What's the spiritual atmosphere like in Poland these days?

ForumUser001Threads: 4 Posts: 10 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 10:33 #1
Cześć, I'm wondering what the spiritual atmosphere is like in Poland nowadays. Do you see most Polish Catholics go to church every Sunday? Has Catholicism become less popular because of the church scandal? Are there Presbyterian churches? Is it possible to find people practicing Buddhism, or other non-church based spiritualities? Dzięki

A JThreads: 19 Posts: 4,639 Joined: May 21, 10 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 11:28 #2
ForumUser001: Is it possible to find people practicing Buddhism, or other non-church based spiritualities? Yes, you can find quite a few men and women who practice Sexism. If that's not your thing, I recommend Pacifism. xD

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 11:34 #3
there are a few protestant churches in PL.. presbyterian specifically? i doubt it as that's an american branch of christianity. ForumUser001: Is it possible to find people practicing ... non-church based spiritualities? where would you like to find these people if they aren't in a church? having just said that, paganism is on the rise everywhere..

ForumUser001Threads: 4 Posts: 10 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 12:21 #4
plk123: where would you like to find these people if they aren't in a church? Local meet-up groups, wellness centers, etc.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 12:26 #5
Some are spiritually downtrodden but I like the fact that churches get a good turnout. This is an important dimension of life but should be for the right reasons.

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Aug 19, 10, 13:16 #6

On Sundays lots of people go to the Swedish church.
[that is what they call IKEA in Sweden, hahaha]

You can find almost all sorts of religions in Poland.

A J:

Pacifism

- Pastafarianism maybe? ;)

ForumUser001:

Has Catholicism become less popular because of the church scandal?

- surprisingly not. It should go bankrupt years ago but somehow it stands very still in Poland. Maybe it is... God's will?

GypsyMagickThreads: 1 Posts: 5 Joined: Aug 16, 10 ♀	Aug 19, 10, 19:17 #7
Since this pertains to "spiritualism" and Polish beliefs and seeing that the main belief is catholic so were there any pagan healers there at one time?

George8600Threads: 20 Posts: 1,114 Joined: Feb 19, 09 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 19:22 #8
Well Polish catholicism is still standing strong like it always has, maybe it's gotten more liberal. However I honestly don't see how the church scandal or other bad-doings the church has committed apply to Polish christianity which has been more or less singled out. I doubt you'll find buddhist temples or many buddhists in all. However I am sure you can find new-age spiritualists.

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Aug 19, 10, 19:27 #9
ForumUser001: Do you see most Polish Catholics go to church every Sunday? Yes, especially on the countryside. plk123: there are a few protestant churches in PL There are still many in woj. warmińsko-mazurskie, which once (not so long time ago) had more protestantic than catholic churches.

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,835 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Aug 20, 10, 23:34 #10
Poland's Evangelical Reformed Chruch is the equivalent of the Presbyterian (Calvinist) Church.

enderThreads: 13 Posts: 528 Joined: Nov 7, 09 ♂	Edited by: ender Aug 20, 10, 23:57 #11
http://www.metodysci.pl/warszawa/warszawa.htm

GypsyMagickThreads: 1 Posts: 5 Joined: Aug 16, 10 ♀	Aug 21, 10, 04:38 #12
Ok thanks

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