Religion, faith and the role they play today
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2017
- Religion and faith are an integral part of people’s lives worldwide. But in many countries the number of people who believe in God is in decline. We examine the changing role of religion around the world
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The majority of Americans believe in God. But it’s a different story in Britain where, in 2009, people of no religion outnumbered Christian’s for the first time.
And it’s not the only country where religion is in decline.
In Israel, only 39% of the population consider themselves a religious person. In Norway it’s 30%, in Japan just 13%. But China surpasses them all.
Only 9% of Chinese people report themselves as being religious and the majority say they are committed atheists, making China the least religious country in the world.
But how reliable are the polls in China?
The communist government is officially atheist and religious freedom is restricted in the country. So it’s likely that many Chinese people, who hold religious beliefs, do not report it.
But, globally the picture is very different.
84% of the world’s population say they are affiliated to a religious group.
Around 7% are Buddhist.
15% are Hindu.
24% are Muslim.
But the largest religious group are Christian, making up nearly a third of the world’s 7.5 billion people. But this is set to change. It’s predicted there will be almost as many Muslim’s as Christians by 2050.
This is because Muslims on average are younger than members of other religions, and they have more children. This has made Islam the fastest growing religion in the world.
The religious profile of the world is changing, but even in areas where religious affiliation is declining, spirituality is not.
America has become less religious in recent years, but the percentage of non-religious Americans who say they often feel spiritual has risen. Globally 15% of atheists believe in life after death - So if faith deserts you here, there’s always the hereafter.
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people around the world are not loosing faith in religion but in religious institutions...and that is quite understandable
Nope. These statistics are based on questions directly about faith such as "Do you believe a god/gods exits?" etc. and more and more people answer no. The richer the people, the less they believe, albeit it takes a few rich generations to take effect. Just wait and see when the rich oil-arabas start abandoning their religion one by one in the next few decades, just like the ones who were born in Europe are doing. The start is slow as social pressure inhibits freedom of will.
No dear its just religion....not religious institutions.....
Mohit Mishra - Religions is only declining in the West. The world is getting more and more religious. There is a surge in Buddhist Nationalism all over Sri Lanka, Thailand and Mynamar and other south east Asian country. Hindu nationalism is growing in India and Nepal. Christianity is also booming in Africa and China. Islam is becoming more and more conservative. Religion isn't dying except in the West.
@@id1666 pretty late here, but believe me, those arabs aren't even following islam anymore. Ironic seeing that islam spread from there. They're just as bad as any other (maybe even worse due to the human trafficking and bombings they give the orders to). I swear it makes me feel ashamed of being a part of the same religion as them, even though i've lost my faith quite a bit.
Both, one causes disbelief in the other
people can lost faith in religion.. but never lost faith in humanity 😊
Humanity is not a product from this world
in reality talk the religion is important, but the most important thing in life is having faith on your self.
Great video.
East Asian countries are the most peaceful countries when it comes to religion. Many Japanese believe both in Shinto and Buddhism. Koreans are a quarter Buddhist, a quarter Christian(this consists of 15% Protestant and 10% Catholic) and half Atheist, but everybody is culturally Confucius and doesn't really mind what other people believe.
KWANGJIN CHAI. dont forget southeast asian country..
India is an exception
Peaceful? Japan? The country with the horrible warcrimes it never apologised for?
@@vasdgod india is not east asian country but india is south asian country
I left Islam when I read the Qur’an and the biography of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam
Now I live in Iraq and I can't talk about it even with my family I might be killed, and society will reject me, it's very difficult for me
and many Arabs leave Islam every day, but they cannot announce that because they may be killed and of course society rejects them
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How many rakats are there in wudu
@@shaikhmohdhasanazmi3497 3 obviously
I left Hinduism in 2017 after finding islam as a religion closed to real life . I found Hinduism a fictional story based and dream like religion. Islam is real and true religion made for huma being .but there's a problem with Muslims ( not with islam) . Every Muslim sect want to interpret islam in his own way .and this is Also a sign that real things get controversial
some people believe in God but don't believe in religion, i'm not sure how they were classified in this report.
