Japanese Still Godless Pagans
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: May 30, 2008 09:05 JST
- Tags: Japan, Mass Media, Religion, Statistics
According to a Yomiuri survey, 72% of Japanese profess no belief in religion of any sort. Of course, as you might expect from these kinds of statistics, things are a little more nuanced than at first they seem, though the general ambivalence of the Japanese to religion does not appear to be in doubt.
Only 45% of respondents thought Japanese to be impious, 56% percent though there was some power in nature transcending that of man, and most interestingly 94% said they honoured the ancestors. A mere 30% believed in reincarnation, and a further 24% in an afterlife, though only 18% accepted annihilation as their fate upon death.
So it would appear that whilst organised religions and religious thought are not popular in Japan, superstitions of the more disorganised and general kind remain as popular as anywhere. Not enough miko to keep people visiting the shrines? Via Itainews.
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Shinto has shrine maidens, and Catholics have the nuns. But what do Buddists, Muslims, &c. have?
Obviously one's choice in religion comes down to cute-girl appeal...
Muslims have 72 virgins.
What? I thought all japanese people believed in Harhuism!? XD
Same.
Japan rules in all ways possible. God I hate god-mongers.
Certainly not enough miko :D
I take it that this is good news...
Pagans are not godless god damnit!
They just have more options than most!
Christian/Jew/Muslim/ect are just jealous!!
This is a very nice picture. Where can I find a hi-res version for wallpaper? Thanks.
I think that's the original resolution...
Very good news. I'm glad that Christian and Islamic god-mongers haven't tainted their minds much (yet).
Part of the reason is that Buddhism is more of an "atheistic ethical system" than a religion, something I learned from my anthropology class.
That's good in and of itself, people can worship whichever god they please because in general I don't believe there is a god to begin with. Though we do need these kind of religions and faiths so we don't all go crazy.
They say that Japanese are Shinto when they're born, Christian when they marry, and Buddhist when they die.
They are known for only giving lip-service to any kind of religion they follow anyway...
Le't just say they're...quite the humanist?
Eclectic Agnostic Pagans, largely.
religion are created by human...
once civilization has shift forward and people began to realize that some of the teaching are outdated and make no sense...
Its time to move on!!!
your post make no sense...