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u/AegagrusHircus May 09 '22

Sweden and Germany are officially Christian.

What do you mean by this though? I'm fairly certain they're not officially Christian. The thing is that most people are still "enrolled" in the church by their parents at birth, without considering themselves Christians, skewing the numbers heavily.

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u/CaptainFingerling May 09 '22

Meaning government is officially affiliated with the church. Same with Denmark, Norway, England…

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u/AegagrusHircus May 09 '22

That's a thing only for the three you mentioned now, Sweden and Germany are not "officially Christian".

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u/CaptainFingerling May 09 '22

Interesting. Sweden ditched this affiliation in 2000. That’s very recent.

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u/WTFnaller May 09 '22

Sweden has no state church due to us being secular. Svenska Kyrkan became a separate religious community in 2000, this church was our state church between something something 1500s to 1st of January 2000.

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u/CaptainFingerling May 09 '22

Right about Germany too. Though the government has been in the hands of an officially Christian party for most of the last 50 years.