Salamander IRQ that is called Deizm... Deist people believe in God without religions. It's a sort of philosophy raised in Europe a couple of centuries ago
He kinda mentions this at the end of the video...
@@korgond so what’s agnostic
Peer group think is driving opinion. Where it is illegal to think of your self as religious - when questioned you say no. Where religious belief is publicly expected - you answer yes when questioned.
In the US, if you claim atheism, you will find it harder to prosper in society - the opposite is true in China. Imagine a senior Chinese official claiming to be 'religious' - they will not be senior very long. In the US imagine the speaker of the house, claiming that religion is false, they will not be house leader any longer.
Then there are those states and nations where your personal faith or non-belief is not government and society controlled.
Your society drives most of your beliefs.
Good reporting, not too short, interesting and non biased information.
*More of this!*
Never lose the faith of having infinite growth on a limited planet.
The logo on the cover looks like a powerful confundus charm. JS!
If people proper studied religion it's origin & it's establishment would they still follow their faith I wonder.
I truly believe that a lot of people choose a culture or religion or atheist stance etc because they feel that it is non mainstream simply as a defense against being marginalized as a lesser value person. It might be growing hair long in the 60's or getting tattooed all over these days, or joining islam or wearing punk hair and clothing etc etc etc ....if people feel like they are up against this massive institution and they feel they wound up on a lower rung? Feeling like no one important? Join something that makes you feel special and that has a rebel element to it against the mainstream status quo ....even join a religion if it welcomes with open arms and a "place" can be envisioned that is superior to what one started with...it offers that shock value "I'm THIS which is BETTER/smarter/RIGHT" . If you ask me anyways... Being now an old man who has "been there done that" myself too many times ...as to be thoroughly embarrassed now... It is ALL just a bunch of ridiculous lying to ourselves (IMHO) ....even those buying the mainstream as superior and right born to be the elite ...maybe they are worst of all even....bottom line if you ask me? We are naturally like a bunch of junior high girls when it comes to being strong HONEST individuals...very sad actually ...again if you would ask me....Personally? I REPENT big time! At all costs now I want to be an individual with my OWN thinking and ID ....a thing which costs many times but offers a feeling of being clean somehow...
Guys does anyone know the name of the song being played in the beginning of the video?
task underwood thanks mate!! Appreciate it
The Chinese gov mainly prohibits Christianity spreading around China. Buddhism, Taoism and even Muslim are legal there.
they only allow religions that have a known history in china
I believe a more accurate description should be like this. Only the religions that are not controlled by foreign powers or originated from the west can stay.
Hong Kong is relatively more free in this regard, though.
+DDMM DM Buddhism originated in India and Islam in Saudi. So your argument makes no sense.
Buddhism has been introduced to China nearly 2 thousand years ago, Islam is not a popular religion among Han people in China, mainly the Uyghurs in north west china are Islamic from ancient time.
Christianity, on the other hand, is the main religion in the west, especially USA. It's not all about religious belief, it's often about politics over these issues in China.
I may be wrong but if I learned in my school back in Hong Kong. The Chinese gov doesn't prohibit Christianity, it is just that christian church in China has to register/answer to the government and not the Pope.
Fascinating.
Estonia?
What is the name of the first song in the background?
Oğuzhan Aydın Mozart - Lacrimosa kardeşim
Yusuf Bahadır Çok teşekkür ederim. Shazam'dan bulamadım ve aklıma takıldı. Çok hoş bir parçaya benziyor
Oğuzhan Aydın Rica ederim.
I'm Chinese ,I can tell you that's true,most of Chinese don't believe any religion,and I think it's a good thing
As stated in the video, most Chinese people (67%) identify as atheists. So no, most Chinese people do not believe in God.
i can say most of the Chinese don't 'really' believe in God. They worship money or everything that can bring fortune and money. You will see some Chinese worship this God today, and another God the next day.
