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To: nihil who wrote (82670)	11/20/2000 4:31:51 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Respond to of 769667

I think that Besancon's numbers are not quite right. While it is probably true not more than 15% of French people attend church regularly, on a once or twice a year basis, it would probably be 35 to 40%. The key divide is who decides to get their children baptized and who marries in Church. I think the number is closer to 50-60%. The remaining 40-45% are either atheists (not all anti-clerical, since these attitudes are dying fast, together with the electorate of th French communist party) or Moslem (probably 4%), Jewish (about 1%) and Protestant (0.5%). Of the minority religions, the one most in danger is protestantism, which has declined very quickly (for Jews, there remains very strong group pressures-- somewhat greater than in the US-- to marry inside the religion).