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Re:Religion may become extinct in nine nations by api on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:18AM (#2354755)
In addition, I think it's misleading to count "no affiliation" as "no religious beliefs."

What about new-age spirituality, alternative spirituality, etc.? Those typically don't show up in these kinds of studies, but they do qualify as religious beliefs.

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Re:Religion may become extinct in nine nations by philwelch on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:54AM (#2354927)
Religion is an institutional and social thing, not just a set of "spiritual" beliefs.
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Re:Religion may become extinct in nine nations by kahawe on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:57AM (#2354941)
Depending on the country of Europe, you could not register as a "Buddhist"; in Germany it is not an official religion, for example.
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