as "all Dutch" ones and even today liberal, secular Dutchies live by many of those customs such as not wasting too much money on superficial things, being modest (can a Greek PM ever be seen on a bike?)
Most poor countries in Europe are either Eastern Orthodox or Catholic. France and Austria are catholic but they were also influenced by some protestant values. Don't you think Greeks, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Spanish, Portuguese etc. would get a benefit of addopting Calvinist values, that arguably made The Netherlands the successful society it is today (even catholic Dutch have them as Calvinist values came to be adopted as "all Dutch" ones and even today liberal, secular Dutchies live by many of those customs such as not wasting too much money on superficial things, being modest (can a Greek PM ever be seen on a bike?)
Do you think Iran would have benefited from adopting Christian values?
So what happened there? Why didn't they?
And how about Korea? (South or North - I don't care...)
I don't think anyone need any value from a religion.
Stop saying hard working is "protestant value". I am sure the Japanese won't agree.
Yea..it's much more complicated than this, at least for south Europe -East Europe I know less-. Besides when you go in north of Spain or north of Italy, it's rich, clean and well organized, nothing like Naples in the south of Italy. Much more like Germany.
Most poor countries in Europe are either Eastern Orthodox or Catholic. France and Austria are catholic but they were also influenced by some protestant values. Don't you think Greeks, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Spanish, Portuguese etc. would get a benefit of addopting Calvinist values, that arguably made The Netherlands the successful society it is today (even catholic Dutch have them as Calvinist values came to be adopted as "all Dutch" ones and even today liberal, secular Dutchies live by many of those customs such as not wasting too much money on superficial things, being modest (can a Greek PM ever be seen on a bike?)
that divide is far less real than centuries ago , the world is too interconnected , its a somewhat distasteful term anyhow ,its nearly always meant to bestow a superiority on one side and an inferiority on the other , would it go down well if it was suggested that a dose of catholic values might make certain countries more compassionate and warm ? , its kind of the same thing as its about stereotypes
As a Pole I have to say, I find thinking a country has a single thought on something rather silly. But that's not really the point, the point is:
I don't see this thread going anywhere constructive.
Closed.
Yac.
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