Talk:Religion in Belarus

Pie chart

I set the pie chart as it is because that is what the source from the Foreign Ministry has. We cannot add data on Muslims unless we know it all comes from a common source (note that Pew obviously has a different source since their numbers for Christians is different). It is possible there is some census data (though I'm not sure the census asks religion) which includes more denominations, but, we don't have that source listed. --Erp (talk) 01:02, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

@Erp: I made a nice clarification in the lede about these statistics. I can't believe that Christianity grew so much in Belarus in four years (obviously it did not!) but with just the pie chart it looks like the article is contradicting itself. 81.106.34.193 (talk) 10:45, 24 September 2017 (UTC) (User:My name is not dave)

I suspect the difference is actually between registered affiliation or who actually shows up at church once in a while (the Foreign Ministry results) and how people see themselves. Reading through the Pew report seems to show a large number of Orthodox who see being Orthodox as culturally important (for instance in Belarus 40% say they seldom/never attend religious services). 9% don't believe in God and 11% are quite uncertain. --Erp (talk) 15:06, 24 September 2017 (UTC)