Which leads me to an other interesting article on Wiki, about my own small country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Luxembourg
Since 1979 it has been illegal for the government to collect statistics on religious beliefs or practices.
[5] It is estimated by the CIA Factbook that 87% of Luxembourgers are Roman Catholics, the remaining 13% being made up of
Protestants,
Muslims,
Eastern Orthodox Christians and
Jews those of other or
no religion.
[6]
According to the most recent
Eurobarometer Poll 2005,
[2]
- 44% of Luxembourgish citizens responded that "they believe there is a God".
- 28% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force".
- 22% answered that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force".
To sum it up:
35 years ago, the CIA reconed we were almost all catholics.
a quick check shows that this has las been updated in 2000, and still has not been changed.
2005 less than half the people said there must be a god,
less than a third knew there must be something, but no real clue what, and the rest had dropped the subject altogether.
Good.
As a conclusion:
The information that the CIA presents on the CIA factbook is not accurate.
The two letters B and S come to mind.
As an addition:
It is difficult to underatsnd or grasp a country that one is not living in, only by information in books and the net.