I'm a little engrossed in something right now, so this article's going to be quite short. Let me direct you to another article first.
Yes people Europe have become the continent with the least religious people, just look at their polls. Well, to tell the truth since the Enlightenment, Europe have been pretty much holding that position (except for a brief period in the years following the declaration of independence of America, then something had to go wrong), but today, it's at an all time low. For Catholics, there seem to be only two major countries that seem to be fairly devout, Portugal and Italy, since Spain decided to leave the Catholic league. Of course we all know France is the European power with the highest level of non-believers, 70% of their population, courtesy of the French Revolution. Germany have been more open to non-belief and protestants since Hitler was removed, Eastern Europe is a legacy of communist and orthodox teachings and England has a long history Anglicanism.
There was once a time when Catholicism was rampant all over Europe, that time ended with the Reformation, today the power of the Roman Catholic Church has been removed far from the seat of Europe, maybe they should move to Latin America? Those people still don't use birth control, have high unemployment, hate gays, sponsor their churches, etc...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Those people still don't use birth control, have high unemployment, hate gays, sponsor their churches, etc...
That's a very nice job generalizing just about every Catholic in the world. Anyone could say the same about atheists being "immoral, unfeeling, cold" freaks then.
Consider some thinking when you pass judgements on others, lest the one being judged ultimately is you.
What does high unemployment have to do with the Catholic Church?
High unemployment leads to poverty, which causes people to turn to religion to hope for a better afterlife. It has been demonstrated many, many times in studies that religiosity is linked to poverty. And perhaps vice-versa too.
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