Church has no religious influence on Aurelie

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By the way, I wonder about "small", the first word in the paragraph that follows Aurelie's paragraph. This is a quote from it: Small wonder that Father Claude- and his fellow clergymen across Europe- are worried. Judging by the stastistics of people at prayer, Europe is a post-cristian continent.

[susiedqq]

Someone (probably the reporter) may have asked her, "What about God in your marriage or life?"

And she answered, "God? That's for the day of marriage."

[Egyption Arrow]

I have a better question: did you come here for god?

[susiedqq]

The aim of this story is to show how some people living in Europe are losing their religion. And how the clergy is concerned about it.

So the reporter interviews a young college girl and she is very flippant about God and what God/religion means to her, even on her wedding day.

This re-affirms the story's "slant" on the issue.

Please don't take things so literally. This girl may or may not be "typical" of Europeans.

The writer found a perfect sample of a youthful person who has no room for God in her life. She is ONE person, however One could argue that she is NOT typical of a modern European youth.

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Your reply about this question on god is so reasonable. Can you give another good guess about "small" in the second paragraph?

[Anglika]

I do not agree with Susie - the use of the phrase "for reasons of convention" indicates that there is a probable doubt as to Aurelie's faith.

"small wonder" = "Little wonder" - it is not surprising.

[susiedqq]

"For reasons of convention" - those are the writer's words, his summary-take of the situation.

This does not sound like true investigative reporting, rather a story written to support a particular view.

IMHO, the reader should read it with a grain of salt.