More than an ocean separates the United States from its mother country. Here [in the U.S.A.], where any establishment of religion is barred by the Constitution, religious faiths flourish, and every presidential candidate is a self-identified believer. Across the pond, where a form of Christianity has been the established religion for centuries, the church has become a hollow shell, and a politician cannot "do God" without being scorned for his irrationality.

When politicians 'do God' - International Herald Tribune

Leaving aside the questionability of the assumption that the church [in Gr...

More than an ocean separates the United States from its mother country. Here [in the U.S.A.], where any establishment of religion is barred by the Constitution, religious faiths flourish, and every presidential candidate is a self-identified believer. Across the pond, where a form of Christianity has been the established religion for centuries, the church has become a hollow shell, and a politician cannot "do God" without being scorned for his irrationality.

When politicians 'do God' - International Herald Tribune

Leaving aside the questionability of the assumption that the church [in Great Britain and on the (European) continent] had "become a hollow shell", and the question to what extent the Christianity of the European Christendom hence had disappeared into thin air, I appreciate gladly that European politicians usually exercise restraint in using God's name in their blabbing bubble babble.