up to 60% of the worlds population are athiests and organised religion is dying out. why is this?
2006-08-02 03:22:52 · 15 answers · asked by ? 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Think you are confused try about 16% not 60%.
Also religion is growing not shrinking.
# Christianity: 2.1 billion
# Islam: 1.3 billion
# Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
# Hinduism: 900 million
# Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
# Buddhism: 376 million
# primal-indigenous: 300 million
# African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
# Sikhism: 23 million
# Juche: 19 million
# Spiritism: 15 million
# Judaism: 14 million
# Baha'i: 7 million
# Jainism: 4.2 million
# Shinto: 4 million
# Cao Dai: 4 million
# Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
# Tenrikyo: 2 million
# Neo-Paganism: 1 million
# Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
# Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
# Scientology: 500 thousand
2006-08-02 03:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance and following those that claim to be experts and leaders and yet do not follow what the bible says is right. So many you hear of that are molesting kids, stealing the money that is to be for the church use, having affairs and all the things the bible says is totally wrong. People look at that and say what is the use and fall away. They should be looking to God and seeing His goodness and mercy so they can follow the truth but they take their eyes off Jesus and see only the corrupt world we live in so get disheartened. Keep your eyes on Jesus and you will never think of becoming an athiest.
2006-08-02 03:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say more like 16% are not religious, whereas the Big Four "God" religions make up around 68-70% and Buddhism around 6%, though you may have a different method to finding these numbers than the guys at Wiki.
If organized religion is dying out, it is due to politics and power.
2006-08-02 03:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A source on the 60% is needed. There's plenty to refute that.
Nevertheless, if there is a trend away from religion as you suggest, why might it be happening. Because religion has lost it's First Love.
2006-08-02 03:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it was because I had questions that couldn't be answered but the main reason was I got tired of being told what to think and who to hate......I can't say I'm an atheist, more of an agnostic but organized religion hasn't kept up with the times in my mind. I've learned a little about all faiths and am VERY comfortable being a Unitarian.....
2006-08-02 03:28:12 · answer #5 · answered by carpediem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish. Only about 20% of people admit to living a secular lifestyle. Organized religion appears to be dying out because now, in many countries, it is now ok to express your atheistic beliefs without fear of persecution by theists. There have always been large quantities of people intelligent enough to find truth even when lies surround them.
2006-08-02 03:39:25 · answer #6 · answered by reverenceofme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds like a high number. Probably because some of the mainstream religions are going about belief completely in the wrong way. For some, it's all about guilt, shame, do's and dont's, punishment, and fear.
2006-08-02 03:27:36 · answer #7 · answered by xenomorph_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 09:28:30 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
60% of the world is atheist? What is your source for that?
2006-08-02 07:14:16 · answer #9 · answered by Julia Encarnacion 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
60% of the world is atheist? What is your source for that?
2006-08-02 03:26:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