Of course not. But it is enough to defeat the claim that if parents with religion X make children, then those children will also follow religion X.But that is not science.
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Of course not. But it is enough to defeat the claim that if parents with religion X make children, then those children will also follow religion X.But that is not science.
All the Jews I know are atheists.
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- viole
Is religion dying i.e. waning in popularity?
Well, you guys are all old, so maybe I'm asking the wrong crowd...
Haha jk
You guys have a certain perspective.
As the youngins take the places of you lot, do you think religion will be as popular or influential?
Atheism seems to be on the rise. Institutionalized religion has traumatized much of millennials and I'm betting gen z too. I get mixed signals when I try to gauge the populace's ever changing opinion on religion. Will the millennials and gen z let religion be a dominating cultural force, as it has always been?
I think Christianity is dying but spirituality is rising. I don't think religion is dying. But I think it is possible. I think atheism and agnosticism will keep rising, and as a result organized religion will lose its influence.
I would just need one.
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- viole
All the Jews I know are atheists.
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- viole
Is religion dying?
I truly hope so but I very much doubt it. Although we can see progress in so many countries as to this happening. Campaign for no (directed) religious education in schools (in all countries) and it might become reality.
It depends on what part of the world you are talking about.Is religion dying i.e. waning in popularity?
Well, you guys are all old, so maybe I'm asking the wrong crowd...
Haha jk
You guys have a certain perspective.
As the youngins take the places of you lot, do you think religion will be as popular or influential?
Atheism seems to be on the rise. Institutionalized religion has traumatized much of millennials and I'm betting gen z too. I get mixed signals when I try to gauge the populace's ever changing opinion on religion. Will the millennials and gen z let religion be a dominating cultural force, as it has always been?
I think Christianity is dying but spirituality is rising. I don't think religion is dying. But I think it is possible. I think atheism and agnosticism will keep rising, and as a result organized religion will lose its influence.
But this seems more down to population growth - of the religious:Atheists, agnostics, and other religious non-affiliates are a dying breed in Asia. According to a Pew Research Center study released last week, Asia's shrinking pool of men and women who don't identify with any religion are driving a drop in the proportion of “religious nones” in the world. Apr 6, 2015
The growth of these religious groups can be traced mostly to their relatively young populations and high fertility rates.But this seems more down to population growth - of the religious:
Asia-Pacific
Hindus were the largest religious group in the Asia-Pacific region as of 2010, with about 1 billion adherents. While the number of Hindus is expected towww.pewresearch.org
Just pointing out the inevitability of numbers if the population grows rather than decisions being taken, given that the religious do tend to have a habit of passing on their religions to the next generation.The growth of these religious groups can be traced mostly to their relatively young populations and high fertility rates.
By contrast, older populations and relatively low fertility rates are factors in why the share of the region’s population with no religious affiliation is projected to decline from 21% in 2010 to 17% in 2050. Similarly, the Buddhist share of the Asia-Pacific population is expected to drop from nearly 12% in 2010 to less than 10% in 2050. The proportion of the region’s population belonging to folk religions also is forecast to decline, from 9% in 2010 to about 7% in 2050.
What's your point? This means to me that the young are rejecting the no religious affiliation of their parents. In Europe and North America it is the opposite.
Why are we debating here? This is supposed to be religious discussion.
Just pointing out the inevitability of numbers if the population grows rather than decisions being taken, given that the religious do tend to have a habit of passing on their religions to the next generation.
I don't know as to how religions will fare but from what I have seen in many of the European countries and elsewhere, it is more down to the strictness of passing on religions - mostly in the countries where religion (of any sort) dominates their lives - that is why religions might show increases when the trend in so many countries is the reverse. And often it is the lack of freedoms and/or education that enables religions to carry on dominating these societies. We are talking about religions as most people accept the term.It ends with how you understand religion and if I do that differently.
To me some standard non-religious people for the standard Western cultural understanding are religious for another cultural understanding. We are play cultural relativism.
I think religion will still be around.Is religion dying i.e. waning in popularity?
Well, you guys are all old, so maybe I'm asking the wrong crowd...
Haha jk
You guys have a certain perspective.
As the youngins take the places of you lot, do you think religion will be as popular or influential?
Atheism seems to be on the rise. Institutionalized religion has traumatized much of millennials and I'm betting gen z too. I get mixed signals when I try to gauge the populace's ever changing opinion on religion. Will the millennials and gen z let religion be a dominating cultural force, as it has always been?
I think Christianity is dying but spirituality is rising. I don't think religion is dying. But I think it is possible. I think atheism and agnosticism will keep rising, and as a result organized religion will lose its influence.
Ya, I'm old.... wut was da q againt? dyin? ya i suupose i am...Is religion dying i.e. waning in popularity?
Well, you guys are all old, so maybe I'm asking the wrong crowd...
I don't know as to how religions will fare but from what I have seen in many of the European countries and elsewhere, it is more down to the strictness of passing on religions - mostly in the countries where religion (of any sort) dominates their lives - that is why religions might show increases when the trend in so many countries is the reverse. And often it is the lack of freedoms and/or education that enables religions to carry on dominating these societies. We are talking about religions as most people accept the term.
PS And it's not as if the religions are pointing the way - as to progress. It is those without any such who seem to be doing so.
I'm still wending my way through Erich Fromm's book Psychoanalysis and Religion. He says that psychology is the study of religion and that neurosis are actually private religions (but he is not claiming that private religions are neurosis). He says religions can either help or hinder the powers of humanity but that all people are religious whether we admit it or not.Is religion dying i.e. waning in popularity?
I figure to use the general definition of religion, ta. And I don't presume to have such.Yes and for another definition of religion, that is not without religion. It is just different versions, than the ones you consider religions.
We are doing cultural relativism. You are of one sub-culture with humanity, I am of another. Go figure.
I figure to use the general definition of religion, ta. And I don't presume to have such.