Survey: The Netherlands Now Has More Atheists Than Believers, But 60 Percent of Respondents Are Unsure

Nowhere in the Western world does secularization race ahead as quicklyas it does in the country where I was born and raised.

I hope it’scontagious.

For the first time the Netherlands has more atheists than believers, according to a recent survey conducted byIpsos. Slightly more than 25 percent of the people are atheists while 17 percent believes in the existence of God.

The majority, 60 percent, is between believing and disbelieving in God. … The majority categorize themselves aseither agnostics...