The World's Fastest Growing Religion is No Religion

[MD]

So I guess another way to look at it, is that Orthodox Judaism and Islam are the fastest growing religions.

This

 

[Skwim]

Stop promoting your sect on here. It's annoying and probably breaking the rules.

It's been reported.
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[MJFlores]

So where is "No Religion Church" is located?

 

[hpcaban]

As people become more educated, it is only natural that they see through the fallacies of religion and thus, stop believing in fairy tales.

 

[hpcaban]

So where is "No Religion Church" is located?

Nowhere because it is not a religion. In the absence of credible evidence nor valid arguments in favor of religion, what is a thinking person to do?

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Nowhere because it is not a religion. In the absence of credible evidence nor valid arguments in favor of religion, what is a thinking person to do?

Develope a penchant for ego and condescension, apparently. Irreligious don't have the market cornered on thinking. And I say that as an irreligious person getting tired of the mirrored 'holier than thou,' except 'smarter than thou.'

 

[psychoslice]

I feel that its great that many are starting to question their beliefs, the only religion to me is only found within each one of us, not in a organization, for that only kills the spirit.

 

[Augustus]

One negative of this process that few people seem to mention:

In the West, churches and church halls play a valuable social role.

They are low cost community spaces that are used for many non-religious groups and societies from girl guides to yoga classes. They provide community for people who might otherwise be isolated, particularly the elderly.

Seeing them turn into offices and apartments is not a positive social development. They will not be replaced.

 

[jcforever]

Religion appears to be going bust in a real hurry, and I'm not speaking just about Christianity.

"An ongoing spate of recent studies - looking at various countries around the world - all show the same thing: religion is in decline. From Scandinavia to South America, and from Vancouver to Seoul, the world is experiencing an unprecedented wave of secularization. Indeed, as a recent National Geographic report confirms, the world’s newest religion is: No Religion.

Consider the latest facts:

* For the first time in Norwegian history, there are more atheists and agnostics than believers in God.

* For the first time in British history, there are now more atheists and agnostics than believers in God. And church attendance rates in the UK are at an all-time low, with less than 2% of British men and women attending church on any given Sunday.

* A recent survey found that 0% of Icelanders believe that God created the Earth. That’s correct: 0%. And whereas 20 years ago, 90% of Icelanders claimed to be religious, today less than 50% claim to be.

* Nearly 70% of the Dutch are not affiliated with any religion, and approximately 700 Protestant churches and over 1,000 Catholic churches are expected to close within the next few years throughout the Netherlands, due to low attendance.

* According to a recent Eurobarometer Poll, 19% of Spaniards, 24% of Danes, 26% of Slovenians, 27% of Germans and Belgians, 34% of Swedes, and 40% of the French, claim to not believe in “any sort of spirit, God, or life-force.”

* In the United States, somewhere between 23% and 28% of American adults have no religious affiliation, and these so-called “nones” are not only growing in number, but they are becoming increasingly secular in their behaviors and beliefs.

* Among Millennials - Americans in their 20s - over 35% are non-religious, constituting the largest cohort of secular men and women in the nation’s history.

* In Canada, back in 1991, 12% of adults stated “none,” when asked their religion - today that is up to 24%.

* In Australia, 15% of the population said they had no religion in 2001, and it is up to at least 22% today.

* In New Zealand, 30% of the population claimed no religion in 2001, but it had risen to 42% in 2013.

* In South America, 7% of men and women in Mexico, 8% in Brazil, 11% in Argentina, 12% in El Salvador, 16% in Chile, 18% in the Dominican Republic, and 37% in Uruguay are non-religious — the highest such rates of Latin American secularity ever recorded.

* In Japan, about 70% of adults claimed to hold personal religious beliefs sixty years ago, but today, that figure is down to only about 20%; In 1970 there were 96,000 Buddhist temples throughout Japan, but in 2007, there were 75,866 - and around 20,000 of those were un-staffed, with no resident priest. In the 1950s, over 75% of Japanese households had a kamidana (Shinto altar), but by 2006 this was down to 44% nationwide, and only 26% in major cities.
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So where did religion drop the ball?

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The new religions called Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. have taken the place of the old religions that all come from the worshiping of the beast.

 

[Deeje]

I wonder if it has anything to do with those religions that teach that science is wrong and college is bad.

I don't think so because we are only 8 million in a world full of irreligious millions. It is mainstream churches that are dying. Besides, we don't teach that science is wrong for the simple reason that only evolutionary science is guilty of stretching the truth. We have little problem with the many other branches of science that stick to facts instead of promoting speculation that masquerades as fact.

And college is not "bad" as in most of the educational subjects that are available there.....more that it is a very unhealthy moral environment for Christians. Can anyone deny this? Online courses are now making those choices a little easier. We do not believe that education is bad, as we are educators ourselves. Education does not guarantee a job....and we have no interest in material riches.

 

[bobhikes]

Great news indeed.

Why, what is going to happen when religion disappears or is less than atheism? Is any thing going to change, we are still all human?

 

[Revoltingest]

Wonderful news indeed!
Actually, many of them mentioned, especially the European ones, do have an official state religion.

Well, officially.....but not in the boot-on-the-neck fashion of Islamic regimes.

 

[Revoltingest]

The Untied States in the list.

But it's run by an atheist cabal!
That's why Xians are so oppressed here.

