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Michael Shermer: Why people believe strange things. Michael Shermer: Baloney Detection Kit. Is Religion a Force for Good or Evil in the World? Religion in Europe. More than 75% of those asked by the Eurobarometer 2010 poll expressed positive "belief in God" in Malta, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, Greece, and Poland.More than 25% of those asked expressed positive Atheism in France, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, and Germany.[1]Picture information refers to old Eurobarometer 2005 poll. Over the last several decades, religious practice has been declining as secularization has increased.[2] History[edit] Little is known about the prehistoric religion of Neolithic Europe. Bronze and Iron Age religion in Europe as elsewhere was predominantly polytheistic (Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Roman religion, Finnish paganism, Celtic polytheism, Germanic paganism, etc.).

The Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity in AD 380.