Religion

[Honey Honey]

1 hour ago, Toinho said:

Exactly. Shintoism for example. 

Isn't that how Nistelrooy scored most of his goals?

[Eco]

5 hours ago, Stan said:

Not in some religions. 

Not all all, I thought by saying that you 'can' do this, explains the fact that not all do. 

Regardless, I'm aware not all religions believe that, but some do. 

[Azeem]

Do you know illegal file sharing is also a religion, they have their own church

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Church_of_Kopimism

[Toinho]

Watching Jimmy Carr on Netflix. Got some amazing catholic facts... I mean jokes, I mean facts, I mean I don’t know...

[CaaC (John)+]

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Fewer people are believing in God – but it’s not because of science

Is the Divine losing its draw? Prof Linda Woodhead looks into whether we’re a faithful flock that’s temporarily strayed, or if we’re no longer willing to take a leap of faith.

Britain is one of the most secular countries in the world. Belief in God has been declining, along with other indicators of religion, since polling began. In 1961, when a question about God was included in a survey by the National Opinion Polls, 91 per cent of Britons expressed belief. By 2018, according to the British Social Attitudes survey, that had fallen to 55 per cent of the population, with 26 per cent affirming that they’ve never believed.

So the main reason for declining belief is that fewer people are enculturated and socialised into belief. They’re not brought up with the ‘plausibility structures’ (the wider sociocultural norms and frameworks of meaning) that are found in more religious societies.

It’s not only that talk about God has also become rare in schools, universities, workplaces and the media, it may even be taboo and stigmatised. People who believe in God often worry about being viewed as weird or unintelligent. Confident atheists reinforce these negative views.

There are philosophical objections to belief as well, like the so-called ‘problem of evil’, which asks how an omnipotent and benevolent God can allow evil and suffering. This isn’t an issue for those who believe there are many gods and spirits (who are not all-good or all-powerful), but it is a problem for some forms of monotheism.

Spiritual pluralism

In Britain today, confident atheists and confident theists remain minorities in society. They may be the most vocal, but they’re outnumbered by people who are agnostic, or keep an open mind, or believe in unseen forces and powers, or God and gods – or who just think it likely that there’s ‘something more out there’.

Although it’s likely that the downwards trend in belief will continue, it’s not inevitable. Belief in God isn’t a static thing, and the way that people experience and understand God changes. It’s true that Christian plausibility structures for a certain kind of monotheism have been declining. But increased religious pluralism, tolerance and the way that new forms of spirituality have entered into mainstream culture offer new kinds of plausibility and new ways of encountering the divine.

The most likely scenario for belief in Britain is increased diversity, with contention between a range of different religious, non-religious and atheistic approaches.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-are-fewer-people-believing-in-god/

 

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[Toinho]

2 hours ago, MUFC said:

 

Wtf lol