Message: "Re: Why are so many biblical names rarely used in continental Europe, unlike English-speaking countries?"

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[Facts] Re: Why are so many biblical names rarely used in continental Europe, unlike English-speaking countries?

by LMS

3/26/2025, 11:30 PM

in reply to a message by WilhelmReichelt

Because most of Europe isn't religious, and those who are usually only cite it as "culturally" religious (i.e. their parents were Catholic so they consider themselves Catholic but don't go to Mass and don't follow most tenets of the faith).

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- Septapus (Buneary) +1

yesterday, 4:48 PM

Europe wasn't always irreligious. Until the 20th century most of Europe was fairly religious.

- LMS

yesterday, 11:45 PM

I understand that. But they really are no longer and those generational names have mostly died out now. People in currently religious areas tend to keep those names around.

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