The religion has always played an important role
in the history of the mankind, starting from paganism until modernity. It has
been expressed in many different forms in various parts of the world.
Nowadays we are facing an interesting fact when
religious feelings are developing in two totally different directions, which
are atheism and fanaticism. This video presents the most atheistic countries of
the world.
- Did you know that Asian countries are more atheistic than the rest of the world? In your opinion what can be the reason of this fact?
- What is the future of Europe in terms of religion?
- Do you think there is any possibility that atheists develop radical feelings/attitudes similar to those of fanatics?
Comments
2. I hope and from what I can see the percentage of non-religious people will be increasing. I’m myself agnostic or apatheist.
3. Obsession over denial of theism goes only so far. I don’t think we can observe any such cases where atheism resembles fanaticism.
I think it is impossible to predict future of Europe or any other region in the world but I hope that our continent will increase in its worldview openness and everyone will be able to hold any religious affiliation they desire (or lack of thereof).
It is possible that any ideology develops into fanaticism and because of that it is important that our governments hold firm position on keeping their worldview neutrality and the separation of church and state.
Well, I don't qualified enough to answer that question. But future of religion in Europe it certainly depends on different cultural factors.
I don't think so, I think it is religious people who are most likely to develop fanatical attitudes and feelings, but still, it is not always related directly to religion but rather to the way religion is presented to people.
1. I was surprised that those figures are so significant for Asian countries. Reasons for the status quo were outlined in the video. First, is the way of how the religiosity is categorized - on the example of Japan, where most people claim to be atheists, 80 % percent of people practice Shinto religion which is not treated as a religion because it does not rely on central deity. Another reason mentioned in the video is politics - in communist countries like China, North Korea and formerly Czechoslovakia, authorities deny religion in order to have bigger influence on their citizens.
2. In my opinion ratio of atheists to religious people will be increasing in Europe, on the other hand Islam will also be gaining popularity in Europe because of immigration process.
3. I don’t think so. By its nature atheism is netral, there is no god that atheist can pray to so they don’t need to fight and try to convert followers of other religions.
Even though it seems to be pretty fine now, I think that the Europe is going to become less and less religious. The current statistics show that many people become atheists/agnostics or even spiritual instead of blindly following the (pretty often outdated) laws imposed by many various religions. The trend is most noticeable especially among the people with higher education.
It is possible that atheists would develop a hatred-filled culture like that, but that wouldn't be the case for all of them. There are always people among all of the (non-)religious communities which can't stand the fact that other people don't agree with their own beliefs.
Poor and less well educated people are more likely to be religious, while atheists are more likely to be well educated. The significance of that is that well educated people tend to have smaller families than poor and less well educated people. It is projected that in spite of a continuous and growing leakage of people from religious belief to atheism, religious families will have enough descendants for religions such as Christianity, Islam and Hinduism to continue to grow.
The population of atheists will no doubt increase in Europe in future , but whether the global proportion of atheists will increase depends on whether the number of religious people leaving religion is sufficient to balance the relatively smaller families of atheists.
I think Europe will become even more atheistic than it is now. And yeah, I guess some atheist are already like fanatics. But i think that it's more USA or eastern and central europe tendency than west Europe
The reason is stated in the video and its due to clasification of there specific kind of religion.
What is the future of Europe in terms of religion?
Well only god knows that. But it's upsetting news for those people who like tech progress.
Do you think there is any possibility that atheists develop radical feelings/attitudes similar to those of fanatics?
I believe that most atheists don't care that much and the way of religion propagation itself push people towards radicality due to tendency of motivate people more than peaceful.
2. My observation from life leads to the conclusion that there will be more Muslims in Europe, and the total number of atheists will decrease but will increase where it already exists: the Czech Republic, France. But the religion of Buddhism probably can disappear in 70-80 years, because the new generation no longer strives to know itself, everyone wants to know the world.
3. No, I think that atheists try not to express their point of view since in the soul, all the same, fear the retribution for words, but different religions: Islam and Christianity can attract fanatics.
It seems to me that this is due to the high level of education and development in Japan, and as science knows, in some sense, an opponent of religions, because daily progress in science helps people understand that everything in the world is not arranged with the help of God's power. As for the radical directions of atheists, everything is possible in full because for people who still believe in God, and then in a few days, months, years, they learn a new scientifically proven fact and their faith begins to crumble. At such moments, groups of dissatisfied people can gather in propaganda groups, which is very dangerous to my mind.