I'd prefer an American hypocrite God than a Chinese Bigoted God thank you. So Chinese, you think you're better so you should pillage Africa alone instead huh? Hahaha two pillagers wanting the lion's share
Will Chen that will be the downfall of China. A nation without God is destined to fail. This is what happened to the Soviet Union.
Will Chen But God wants you to know him .
In East Germany, there isn't even an atheist movement. People don't call themselves or others atheists. Religion simply isn't a serious topic here. I didn't even know a thing like fundamentalism exists before I watched American media.
*By 2050 technology & science will be so advanced that i expect it will become harder and harder to be very religious like the Islamic world is today, also the Christian and non religious places like Europe, North america, parts of Asia will develop so fast that if the Islamic world wants to keep up, which they already aren't then they will have to have a massive reformation*
not necessarily you can still develop technology while believing in a religion.
The weakest link breaks the chain, you know...
@@mistermood4164 It‘s hard to advance in technology when you have 6 kids at home, have to visit a lot of family and weddings all the time, have to pray 5x a day, have to fast for a whole month and your wifes aren’t allowed to be educated and do their fair share to advance the country… They are holding themselves back.
@@BlondeQtie who said women can't be educated? there are plenty of women in my country that are Muslim, educated and work full time.
@@mistermood4164 Sure, but not all. And they usually have to do all the household chores, resulting in more stress and less capacity for work.
What is about hxh music ?
the title was VERY misleading
wonder if there is a correlation between a countries average IQ and percentage of religious group.
probably not
Yes there is
They don’t mention that Christina’s and Muslims believe in the same One God.
and jews
2022
God help us
JAMS RATHOD sorry but their is no god
Hope religion will lapse so we can get on to fixing real problems.
Billy Bobbie - Czech Republic is pretty backward and they're are overwhelmingly Atheist.
Zhu Bajie how is religion stopping that?
roy ghosn it doesn't stop it, but might (key word: MIGHT) impede, skew research or distract religious researchers, because of their beliefs.
Our biggest real problem is death, and God fixed that.
In my opinion religion altogether has outlived it's usefulness in the 21st century
Time is 12:19 I'm at David's..... I love you...dude wow
Well, I became a Christian in 2010 so your numbers are off by at least one!
2021
Perhaps it's my narrow mindness; but i have a very hard time understanding, as an atheist myself, how 15% of the worlds atheist believe in a life after death. How does that work? I certainly do not believe any such thing. And if you believe in some sort of afterlife - are you then an atheist?
When you die somewhere in e.g. Heiđmörk and rot there, your amino acids will live on as parts of other individuals.
The other people who think their consciousness lives on are simply scared of disappearing.
Why is it every religion says they are peaceful, the fastest growing religion in the world? I've heard this said about Christianity - Buddhism - Islam & even about the 'Nones' which is to say data points change. People change from survey to survey , generations change overtime too.
G-d is still with us!
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Wow
Please cheque real pruf
What amount of people are being surveyed and are they following up with them over their lifetime? Many people change their beliefs & ideas or degree in which they believe over time.
G-d is still with us!
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Weird. I don't consider myself religious, but I follow Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Wondering if the wrong question was asked. I do know that most "Christians" consider themselves religious, but then too, I wonder if they consider to have relationship with Jesus.....
Charles Laird mee too, I hate religion but love jesus
How about mentioning that Islam is a religion you cannot leave (it is a death pentalty for that), and that you are born into it, different from Christians who have rituals where young adults can choose to be a part of it. This should be seen as an important part of the growth of Islam.
WHO gave us our cultura???
(DEAR MAMA)
Sun may 15
Messianic judaism plays a huge part of world politics and world economics. How come it is NEVER covered?
Poison!
I'm in the 7 percent
Just read my name
Hinduism and Buddhism are the largest ancient religions in the world, but Islam and Christianity have mostly converted religions which have gained popularity in the modern era!
