https://vividmaps.com/bible-belts-of-europe/ Maps that explain the World Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:36:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://vividmaps.com/bible-belts-of-europe/#comment-2610 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:02:54 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/07/17/bible-belts-of-europe/#comment-2610 Nothing in Spain, Italy, Serbia? Or other places?

]]> https://vividmaps.com/bible-belts-of-europe/#comment-2613 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:56:06 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/07/17/bible-belts-of-europe/#comment-2613 It’s a really strange thing with Poland and religion. Over 80% of the people identify as catholics, but only about 30% actually practice the religion. It all comes down from this weird belief that it is ‘normal’ to go to church, christen your children, have a wedding in a church etc. And so, majority of the ‘believers’ go to church when there is a big catholic holiday (like Easter) but never step foot in there on normal occasions. Even people that don’t actually believe often christen their children and have weddings in a church because it is seen as normal, like that’s what you should do. And in smaller communities, in the country or in small towns, people who break away from this weird phenomenon are often shunned and talked about behind their backs, so many people follow through just to not have to deal with that. It’s a very conservative country, but mostly in the same way as it is religious.

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