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I bet that this is just lip service, and that the on-the-ground reality will be that, paradoxically, Muslims in Norway will be under more pressure to prove that
by _debug_ 15y ago
I bet that this is just lip service, and that the on-the-ground reality will be that, paradoxically, Muslims in Norway will be under more pressure to prove that they are not terrorists. This is how psychological sublimation works : as long as the Norwegians stick to Christianity (and blue eye + blonde hair) as part of their identity, they will be unable to accept that an avowed Christian did what the "other religion" was supposed to be hated for, and the psychological dissonance has to be released elsewhere. This is what religion does to you.
- johanbev 15y agoMost norwegians are not religious. The stats are skewed in direction of Christianity because everyone is a member of the government church per default. That doesnt mean they go to church, nor does it mean they are religious at all. Christianity has had a great cultural impact, true, but I woudn't say that it is part of a "norwegian identity" today, at least not a very prominent one. How moslems, which several of the victims were, could be stigmatized much by this is beyond me. I would rather say that FrP and the extreme right will take a blow...
- lautis 15y agoNorway is a very secular society. While majority of people do belong to the state church, they do not practice religion regurlarly. In 2005 poll only 32% said that they believe in existence of God. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Norway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Norway