Not with a bang but a whimper

And the bonga drums of the Lefty Euros, delighted at the prospect.

Church attendance in most European countries is less than five percent. Less than half of the British public can name any of the four New Testament Gospels. Almost a third of all Dutch no longer know why we have Christmas day. There is a new dark continent -- the land that used to be known as Christian Europe. Today, many of its cathedrals are simply large museum pieces. They are artifacts of an ancient religion, and a dead faith.