by fossilnut2 » Tue 25 Oct 2005, 18:32:14
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KiddieKorral', 'P')eople here tend to categorize themselves as Christian just by default... .
That's a great observation. Sometimes counting up the 'Christians' or 'Catholics' is an exercise in silly statistics. When the last Pope died the stats were always quoted about 'x' number of Catholics, etc. A writer pointed out that a good chunk of those 'x' Catholics (especially in Western countries) didn't believe in Catholic faith any more than they did in the Easter bunny. In Canada the population of Quebec ,etc. is added up and thrown into the pot....not valid as Quebec has the lowest church going attendance in Canada and the highest numbers of atheists. The same in France, etc. France, for decades has not been a majority Catholic country except on paper. I'm from quebec and have 4 siblings. We're all listed somewhere as 'Catholic' even though 4 of us are atheists and the fifth, the least bright, is a born again Christian.