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sigurd_sieg@yahoo.com 19th April 2005 |
I am a Catholic and i really fear for the decline of religion in Europe. I hope people realize how very important religion is in our daily lives. |
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Alaric 24th June 2005 |
I can't believe the US is so high on the list. Absolutely no one i know goes to church. |
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Ottawan 25th June 2005 |
Does "church" mean "Christian church"? Because it is hard to believe that Turkey, a clearly Muslim country, wouldn't have 43% Christians. I also think that Belgium is much more secular than 44%. It is definitely not as "religious" as countries like the US. I want to know what the source of the data is. |
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Ottawan 25th June 2005 |
Also, India, which about 2.3% of its people CLAIM to be Christian, wouldn't have 42% "church"-goer, and I, a Canadian, know that the Canadian figure is not 38%, but much closer to 20%. (I really want to know the source now.) I think these figures include Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus. (I have a suggestion: mosques, at least to logical people, are not classified as "churches".) |
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Canadian 23rd September 2005 |
The Stat is based on surveyed people. So (ironically) there is significant possibility for lying. Secondly, no where does it specify the religion. Secondly, the political impact and methods on which religion is permitted to affect a country or their foreign policy is not necessarily and indicator of it's devotion to said religion. Just because a country's government understands the necessity of separation of church and state doesn't mean the populace is any less devoted to a religion (the Belgium/USA reference). Also the internal transportation, such as public transit or frequency of motor vehicles could play an important factor in the ability to attend church. Ie a country with less ability to travel to a church, obviously can't attend as often. Also, 38% for Canada seems low (I'm an athiest, by the way). |
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BootBoy 27th March 2006 |
Ottawan - 'secular' does not mean 'not religious', it just means that the church and state are separated. |
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Diggy (Missouri) 30th January 2007 |
These are the percentages of people who CLAIM to go to church monthly, not the actual percentage of church attendance. Many people lie about this either consciously or unconsciously, e.g. in the USA the REAL rate of church attendance is approximately 30%. |
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Alex (Belgium) 6th March 2007 |
According to wikipedia, attendance in Belgium is closer to 5% which makes sense. 44% is a ridiculous number. |
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USian (US) 30th April 2007 |
From the source link: These numbers are somewhat suspect. Church attendance data in the U.S. has been checked against actual values using two different techniques. The true figures show that only about 20% of Americans and 10% of Canadians actually go to church one or more times a week. Many Americans and Canadians tell pollsters that they have gone to church even though they have not. Whether this happens in other countries, with different cultures, is difficult to predict. |
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Ben (UK) 19th September 2007 |
Pascal's Wager is so dated. A ten year old could figure out the flaws in it. I can't bothered to go into it now because i have better ways to spend my time. |
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