Shahar1992
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- 23 Aug 2017
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I am an Atheist myself and another thing I like about Japan (besides the way the Japanese language sounds which I have mentioned in my previous threads) is that organized religion is very weak in Japan and that most Japanese are in fact non - religious.
This is in contrast to for example my native Israel, where Judaism is very strong and there are many religious people.
And this is true for many other countries as well.
I mean the way I see it, the Japanese don't view Shintoism as a "religion" in the western, monotheistic since, but more as part of their national history.
And it is very different from the big monotheistic religions of the world.
But I could be wrong, this is just my impression, I have never lived or stepped foot in Japan.
However my inmpression seems to be accurate as according to a 2015 international survey on religion - Mapped: The world's most (and least) religious countries , Japan was ranked second least religious country in the world with only 13% of the population saying they are religious.
However I think Japan is really number one, because number one is China, which being a Communist country has long supressed religion, so some Chinese people might actually be religious but are afraid of being prosecuted by the state, wheras in Japan people are free to be religious but still are not.
This is in contrast to for example my native Israel, where Judaism is very strong and there are many religious people.
And this is true for many other countries as well.
I mean the way I see it, the Japanese don't view Shintoism as a "religion" in the western, monotheistic since, but more as part of their national history.
And it is very different from the big monotheistic religions of the world.
But I could be wrong, this is just my impression, I have never lived or stepped foot in Japan.
However my inmpression seems to be accurate as according to a 2015 international survey on religion - Mapped: The world's most (and least) religious countries , Japan was ranked second least religious country in the world with only 13% of the population saying they are religious.
However I think Japan is really number one, because number one is China, which being a Communist country has long supressed religion, so some Chinese people might actually be religious but are afraid of being prosecuted by the state, wheras in Japan people are free to be religious but still are not.
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