{"id":1993,"date":"2008-11-24T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T09:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2008-11-24T15:48:51","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T14:48:51","slug":"atheism-going-mainstream-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1993","title":{"rendered":"Atheism going mainstream in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2008\/10\/20\/atheistbus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"176\" \/>Spain\u00b4s leading newspaper El Pais runs a poll today in which they ask readers if they believe that religion plays an exagerated role in society an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elpais.com\/articulo\/sociedad\/ateos\/hacen\/fuertes\/elpepusoc\/20081124elpepisoc_1\/Tes\">88% answered<\/a> positively.  Moreover 46% of young people in Spain declared themselves non religious (atheists, agnostics or indifferent to religion).  And in the rest of Europe things seem to be moving in the same direction.  Here\u00b4s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/oct\/21\/religion-advertising\">Atheist Bus Campaign<\/a> according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1993\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u00b4s leading newspaper El Pais runs a poll today in which they ask readers if they believe that religion plays an exagerated role in society an 88% answered positively. Moreover 46% of young people in Spain declared themselves non religious (atheists, agnostics or indifferent to religion). 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