[BiggieLittle]

Rome built a great empire and they were pagans.

[Cardhu]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2494556/posts

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

ping

[IronJack]

To the extent that religion promotes honesty, honorable labor, and a sense of community, it can be said to foster an environment in which profitable commerce flourishes. If the demise of religion inspires the demise of those same virtues, the difference will become apparent in the commercial viability of the respective economies.

I think it can be reasonably said that religion promotes economic success, as long as it is a constructive religion. But religion alone does not predict productivity, as islam so clearly demonstrates.

[Ann Archy]

DUH!

[Del Rapier]

Liechtenstein,Corsica and dare I say Cornwall are the only places that really have that European feel.

That and Switzerland and a few others.

Once you turn into a mindless nation with a ruling class which by the way always seems to be made up of outsider:it is English/Italian in France and French/Scottish in England.

Laughable way to run a continent.

[darkside321]

Do you think that Europe’s paganism - it’s turn away from Christianity - has anything to do with Europe’s economic decline?”

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What economic decline?
Have i missed something but last time i checked
the EU (let alone the whole continent of europe) was
still the world largest single economy.
And “europe” (again i don´t like this generalisation)
has turned into paganism? If they would have said it has turned more into atheism they would have a point.
But then again there are many countries in europe and the
faith differs from country to country.