I am not able to predict the future but I hope that everyone would be able to choose his own religion and doesn’t rely on the fact that his parents/friends/relatives believe in God or not.
It’s all about the perception of it. There is always such a possibility.
Nowadays it's hard to say. I think of course that religion will survive and will be present in our lives as it is now.
Everything is possible. But this isn't just about atheists. Any religion can have its own fanatics. It only depends on the man how he will act. Of course, not everyone is concerned and the atheist doesn't mean a fanatic.
I think, the more society is educated, the more people will become atheists. In the same time, we should respect those people who believe in god.
True to the History i think Europe will stay strong in God. Unless some global even happens and changes our authorities Europe will stay Christian.
I think its possible but not by the nature of atheism (and excluding mentally ill people).
What i mean is when there is someone or a group of people trying to attack your religion or lack of it in this case, a natural reaction is to defend against it. If more and more Christians/believers start actively attacking ostracizing atheists they might develop an radical anti-god side doing what Christians did to them.
I think that number of atheistic people will be growing up. To be honest, I'm Christian but there are a lot of controversial topics with that religion and I'm sure that it hasn't good impact on that.
It depends on that people but I think that atheistic people are quiet and I have never met a radical one.
I think that European people become less religious nowadays, maybe because we don't have any wars in our region, so we don't have to believe in a better future. Other thing is that people are getting smarter and more open-minded, because of internet access, so they can choose the information they want to receive.
Every ideology might be dangerous and cause fanaticism and I think it all depends on education, because sadly every fanatism is born of manipulation
According to the number of years religion is in Europe I may say that nothing gonna change in our age.
Do you think there is any possibility that atheists develop radical feelings/attitudes similar to those of fanatics?
In my opinion there are always some possibilities in any case. So, I may say that people who are interested in this kind of activity permanently work on their achievements.
Yes, and it's not surprising for me - there is nonreligious China, that is much more populated than some continents. And those regions always were more atheistic than rest of the world.
What is the future of Europe in terms of religion?
I have no idea, and this could change from one generation to another by 180 degrees.
Do you think there is any possibility that atheists develop radical feelings/attitudes similar to those of fanatics?
Well... Isn't it already this way? When atheists are more like anti-theists, attacking (mostly) Christianity and accusing religion of being the tool of mass control... But they are believing in the flat Earth, harmful vaccinations... Or doesn't see, that their actions are harmful for people, they are "trying" to save from the religion.
I've never heard some informations about this topic, because I wasn't interested in it.
I really like your second sentence. I'm not a religious person, I do not believe in any God, but on the other hand - I respect people's beliefs.
2. I think that the Europe should wake up and come back to our roots. I don't think that all of us should be a catholics but we shouldn't tolarate laws from another religions on our land. I really don't understand that we allow for something like sharia areas or something like that. We should fight with this because it is a cancer of Europe and another terorrists atack in Paris is the best example that Europe is sick and we should cure this disease.
3. I really don't like such type of atheists who laught from other people that they believe in something. I think that it is your own business if you believe in God or you are a atheist and we shouldn't fight against each other.
I find it very surprising, as I though it is the opposite. I always associated Asia with multiple religions and true believers and there you go.. The reasons for this were in fact stated in the video (China for instance).
2. What is the future of Europe in terms of religion?
I honestly don't know, but I think the increase of atheist will continue to the point where only true believers will left and I think it's good.
3. Do you think there is any possibility that atheists develop radical feelings/attitudes similar to those of fanatics?
It is possible, but I find atheists also as a people who don't really care about religion etc. so I guess it is not likely for them to develop such feelings.
I don't know and I don't really need to know.
I don't thinks so, they just want to feel free I belive. They want to live their live like they want and respect moral code rather than some God rules(from any religion, overall)
Future of Europe religion is one of the topics that wonder me the most recently. I see so many ways that it should follow. We see now a significant increase of different religions in Europe which for sure will affect it. I hope that it won't cause any problems and will only develop our broader perspective and acceptation to other people feelings. I found myself atheistic, with all this though comes from I believe there is zero chance that we would develop any "fanatic behaviour". We don't care about others since they don't care about us.
No, but I think that religion it's no just belief in God. And they have another culture, that we easily can call a religion.
2. What is the future of Europe in terms of religion?
I don't no. But now we have cultural diversity, and I think it will increase.
3. Do you think there is any possibility that atheists develop radical feelings/attitudes similar to those of fanatics?
I think It's already true, because I've met people that are more enthusiastic in proving that there's no God, that they are much worse than religious people, that don't impose you their beliefs.