Can European leaders do without religious guidance? Hungarian politician does not think so
European leaders will “remain on the wrong path”, serving economic interests over communities, without the guidance of religious communities, the state secretary for church and minority relations said in Budapest on Friday.
Miklós Soltész told a conference organised as part of Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the European Union that selfishness had come to the fore in Europe’s leadership, and “ideologies that are twisting the interests of the created world” had emerged.
He said the EU’s migration policy also threatened the continent, arguing that it aimed to address the bloc’s labour shortage problems instead of the EU providing unconditional help to migrants’ countries of origin. Cardinal Péter Erdő, the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, highlighted the changes seen in the legal handling of religion and religious communities in certain European countries.
He said that in certain countries religious education had been turned into education about religion and a “cultural offer” suggesting not just civic equality and equal human dignity, but also the “relativity of religious belief”. Bishop József Steinbach, president of the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary, said the biggest challenge in Christian service was reaching those who had completely different views of the world.
Andor Grósz, the head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities Mazsihisz, said that since Hamas’s terrorist attack against Israel a year ago, anti-Semitism in many countries had reached a high not seen for decades. But while surveys showed that 76 percent of Jews in the EU avoided wearing clothing that could be identified as Jewish, the Jewish community in Budapest felt safe to practise their faith because the Hungarian government guaranteed their safety.
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The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Smart people does nor need these kind of “guidance” just take a look to the latest nobel prizes. And actually, why to mix religion with politics? Those medieval times are already in the past. Religions just create conflicts even today.