How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map)

c.dric · 07-08-2007

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Today, theism is losing prevalence in Europe. European countries have experienced a decline in Church attendance, as well as a decline in the number of people professing a belief in God, particularly in Protestant Europe. The 2005 Eurobarometer poll found that 52% of the citizens of EU member state that they believe in God. 18% express positive atheism, while the remaining 30% fall under various "nontheisms". (from wikipedia)

hackle577 · 07-08-2007

I read reddit too!

hairy_Palms · 07-08-2007

none of that surprises me except for the czech republics figures,
the uk is less religious than i thought too.

hairy_Palms · 07-08-2007

Image:Religious Belief in USA-states.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the colours are ahrd to tell but it doesnt drop below 60%

c.dric · 07-08-2007

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Originally Posted by hackle577

I read reddit too!

good for you

qtwerp · 07-08-2007

http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opi..._report_en.pdf

-pg. 9 (PDF page 11)

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You know, after reading how they perform their surveys and the questions asked, survey size, etc., I'm actually quite satisfied with it (that rarely happens by the way)

Anyway, it's a really interesting map. If you pretended that it was smooth (not broken down country by country), I'm sure there is some great history that can explain the breakdown.

I haven't really looked into this area yet, so any hypotheses I could come up with would suffer from a lack of research, but does anyone have an idea why theism is declining in Europe/worldwide?

c.dric · 07-08-2007

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Originally Posted by qtwerp

You know, after reading how they perform their surveys and the questions asked, survey size, etc., I'm actually quite satisfied with it (that rarely happens by the way)

satisfied in which way ?

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Originally Posted by qtwerp

I haven't really looked into this area yet, so any hypotheses I could come up with would suffer from a lack of research, but does anyone have an idea why theism is declining in Europe/worldwide?

it has been said, by whom i can't remember, that in europe faith is a candle in a church while in the states it's a light tower on a hill. due to historical reasons most people in europe see faith as something from the past , as the opposite of progress. while in the states faith and religions have kept developing together with new technologies.

qtwerp · 07-08-2007

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Originally Posted by c.dric

satisfied in which way?

Satisfied that it's reasonably accurate, conducted using fair questions, with a reasonable sample size of randomly chosen individuals. IOW, a fair survey, not like the 'make-believe' FOX NEWS, CNN, internet, opt-in, voluntary, etc. polls and surveys that plague the news media.

Jasper84 · 07-09-2007

That is much lower then i thought. Mind though, looking at page 11(of qtwerp's pdf link), "I believe there is so me sort of spirit or life force" fills most of the rest.
Making the non-god believers light and the god-believers dark is a nice touch

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qtwerp · 07-09-2007

It hit digg now too! Ick.
I'm wondering if they read socialdiscussion since the PDF and the colors (dark v light) being a nice touch were mentioned there too.

PS: There is more information about the survey on page 239 of the PDF.

The unemployed and manual labourers have the highest "Do not believe" vote. Hmm... feeling let down/abandoned/depressed maybe?

Power · 07-10-2007

in sweden if religion stops development then we no longer care about religion (read it somewhere)

Big Dave · 07-10-2007

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Originally Posted by hairy_Palms

the uk is less religious than i thought too.

I'm not particularly surprised. The number of people I know who are Christians compared with the amount of atheists/agnostics I know is very small.

I'd be surprised if it was outside of the 10%-20% range.

hairy_Palms · 07-10-2007

that depends if you count the non-committal christians i suppose, i know plenty of christians if asked that dont beleive in god if you question them.
also i wonder if the jedis count

BBC NEWS | UK | Census returns of the Jedi

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hackle577 Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 72	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) I read reddit too!
	i am del.icio.us

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hairy_Palms Chuck Norris Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 330	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) none of that surprises me except for the czech republics figures, the uk is less religious than i thought too.
	http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/ "Creationism is not a scientific alternative to natural selection any more than the stork theory is an alternative to sexual reproduction." — Hayes, 1996.

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hairy_Palms Chuck Norris Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 330	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) Image:Religious Belief in USA-states.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the colours are ahrd to tell but it doesnt drop below 60%
	http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/ "Creationism is not a scientific alternative to natural selection any more than the stork theory is an alternative to sexual reproduction." — Hayes, 1996.

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qtwerp Retired User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 372	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opi..._report_en.pdf -pg. 9 (PDF page 11) --- You know, after reading how they perform their surveys and the questions asked, survey size, etc., I'm actually quite satisfied with it (that rarely happens by the way) Anyway, it's a really interesting map. If you pretended that it was smooth (not broken down country by country), I'm sure there is some great history that can explain the breakdown. I haven't really looked into this area yet, so any hypotheses I could come up with would suffer from a lack of research, but does anyone have an idea why theism is declining in Europe/worldwide? Last edited by qtwerp : 07-09-2007 at 01:27 PM. Reason: Edited for clarity
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Jasper84 under construction Join Date: May 2007 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Posts: 593	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) That is much lower then i thought. Mind though, looking at page 11(of qtwerp's pdf link), "I believe there is so me sort of spirit or life force" fills most of the rest. Making the non-god believers light and the god-believers dark is a nice touch .

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qtwerp Retired User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 372	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) It hit digg now too! Ick. I'm wondering if they read socialdiscussion since the PDF and the colors (dark v light) being a nice touch were mentioned there too. PS: There is more information about the survey on page 239 of the PDF. The unemployed and manual labourers have the highest "Do not believe" vote. Hmm... feeling let down/abandoned/depressed maybe?
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Power Slacker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 303	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) in sweden if religion stops development then we no longer care about religion (read it somewhere)
	Magister mundi sum!

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hairy_Palms Chuck Norris Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 330	Re: How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map) that depends if you count the non-committal christians i suppose, i know plenty of christians if asked that dont beleive in god if you question them. also i wonder if the jedis count BBC NEWS \| UK \| Census returns of the Jedi
	http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/ "Creationism is not a scientific alternative to natural selection any more than the stork theory is an alternative to sexual reproduction." — Hayes, 1996.