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> A supermajority of people in every western country believe in god or higher power: https://www.pewforum.org/2018/05/29/beliefs-about-god/pf_05-29-18_religion-
by ChomskyNormal4m 6y ago
> A supermajority of people in every western country believe in god or higher power: https://www.pewforum.org/2018/05/29/beliefs-about-god/pf_05-29-18_religion-western-europe-04-00 https://www.pewforum.org/2018/05/29/beliefs-about-god/pf_05-...
Your link belies what you said. That survey was not in "every western country", but fifteen western countries. The Czech Republic is west of Finland (surveyed) and less than 20% of its population is religious.
Also you say from that survey people believe in God or a higher power, but it does not limit to that, they include people who believe in a spiritual force. That could be a Buddhist.
- rayiner 6y agoI meant to say “western Europe” so as to exclude the communist-influenced purge of religion from Eastern Europe. Also, most Americans would consider Buddhism a religion.