Belief in God does not require religion.
true
but it is religion which made you believe in god at the first place
Mohit Mishra Brother, even without religion, I would have come to believe in and know God if only for the things I have witnessed in my life. Tradition only shows you the door. Faith is believing that there's something beyond it.
maybe that was already included in other religious beliefs in the chart?
that is just one side of the picture without religion all humans can do is to wonder who we are and where we are and at historic times when there was no science or rationale people made these stories to keep their life going ...after all religion is an artificial thing deeply associated with human life and conduct with a soft mixture of ethics....thats all i know and believe pls dont comment any further
My Religion wasn't mentioned in this video
ZenWinterStorm21504 7% was given for other religion! *Stop moaning!!*
Headstone you don't have to be so rude.
MY RELIGION WAS NOT MENTIONED EITHER TEEMO IS A VERY BIG RELIGION NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whats ur religion? its probably because it's a very small percentage!
Went to Sunday school and church as a catholic and left an atheist, going atheist was the best decision i ever made
Most of the time it's just an instrument, sometimes good sometimes bad. Anyway, I don't like most of it. If all is theoretical - fine, but too many people proclaim it as unshakable facts. In order to do that you must either purposefully lie or lack the capacity of differentiating between theory and reality.
Same thing for atheists honestly. You can't prove there's no god, there might be a very non-interactive one.
Why do you mention Japan and China? Those are not the countries whose religion is in decline. East Asian countries like Japan, China, and korea are traditionally the land atheists are dominant(confusianism is not a religion)
Asians worship and pray to ancestors though. Lots of Taoist temples in China and Shinto shrines in Japan. Both countries have Buddha too
God is live
You do realize religion has caused the most death correct? Its basically population control and i want no part in a cycle of hatred that only causes false hope and false promises but real devastation and grief, god and jesus can fuck off, them and all the other false gods are the reason world peace will never be obtainable. God is just a creation that we use because we are scared of death, end of story, pull your head out of your ass
JAMS RATHOD god is fake, if he does exist then he is shitty and is like the father figure who doesn’t give a shit
15% say athiest yet believe in after life something is wrong.
People just cope, they believe in what takes them out of existential crisis. It applies on everyone. weather it's athiests, thiests etc.
is this hxh ost lol
MY RELIGION WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON TEEMO WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON LONG LIVE TEEMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for the video!
i jus want to state something. :)
i don't agree with your main reason for the number of Muslims increasing.
Although yes I agree with the children being more
but
i think reverts also play the main role in Islam being the fastest growing Religion
extra: (by the looks of it; im saying this because nobody can tell whats in peoples hearts. for example, some people on the outside may be muslim, but do things which contradict islam. so we can never fully judge someone. so we should focus on bettering ourselves)
thank you for reading :)
How do atheists believe in life after death? Who are they? Seriously.
The Asian Atheist, I guess.
burning desire we just fear death like everyone else but I know life after death doesn’t exist
Islam is growing because of massive inbreeding in countries like Saudi Arabia Pakistan and Bangladesh
Spam or misleading video
In the atheist government countries, the government don't give a shit about your religion, you can follow any religion you want, report or not is not important. Atheist In my country is mean they do believe in after life ( or not), but they also don't believe in the prophets (Jesus, Buddha) they just learn way to live a better life from religions, not the faith in some one (Jesus / Buddha), they believe in the system of the universe (and there's no gods controlling it). I'm one of them.
Hindu scripure Predicts that whole world will become atheist by around 5000-6000 AD
Kal Yug...the dating is really weird though because the total number of years passed in previous Yugas are too high to consider the age of the Earth and too low to consider the age of the Universe
Lol at the beguinning ... like if it was a bad thing XD
What? The majority of Americans believing in God? I don't see why you would perceive that as a good thing. Religion has only ever been a detrimental and divisive factor in American Society. Sure, it does ever so occasionally bring people together, but looking at the bigger picture, it does more harm than good...
I am among those 15%
Please explain, that's interesting.
