ejdal Church in Viborg, Jutland, has become the first church in Denmark that requires a priest who is a ‘believer’. In its current job posting for a new priest, the church insisted that applicants must believe in God. The priest association, Præsteforeningen, criticised the wording of the posting, asking “who can decide if a person has the correct beliefs"? The congregation board, menighedsrådet, indicated that an infamous case from 2003 when former priest Thorkild Grosbøll said he no longer belived in God, motivated them to require a priest who believes in a supreme being. – Kristeligt Dagblad

DarthHelmet86 wrote:Cant have the magic man saying the magic words not really believe in them. They might not work that way, or at least work even less then normal.

But the upside would be the priest having better morals.

Varangian wrote:I had a friend who worked as a clerk at a parish office. When it was discovered that she wasn't Christian but a neo-pagan, she was sacked. The severance pay was invested in a shop for wicca practitioners...