K+M+B-2012

although I think mostly it is just ' tall stories'.

cross section of the male society

Is 50zł still ok or should I offer more, inflation being what it is and all?

The thing about priests in Poland is that they represent a cross section of the male society, so there will inevitably be good ones and bad ones. And equally inevitably, the bad ones will draw more attention than the good ones.

The thing about priests in Poland is that they represent a cross section of the male society, so there will inevitably be good ones and bad ones. And equally inevitably, the bad ones will draw more attention than the good ones.

we like money.

You haven't thought that one through: acknowledge some priests are less than perfect, as if the Catholic church would do that!

the wife came home from work to find the priest interrogating her husband about their household income and standing there with a calculator telling him how much they have to pay. And some people actually fall for that!

This formula has appeared over their doorways of milions of Polish flats, as Poles inscribe the presumed names of the Three Kings with chalk blessed in church on the Epiphany.
Such piousd practices including the opłatek sharing, blessing of Easter baskets and blessing of newlweds-to-be by their parents before heading for church are enriching, heart-warming touches that set Poland apart from re-zoologised socieities wallowing in sterile, secularist, materialist scum.

Anybody know how common it is for Poles who are outside Poland to put K+M+B-[year] on their doors? More than 20 to 30% or less than that? I'd be guessing from the way that they vote that it would be more but I've never lived in a Polish community outside Poland.

I can't answer for all Polonia but in my experience with the Polish community in Canada- they do put it on their doors also.

have you ever seen this chalked on a "new" flat door?

Opłatek sharing has little to do with religion these days in Poland - it's becoming a secular tradition very quickly.

The thing about Poland is that religion and culture are so intertwined it seems to be that if a person denies a typical religious custom they are almost denying the culture.

I don't think people are returning to religion because of the economic times but rather as a way of returning to the culture- less McDonalds- so to speak.

I have it's on three of the four doors on my floor of a relatively new building (finished around 2005).

I have seen it on new flats also- built as recently as 2008

It also works both ways Pip, if foreigners choose to settle in Poland, until the point they have been given Polish passports they are guests of the country and should therefore act accordingly and respect the tradition and values of the host nation, as a good guest should.

I have it's on three of the four doors on my floor of a relatively new building (finished around 2005).

If I invited someone into my home I expect them to follow the rules of our home, if they are rude or made negative comments about our family traditions,beliefs or values, they would be asked to leave and NOT return.

They come to a point where they realize that they can’t do it by themselves and seek a higher power.

God forbid saying the same thing to a Pole abroad though - we all know how they only choose to respect the bits they like.

Your home is your possession, and one which you have worked hard to acquire.

I'm told that opium sales also go up during recessions.

It also works both ways Pip, if foreigners choose to settle in Poland, until the point they have been given Polish passports they are guests of the country and should therefore act accordingly and respect the tradition and values of the host nation, as a good guest should. If I invited someone into my home I expect them to follow the rules of our home, if they are rude or made negative comments about our family traditions,beliefs or values, they would be asked to leave and NOT return.

I just meant that because the Polish culture and religion and we could add war to that mix, is so intertwined that is difficult to pick and choose what is religious and what is cultural. So to deny something that is specifically a religious custom could mean to many family members that they are in fact denying Polish culture

Ha! My friends moved to Skierniewice and the wife came home from work to find the priest interrogating her husband about their household income and standing there with a calculator telling him how much they have to pay.

Why do you write such bulls*its here ? Do you really believe people here are stupid enough to believe in that ?

Why do you write such bulls*its here ? Do you really think people here are stupid enough to believe in that ?

By the way, do you have K+M+B chalked on your door?

And how does this public display of religion affect your daily life?

Anybody know how common it is for Poles who are outside Poland to put K+M+B-[year] on their doors? More than 20 to 30% or less than that? I'd be guessing from the way that they vote that it would be more but I've never lived in a Polish community outside Poland.