Birgilios Marmaroglou I don't actually fully believe in reincarnation but In some corners of my brain I think there might be a reincarnation and I hope it not true and science is true. I don't wanna suffer another life fearing about death and time if reincarnation is real. Time is more frightening than death
My cross was stolen
China's fields are Ripe for the Gospel of Christ !
What does it mean to be spiritual but not religious? Like you believe you some random mystical powers, or you believe you can feel "enlightened" or whatever that means. Mostly just seems like bullshitting yourself
I am Proud to be a Hindu....
kathir pandyan why ?
I gave my neck piece away I'm sorry jesus
69th dislike, I'm sorry I had to.
I believe in dollars. sorry I'm so in love with money.
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You're in the wrong video I suppose? 🤷🏻♀️
Quran 45 “The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.
And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith]. And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allah sends down from the sky of provision and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason. These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?”
@ꤱꥀꤻ Who created the world?
POV: You are watching this because you have online lessons
I'm Chinese. I don't believe in any religion. My father believes in Buddhism very much but he never ever tends to persuade me to believe in Buddhism. Because he knows that everyone has the right to believe in any religion or at sometime to reject any religion. So who the hell tell you that there is no religion freedom in China ?? i love my father !
许锐 Buddhism in itself doesn't feel like any kind of religion to me. It, in a way is a way of life. It is so very different from other religions which force a deity upon you! But well that's just my opinion!
i agree u so much, buddhism is not like other religions.
Buddhism is not that good as what you said. It does have dicrimination and exploitation on women. Can you have a little bit knowledge of the topic before you voice your biased opnion?
Doris Lovegood women are well respected in Buddhism u must be talking about Islam
You really think so?? I don't agree at all
Well let's hope that a more scientific world leads humanity to a less religious one, maybe Muslims have more kids but scientists have more facts and God Is not one of them
that in it of itself isn't a scientific statement, there are plenty of brilliant scientists out there who believe in God.
Jake Swartz This statement is very much true. Scientists hold facts. *true*
God's existence is not a proven fact. *true.*
Qais Albalkhi yeah religion may had advanced science but science does not prove religion
Yet science cannot disprove god
haroon imran Mmmmmmmm you know what the burden of proof is don't you?
Babe....please stop
Faith is the foundation of Christianity
im proud of islams . im christian btw
respect other religions
please China save us all from religon
lol..china still has buddism taosim and islam ..not christianity
@fanta fruit China has 10 million Christians and growing
Actually almost everyone in China worships money.
They bury Christians alive...
- Jza - why are you against religion
Respect for the Chinese Govt. for preventing this plague!
They preventing but not succeeding. Don't worry. They would fail eventually.
They gave us another plague- Coronavirus!
Near The day of judgement, 100% would be Islam all around...
Good video, however the thing that makes Islam the fastest growing religion is not only having more children, but also many people convert to it and because it is the only right religion.
Munir Mohammedali Islam still holds on to old ideas that were made for a world in poverty and lack of science. Examples include, not trusting anyone but Muslim, killing non-Muslims because they're not of the faith and honour killings plus the abuse and torture woman go through. Islam well is a growing religion is one that is ever going backwards that will eventually lead to either war on Muslims or a reformation which I doubt will happen at this pace. So please, come back with a response of any kind. I would love to hear it
I mean your religion converts people by FORCE SO OF COURSE YOU ARE GROWING!!!!!!!! BUT MY RELIGION CAN NOT BE SUPPRESSED TEEMO WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON AND I WILL MAKE SURE OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The atheist movement needs to get back in gear.....
Billy B being religious is the new trend. Thanks to pop culture. Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar.
Ya. Fucking Jordan B Peterson.......also jesus.
Where I live, there isn't even an atheist movement. People don't even call themselves atheists. Religion simply isn't a serious topic.
Shoulders of Giants. Where do you live? In a north European country?
Billy B - It seems like a bad idea. Last time a bunch of atheist gear up, millions of people die.