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To: drpix

Interesting list, but there is a problem with it. It is very difficult to surmise the degree to which Christian church attendance has declined from that data because it is so likely to be conflated with a growing population of Muslims that is very reliable in their “church” attendance.


36 posted on 05/30/2012 11:06:46 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Islam offers us choices: convert or kill, submit or die.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Yes, you're correct, the "church attendance" data in the table includes mosque attendance.

France is about 10% Muslim. Which can only mean that the data certainly understates significantly the lack of Catholic religious observance in France for 2 reason.

Muslims are remarkably observant of their faith. Thus the 60% non-attendee number will include few Muslims, while the remaining 40% (attendee) number will include almost all of the 10% Muslim population.

Making matters worse, the remaining 40% (attendee) number includes both regular attendees and occasional attendees. I have little doubt that (among this 40%) the percent of the French-Catholics who attend church ONLY occasionally far exceeds the percent of the French-Muslims who attend mosque ONLY occasionally. Why? French-Catholics live in secular communities, while French-Muslims live in religiously defined and observant communities.

Which makes the point of my post even more stronger: If France does fall to Islam it will NOT be because "France is too Catholic to save herself."

42 posted on 05/31/2012 4:50:57 AM PDT by drpix
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