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25% of the Swedish population migrated to the US during the 1800s. A large portion of those were very christian. Essentially they migrated because their christi
by lysace 2y ago
25% of the Swedish population migrated to the US during the 1800s. A large portion of those were very christian. Essentially they migrated because their christian beliefs were "too extreme" for the state protestant church here at the time.
I've always wondered if that's how Sweden ended up mostly agnostic/atheist and part of the explanation for why the US ended up being so very religious.
- zeroCalories 2y agoI suspect religion is just a front. There are so many contradictions that suddenly make sense when you start thinking of it as a proxy for ethnic groups.
- lysace 2y agoNope. They are most of the time "true believers".
- mdp2021 2y agoHistorically, embracing a "persuasion" has been part of strategies in games of power - as in, "you are different from us so you cannot govern us". In the context of this submission: yes, again there can be suspicions of "partitic" actions ("see, we are defending our base"). Which, if this is the case, amounts to blasphemy (again as per my original introduction, then flagged). (And of course, with regard to the more times expressed relevance of this submission, it raises a question of "and where will this "defence" stop, also considering that we are creating pseudo-mind software?")
- mdp2021 2y ago> beliefs were "too extreme" One side of this idea could also be advanced for the Mayflower. That non-conformists look for new land and new societies is another reason for migration.