After all, why are these religious people abandoning in large numbers, their religion, shocking reason
Why people change their relief: Social, cultural and ideological changes are continuously taking place around the world. The effect of these changes can also be clearly seen on religion and faith. In recent years, especially in Western countries, a new trend has come to light where people are renounced their religion and are adopting atheism or any other spiritual path. This is not just a figure, but a sign of a significant tendency deepening in society. Studies of the famous research institute Pew Research Center have prominently highlighted this change. Let us know about this in detail:
Shocking revelations of Pew Research
According to the analysis of Pew Research, European countries such as Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom have the highest number of people leaving religion. These are the countries where Christianity has been traditionally dominated.
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About 28.7% of people in Italy are those who have declared themselves atheists, leaving the religion received from their family. This figure shows that religious engagement is also decreasing in this country, considered to be the stronghold of Catholic Church.
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Similarly, in countries like Germany, Spain and Sweden, a large number of people, especially the younger generation, are getting away from organized religion. Even in Britain, about 12% of people consider themselves atheists.
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A comprehensive survey of Pew research suggests that around 28.4% of Christians worldwide have now declared themselves atheists, while the number of people converted from other religions to Christianity is only 1%. This shows that the number of ‘outgoing’ members in Christianity is much higher than the ‘incoming’ members.
Why this change is happening,
This question is natural that why people are getting away from their traditional religious beliefs? There can be many complex reasons behind this:
- Effect of modernity and science: The growing influence of modern education, science and rational thinking has inspired many people to question traditional religious beliefs. Scientific progress has challenged some religious principles, causing people to get away from religion.
- Increasing trend of secularism: Secularism has emerged as a strong value in European society. This concept of isolation between the state and religion encourages people to personally not consider religion as the central part of their life.
- Disillusioned with institutional religion: Some people are disappointed with the institutional functioning of organized religions, their historical acts or the problems that are currently coming up (such as scams or bigotry). They turn to personal spirituality instead of the institutional structure of religion or become completely atheists.
- Desire for personal freedom: Today’s younger generation attaches more importance to personal freedom and self -determination. They do not prefer to be bound by any binding structure or rule, including sometimes religion.
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Social change and diversity: The increasing diversity in the society, coming into contact with various cultures and ideas also changes the religious view of the people.
