Although I am a non-believer, I have never understood the fuss about this “labelling” thing.
There are so many cultural Jews, Muslims, Christians etc. out there who do not actually have a religious faith, but still honour their religious traditions for purely cultural reasons. From their perspective, it makes absolutely sense to “label” their children Jewish, Muslim, Christian etc. because they want them to learn about their religious history and consciously participate in religious festivities.
A “Catholic child” is not a five-year-old who reads papal encyclicas and believes firmly in Catholic doctrine, but a child who is being raised in a Catholic family. Pretending otherwise is nothing other than language abuse.
@jonworth @OlafStorbeck I just got hold of the guy who ran the research at Forsa - he said the headline Sonntagsfrage numbers are based entirely on interviews conducted today (although other parts of the survey were carried out over the preceding days)
@jonworth @OlafStorbeck There's also, weirdly, a bit of uncertainty over when exactly this part of the survey was carried out.
Press release says today: https://www.presseportal.de/pm/154530/4894485
But Forsa seems to have told @Wahlen_DE it was yesterday and today: https://twitter.com/Wahlen_DE/status/1384562346056724480
Although I am a non-believer, I have never understood the fuss about this “labelling” thing.
There are so many cultural Jews, Muslims, Christians etc. out there who do not actually have a religious faith, but still honour their religious traditions for purely cultural reasons. From their perspective, it makes absolutely sense to “label” their children Jewish, Muslim, Christian etc. because they want them to learn about their religious history and consciously participate in religious festivities.
A “Catholic child” is not a five-year-old who reads papal encyclicas and believes firmly in Catholic doctrine, but a child who is being raised in a Catholic family. Pretending otherwise is nothing other than language abuse.