Shtambukism

The arrogant behavior of the Croatian catholic church continues. Last week Croatian bishop Štambuk in his public address declared that Croatia is a catholic state and next president should be a Catholic. Well, as for the ‘catholic state’, bishop Štambuk is either an ignoramus or a liar. Croatia is a secular state by the Article 41 of its Constitution. Then, as for the ‘president should be a Catholic’, this is a public call for discrimination and it is punishable by the laws of Croatian state.

Štambuk’s cackle sounds somewhat like a reply to the recent public address of Croatian president Mesić in which he asked the Croatian catholic church to slow down in its drive for social dominance in the Croatian society and to restrain itself in the grab for political power in the Croatian state. President Mesić specifi- cally asked Croatian catholic church to show some tolerance for non- Catholics. Bishop Štambuk theatrically asked a rhetorical question "Oh, oh, what is tolerance?". He didn’t answer the question, theatrically or otherwise. Then again, that’s understandable, he doesn’t know what tolerance is, he is a catholic bishop.

By the way, Štambuk’s first or given name (also doubled as christian name) is Slobodan. I’ve never heard of ‘Slobodan’ as a christian name - it must be a novelty for the newborn Catholics. It is not a Croatian name either, I believe.

 2009-09-20 

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