In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses. Pew Research Center.
  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Statistics for Brazil are probably inaccurate.

    There’s a local tendency for non-religious people to identify themselves as “non-practising Catholics” (CNP, católico não-praticante). Some of them are atheists, some unaffiliated theists, but if you ask their religion they’ll often answer that they’re Christian - for peace of mind, because apparently it’s verboten in the Americas to tell other people “this is none of your business, stop trying to convert me”.

    And this is old enough that it might introduce two sources of error there:

    1. People who were never raised Christian to begin with, but claim otherwise because their parents were CNPs.
    2. People who ditch Christianity without outright stating so, thus becoming CNP.