Would it be accurate to call your country post-christian?

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1. The Netherlands is mostly non-religious, but there are still churches in every village and city. Christianity is so big it’s practically permanent.

2. Romania definitely not yet, the church is what greatly influenced our elections, but luckily people mobilized to vote for Nicusor Dan in the second round.

   Basically, if you go to rural Romania, almost everyone will be super religious and influenced by local leaders, and in Bucharest we’re building the buggest Orthodox church in the world.

3. Mine was never christianized, i’ve heard stories from grandma and other her relatives how their ancestors just went on sundays to nap and kill time or meetup with their friends after in churches back when it was sort of “mandatory” for a short time (1800s). Religion didn’t took root here seriously. We have a few religious nutjobs in local commentariums as everywhere but average person is just atheist or agnostic still, or even animist. Majority just masked back then to survive. People resent christianity since it was imported with violence and i can’t blame them 🤷🏻‍♂️

4. I think we are getting there, we may not be ahead of Sweden, but every day another person realise God isn’t real, Christ was nothing more than a philosophical carpenter, and the Holy Spirit a simple fantasy.

5. Christianity (and Catholicism in the south) are still culturally significant, but churches in smaller towns have been closing their doors and getting repurposed for years now.
   People will celebrate Christmas, Easter and Carnaval, but virtually no one will attend the associated mass.

6. As one of the most atheistic countries in Europe, probably yes.

   Adults should not believe in fairytales nor follow rituals/habits that were meant to control and guide society to thrive more than 1000 years ago but nowadays are obsolete/outdated but many still dogmatically followed without logical reason especially with regards to progress in technology.

7. No, definitely not yet. Christianity is still too common and dictates a lot of our culture, we even still have mandatory religion class.

8. For the vast majority of people from France, yes.

   However, this would make some political figures furious.

9. Definitely, I don’t know a single person who is religious. Most people only attend churches for weddings and funerals.

10. This depends. The churches are quite empty, though in some pockets they are still full. Lots of people dont necesarilly believe in a god but do believe in something. Some belong to one of the branches of christianity only on paper. Culturally christianity is defintely important like Christmas is still one of the most important holidays. I do think a lot of our traditions and values are influenced by christianity.

11. Not yet, but the trend is clearly moving in that direction.

    27% of the population consider themselves religious and 24% spiritual, but only 11% consider themselves both religious and spiritual.

    22% of the population believe in a god (Koran-Allah, Bible-God, etc.), but 36% believe in a higher being, a higher energy or spiritual power. 22% are strict atheists. The proportion of people who believe in God is highest in the 14-25 age group, where 30% are convinced that there is a God. The main reason for this is the high proportion of immigrants (Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, Middle East) in this age group.

    The Catholic Church used to be dominant; around 1950, about 90% of the population was Catholic. Since 2001, religious affiliation has no longer been recorded in the census, but there are occasional voluntary surveys on religious affiliation, which are then extrapolated to the population.

    Currently, the proportion of Catholics is likely to be around 50%, and falling steadily. Of this 50%, only an unknown proportion are actually devout Christians.

    In the past, the conservative party was closely associated with the Church, but this is hardly the case today, as the political influence of the Church has declined significantly.

    Immigration has led to a sharp increase in the proportion of Orthodox Christians (approx. 5%) and Muslims (approx. 9%). The second largest and rapidly growing group are those without religious affiliation (approx. 23%). The proportion of Evangelicals has fallen from around 6% in 1950 to less than 4% today.

    In general, the proportion of Catholics is likely to continue to decline but will remain the relative majority for some time to come, while the proportion of non-religious people will increase significantly. Muslims could become the majority in a few cities, especially in Vienna (currently about 41% of schoolchildren in public schools in Vienna are Muslims), but nationally, Islam will remain behind Christianity and Non-religious people in the next decades.

12. Well, nope. Christianity still plays a role in a majority of people in one shape or another. Especially western regions are much more religious than the rest of the country

13. No, I think Italians by and large still consider themselves cultural Catholics, if anything out of habit or nostalgia, but more realistically because the Catholic Church is still a powerful institution that has a considerable amount of political and financial capital.

14. Poland will get there faster than you think. The trend is „fewer Christians but those who stay get radical”

15. A lot of so called Catholics in Portugal don’t attend mass, don’t pray, confess their sins regularly or even read the Bible. But they still get their kids baptised, marry by the church and have funerals arranged there as well. Catholicism has a big cultural impact in Portugal still, even Portuguese atheists are involved in traditions that are Catholic in nature since it is part of our culture, although the focus of those traditions is not as religious anymore. Younger generations are less religious than previous ones but I personally can’t imagine getting rid of those cultural aspects and having Portugal as a completely post-christian nation. More atheist, maybe, but not an atheist nation, if that makes sense