Can some Japanese, Korean and Chinese people religious be Baptist?

Question

I always see them as Buddhist religious.

Answer 1

In Japan about .01 percent of the population is Christian. There might be 5 baptists. They mostly officially practice Buddhism and Shinto, but few take it very seriously anymore. More like tradition.
In Mainland China all religions must be state-sanctioned and state controlled. Although Christianity is listed as one of the 5 legal religions and is gaining in popularity, I don't think baptists are very popular. Communism and religion don't mix very well, but of the religious people, most are Taoist and secondly probably Buddhist. Hong Kong is more obsessed with Feng Shui and though Taiwan is more open to religion, I've never seen a Baptist. Every other religion is here though, so probably. Tibet and Inner Mongolia are mostly Buddhist, while Xinjiang is Muslim. Most Chinese are atheists or practice some local tradition though.
Korea actually has a very large Christian population, probably second to the Phillipenes. But where as the Phillipenes is mostly Catholic, I think Korea is most protestant. That's the south by the way, the north is forced to worship Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's teachings

Answer 2

Yes, but there is a very small percentage of those who are anything other than Buddhist (and Shinto for Japan) as those are the most common religions (in Japan, I believe, there is only a 1% Christian population) with celebrations geared toward those beliefs. It's just like in the West there are some--but not many--believers outside Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.

Answer 3

Anyone can be any religion. Having said that, Koreans have many devout Protestant Christians. You'd probably have a very hard time finding a Japanese or Chinese Baptist, thought.

Answer 4

First of all, anyone can be religious in any way they want. Second of all, I'm Chinese and I'm a Catholic, does that surprise you? I know at least half of the Chinese people in Singapore are religious in Christian-related religions. Third of all, don't assume how people 'should' be like, even if you've never been to South-east Asia, which I bet you don't, please don't assume or be stereotypical.

Answer 5

except some sects' obsession with fatalism and preclusion of social mobility, they're extremely exciting. Taoism and buddhism somewhat. @Ricardo: It varies from sect to sect. Many buddhists are atheistic - myself lined - and "divine" is many times interpreted as metaphorical. some thing like pantheism. Buddhism at its center deals with breaking the chains of illusory attachment and accepting reality because it truly is - no longer inevitably concept in a higher potential, besides the actual undeniable reality that prime state of understanding is debatable. do not generalize dude.

Answer 6

Of course, they can be Islam or Mormon too.