Let the Court Determine Your Doctrine
From Paul Belien:
Last week the Danish Supreme Court ruled that the Lutheran Church does not have the right to excommunicate people who believe in reincarnation. In 1994 Steen Ribers, a church custodian from Copenhagen, was excommunicated by the church for publicly promoting reincarnation. Ribers went to court. The Supreme Court now says that he has the right to preach reincarnation while serving as church custodian....
From jp.dk:
...The verdict overruled the Eastern High Court's decision from 2004, which confirmed the National Church's decision to exclude church custodian Steen Ribers for publicly promoting an idea considered blasphemous by his minister, his bishop, and the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Ribers became somewhat of a celebrity in 1993 when he began giving public talks and lectures about his version of Christianity, which includes the belief in reincarnation. He was elected into the parish council of Sankt Andreas Church in Copenhagen, where he was hired as church custodian.
In 1994, however, he was excommunicated from the National Church by his parish minister, Mads Bjørn Jørgensen....
So, what else can we look forward to in Denmark in the future?
- The Supreme Court ordering the Muslim community to quit being so uptight about that booze thing.
- The Supreme Court ordering Muslim girls to remove veils in school - oh wait, France already did that one.
- The Supreme Court ordering Scientology not to harrass people who DON'T believe in space aliens.
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