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A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. More at BBC News.
Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.
Thanks for the study guys! Now I know where I want to live. One of those places.))
I liked the quote by Richard Lederer: "Once there was a time when all people believed in god and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages."
Time to move on. Our International Laws today are far better and far more humane then those of the 'holy' books.
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Lorenz
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29-03-2011
Be careful with choosing my country, Ira, I am not sure this is true. And New Zealand or Canada seem much more interesting anyway. As far as Holland is cincerned, probably it is true for Christianity but there is certainly a fast and unstoppable increase of other religions ....
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Irina |
29-03-2011
All right, I'll stick around here for now. Even though 80% position themselves as affiliated with some religion, the society does not feel religious to me. No religious political parties. No appealing to holy books on TV (rarely), except on Christian channels. And no prayer in schools, of course. So I don't feel pressured by any 'religious majority' in Ukraine. |
brent mosher
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01-01-2012
Canada here. Our current Prime Minister is a right wing Christian. DON"T come here! At least not right now. I'm thinking of moving to Sweden...
(Actually, we are quite secular...but there's stilll enough of "them" around to drag you down every now and then) |
d
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07-07-2012
I don't know how Ireland made it onto that list. The relevance of religion for most people's daily lives is definitely fading, but the cultural identity of most people here still has a strong religious element.
At the last census something like 86% identified as Catholic. Although polls done since have shown that 4% of those don't even believe in God! Many more only attend a church for special occasions like weddings, funerals, communion and confirmations. I anticipate a very sharp decline in those numbers in the next 3 - 5 census'. As it stands now, the normal format for filling out the census form is for the parents (and predominantly the mother) to complete on behalf of the entire household. So there are a great many young people who don't consider themselves religious, let alone Catholic, but who are marked as such on the form. In census' to come, as they are free to complete the form as they like, we may see that number drop. Then again, the cultural identity is very strong, and it could well turn out that as those people get older and begin to raise families of their own, they may fall back on those older cultural stereotypes once again. If our drive to secularise our education system continues, then that I believe will be the most effective way to break this unhelpful tradition. |