I used to be very religious when I was a child but now I don't care about religion that much . The Bible itself is a book of fairy tales , a brutal god killing people just because they didn't believe in him , ordering people to kill others , getting mad at people just because they ate an apple etc . But I still like the teachings of Jesus and try to follow them.


EDIT ; I don't mean to offend anyone with my post. People can believe whatever they want

Religion certainly plays a part in modern law codes and societal expectations more than people would like to admit, unfortunately.

In most countries it still matters. But religion will slowly phase out, each new generation will find it harder to be religious in this era of information and science. You see that belief numbers actually drop quite quickly once religious people are the minority, something that has happened in various European countries already. Cause a lot of it is peer pressure rather than personal soul searching. Countries like China and Japan have never even been religious in the deity-worshipping sense.

I thought Japan had Shintoism throughout most of its post-Classical era? China has Confucianism but that's more of a philosophical lifestyle than a religion.

Shinto is also more of a spirituality and lifestyle rather than a traditional theistic religion.

Religion matters to every individual in some way, even if they don't even realise it. When people are going through really tough times, the first thing they will do, is turn to their spirituality. They don't even have to believe in anything. There is just an instinct in humankind that makes people turn to something greater for aid.

I don't do that

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My book teaches that Shintoism started off as a polytheistic faith with the worship of Kami, but with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan that slowly shifted to a spiritual philosophy.

And well personally, I was raised religiously but my family was never really devout in the sense that they strictly adhered to the teachings on a daily basis. We looked at it as more of a guideline than an authoritarian law code.

I've always been a religious person especially being raised in a very religious family but lately I've found myself slowly drifting mainly because of the priests and most of the people surrounding the church. Like last Sunday I went to the church and then this bigoted priest would tell all of us in his homily that "you know every lyric to Adele's songs but have you ever even read the bible?" Things like these are what makes me kinda distant now tbh but I still have that deep faith and will try to stay faithful to God. It's just so ironic and tacky that these priests who are supposed to preach and enlighten everyone about God are also the ones responsible for some disgrace in the Lord's name judging by their immature and senseless sentiments.

By tough times, I'm not talking about what we consider First World Problems. I'm talking about health issues, death, tragedy and more topics along the same lines as those. Say, if you were miles away from anyone or anyplace and you were in a situation where your life was in extreme risk and no one could help you, what would you do? Just accept it and say "this is cool, take my life", or turn to something out there to help you out of it? Everyone has a spirituality. It's just part of humanity. You don't even have to believe in any god or deity to have one. You don't have to be religious in any shape or form. It's just a conscience you have in your head. People believe when they are in need.

Reciepts? I don't believe this

Religion matters to me. But going to church regularly does not define your faith on your religion. I'm a Catholic and I only go to church ones a year (honestly!), and it's only during my birthday. But that doesn't mean I loathe God or I'm a bad person.

In the Netherlands about 15% of people (claim to) go to church, synagogue or mosque at least once a month.

Yes sure it matters to me i can say that i'm religous but not that religious

I've recently learnt that it doesn't.

There are more religious people in China than non religous tho.

Nope not at all. And society agrees. In the US, the amount of people who identify as religious and the amount of people who identify as agnostic have flipped. Pretty soon we'll see it finally go out like overalls and neon jumpsuits, unfortunately not as fast though.