Christianity is dead in France and much of Western Europe. Just empty buildings. There is a new religion in town popping out 5-6 children each generation, should be good times ahead
It’s still alive in rural areas but it’s completely dead in urban areas. It’s sort of like that in the states as well. In rural America and the Bible Belt it’s still strong. But it’s dramatically weakened in urban areas.
People are just way more secular now than we used to be. I also think deism is growing in popularity. I myself am a deist and when other young people describe their religious views to me it sounds a lot like deism. Accepting there is a God who created the building blocks of the universe but not being religious about it.
This map comes from the christianophobie website dedicated to tracking acts of “Christianophobia” in France and the rest of the world. While this image is often shared as if it shows all of the churches that were “destroyed” in France, this map actually documents a wide range of nefarious activity, such as vandalism, theft, and arson, that occurred at both churches and cemeteries over an apparent span of two years (not four), covering 2017 and 2018.
It should also be noted that while this map does document some relatively serious crimes, such as arson or the toppling of church statues, many of these pins correspond to graffiti-related incidents. We also found one pin related to a person’s simply interrupting a church service.