Good news this week from Swiitzerland. A Swiss university study has shown that mainstream religions are 'haemorrhaging members' - particularly the Catholics and Protestants - as people embrace a more secular state.
'A large-scale study of Swiss attitudes to religion has been carried out by the University of Lausanne. They discovered the same trends of secularisation occurring in Switzerland as in the rest of Europe.
'The mainstream churches in Switzerland are dwindling, society is becoming increasingly secularised and there is a growing polarisation between conservative and liberals on the religious spectrum.
'Interestingly, the secularisation process is also happening among young Muslims.
'The two main churches, Roman Catholic and Protestant, are both haemorrhaging membership and even those who remain in the fold feel "distanced" from the church and retain only a superficial attachment.' (National Secular Society article).
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