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Originally Posted by Fish
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Originally Posted by AntEater
A dutch catholic bishop is about as important as a italian protestant bishop.
By definition dutch are protestant, that is why there's Belgium in the first place.
Flanders is the part of the netherlands that remained catholic and spanish/austrian.
I suppose there are fewer catholics in the netherlands than muslims.
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Most are catholic (religious) '
But overall, most are none believers.
http://www.rivm.nl/vtv/object_map/o1204n22742.html |
Strange that the religious demographics of the Netherlands changed so much in recent years.
In germany, the religious composition hasnt really changed much since 1648, at least on paper (really religious people are rare, though almost everyone is part of a church). I assumed it was similar in the Netherlands.
For example, I'm lutheran protestant, but hardly go to any religious service except for family matters. It's just a matter of heritage, as my family are Prussians, we have to be Protestant
Personally, I think I'm still too young to really bother with religious matters.
