I met quite a few people in Germany who "stepped out" of the church, not because they no longer believed in God, but because they didn't want to pay the Church tax anymore. I imagine that once you step out, you are no longer counted as among those who still have God, so to speak, and that this would skew the numbers a bit.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


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