 

[MJFlores]

Where could I find offices of irreligious and atheist?
I have a proposal for charitable movement to feed Africa.
Since you say people who are irreligious are increasing the potential for irreligious people to effectively launch charitable work increases.

Specially during natural calamities - we need irreligious people to help out.

 

[David T]

Religion didn't drop the ball. It got slapped out of its hands by the rise of reason.

That's what Himmler "BELEIVED".....Sorry couldn't help but Goethe the comment.

 

[David T]

Religion appears to be going bust in a real hurry, and I'm not speaking just about Christianity.

"An ongoing spate of recent studies - looking at various countries around the world - all show the same thing: religion is in decline. From Scandinavia to South America, and from Vancouver to Seoul, the world is experiencing an unprecedented wave of secularization. Indeed, as a recent National Geographic report confirms, the world’s newest religion is: No Religion.

Consider the latest facts:

* For the first time in Norwegian history, there are more atheists and agnostics than believers in God.

* For the first time in British history, there are now more atheists and agnostics than believers in God. And church attendance rates in the UK are at an all-time low, with less than 2% of British men and women attending church on any given Sunday.

* A recent survey found that 0% of Icelanders believe that God created the Earth. That’s correct: 0%. And whereas 20 years ago, 90% of Icelanders claimed to be religious, today less than 50% claim to be.

* Nearly 70% of the Dutch are not affiliated with any religion, and approximately 700 Protestant churches and over 1,000 Catholic churches are expected to close within the next few years throughout the Netherlands, due to low attendance.

* According to a recent Eurobarometer Poll, 19% of Spaniards, 24% of Danes, 26% of Slovenians, 27% of Germans and Belgians, 34% of Swedes, and 40% of the French, claim to not believe in “any sort of spirit, God, or life-force.”

* In the United States, somewhere between 23% and 28% of American adults have no religious affiliation, and these so-called “nones” are not only growing in number, but they are becoming increasingly secular in their behaviors and beliefs.

* Among Millennials - Americans in their 20s - over 35% are non-religious, constituting the largest cohort of secular men and women in the nation’s history.

* In Canada, back in 1991, 12% of adults stated “none,” when asked their religion - today that is up to 24%.

* In Australia, 15% of the population said they had no religion in 2001, and it is up to at least 22% today.

* In New Zealand, 30% of the population claimed no religion in 2001, but it had risen to 42% in 2013.

* In South America, 7% of men and women in Mexico, 8% in Brazil, 11% in Argentina, 12% in El Salvador, 16% in Chile, 18% in the Dominican Republic, and 37% in Uruguay are non-religious — the highest such rates of Latin American secularity ever recorded.

* In Japan, about 70% of adults claimed to hold personal religious beliefs sixty years ago, but today, that figure is down to only about 20%; In 1970 there were 96,000 Buddhist temples throughout Japan, but in 2007, there were 75,866 - and around 20,000 of those were un-staffed, with no resident priest. In the 1950s, over 75% of Japanese households had a kamidana (Shinto altar), but by 2006 this was down to 44% nationwide, and only 26% in major cities.
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So where did religion drop the ball?

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weird question based on evolution itself but none the less In terms of Christianity, about 300 AD when scientific empiricism became dominate.The first New theories of the science community of Christianity gave them a theory called the Nicene Creed which placed the primacy on "WE THEORIZE..". It became a religion that originally formed around a heretic and then "REASONED" empirically that it was appropriate to execute individuals as heretics. Exactly like the Anglicans in King Henry's day as well. So "Dropping the ball", happened a long long time ago, or a fraction of a moment ago depending one's perceptions.

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[MJFlores]

Demise of Christianity: 1,000 churches could shut across Britain as congregations shrink

ALMOST 1,000 of the country’s churches are on the “at risk” register as shrinking congregations struggle to meet the repair costs.
Decaying masonry and rusting metal work have put 887 places of worship on the critical list as service attendance numbers continue to plummet.

A Save Our Spires appeal has just been launched to protect the 40 most threatened steeples while other of the Church of England’s 16,000 buildings face closure because of the perilous state of repair.

Demise of Christianity: 1,000 churches could shut across Britain as congregations shrink

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Actually, it is a problem when work schedules conflict with church times. That happens a lot.

True, but it can't be assumed that church attendance and affiliation are down because people just don't have the time, especially when we consider this is a global phenomena. It would be more plausible if we were only looking at America or Japan, but it includes many nations where people don't work as many hours per week, get weeks and months of paid vacation time, and in generally are not working nearly as many hours--at work or at home--as we do here in America or in Japan.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

about 300 AD when scientific empiricism became dominate.

If you're going to include before science became a formal practice as the scientific method today, then you have to go back to at least the ancient Greeks. And also acknowledge the Medieval Muslim Ottoman Empire was ahead of Christian Europe in terms of science, medicine, education, and mathematics.

The first New theories of the science community of Christianity gave them a theory called the Nicene Creed

That's not a scientific hypothesis or theory.

 

[Windwalker]

So where did religion drop the ball?
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They dropped it about 300 years ago as Modernity in the Western Enlightenment was born. It's just taken this long for Modernity to hit the masses full swing. Now Postmodernity is on the rise, and religion is falling even further behind failing to evolve itself along with the rest of society and culture.