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To: roving

Indeed. Because they left the Catholic Church does not mean they do not currently have one.


6 posted on 11/10/2022 8:08:36 PM PST by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: Destroyer Sailor

When I lived in Switzerland, there were only two choices: Catholic or Reform (with Reform being analogous to our Lutheran). Whichever church you belonged to, you had to pay an extra church tax, and even back then believers formally left churches to avoid the tax. So...


8 posted on 11/11/2022 5:26:12 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Destroyer Sailor

In 2015 the Eurobarometer found that Christianity was the religion for 47.6% of the respondents, with Protestantism being the main denomination with 36.5%, followed by other Christians with 8.6%, Catholics with 1.6% and Eastern Orthodox with 0.8%. 31.0% of the sample declared to be Agnostic and 19.0% declared to be atheist.[11] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Sweden#Surveys


9 posted on 11/11/2022 10:04:26 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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