Difference between revisions of "Religion in Westarctica"

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By the time [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] seized control of the government of [[Westarctica]] again in mid-2010, he had renounced religion entirely and was no longer practicing any form of religious worship and considered himself an atheist. Or, as he once phrased it: "A spiritual atheist. I might believe in ghosts, but not God."
By the time [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] seized control of the government of [[Westarctica]] again in mid-2010, he had renounced religion entirely and was no longer practicing any form of religious worship and considered himself an atheist. Or, as he once phrased it: "A spiritual atheist. I might believe in ghosts, but not God."


To highlight the lack of religious influence in the [[Transitional Government|new government]], the flag was changed from the cross and crown to a more republican tricolor. The Prime Minister, the [[Duke of Waesche]], a Catholic, was the real power in the government and had total authority to create laws, sign treaties, and engage in relations with other countries. However, he made no moves to restore Christianity as a national religion.
To highlight the lack of religious influence in the [[Transitional Government|new government]], the flag was changed from the cross and crown to a more republican tricolor. The Prime Minister, the [[Duke of Waesche]], a Wiccan High Priest, ordained through the Universal Life Church, was the real power in the government and had total authority to create laws, sign treaties, and engage in relations with other countries.


==Religion during the second reign of Grand Duke Travis==
==Religion during the second reign of Grand Duke Travis==