Religion is of little importance in Switzerland – and becoming more irrelevant.
That’s the findings of two surveys recently published by the Swiss Pastoral Sociological Institute and the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
Figure show tens of thousands of people are deserting organised religion. Last year nearly 35,000 left the Catholic faith, and just over 39,000 abandoned the Protestant Reformed Church.
Now 52% don’t believe in a god at all – but 49% do believe in some form of life after death.
Science could be said to be the main belief now – with 75% having solid trust in the scientists.
There’s a link with age and education. The better educated are more likely to reject religion – as are the young.