Localized version for English
Netherlands is religiously mixed and largely secular as a country. The dominant religious context is: Strongly secular — "no religion" ~57%; historically split Catholic and Calvinist (Reformed); active Muslim minority (~5%, mostly Moroccan and Turkish origin); active conservative Reformed Bible Belt around the Veluwe.
Netherlands is largely secular as a national culture, and the deconstructions happening here are concentrated in specific sub-communities rather than the country as a whole. Pick the pillar page that fits the specific tradition you grew up in — Catholic, evangelical, Pentecostal, JW, Orthodox Jewish, or Muslim — the broader country context is comparatively forgiving.
Leaving in Netherlands mostly costs you on a family scale rather than a community or legal scale. The conversations are real and sometimes painful, but the wider society is not configured to punish unbelief.
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