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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I think you’re greatly overestimating how many people are irreligious. In Canada, only 8 per cent of people say they’re atheist, and 5 per cent agnostic. 55 per cent of Canadians say religion is important to their lives, with 29 per cent saying it’s very important.
Don’t let your social circle or forums like this give you a false picture of the makeup of the general population.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...ion-in-canada/ |
From 1971 to 2011 the nonreligious grew ~4.5% per year from 4% of the population to 24%, and from the number you linked (29% in 2018) it looks like the trend has continued since then and if you break it out by age demographic you see an even more massive shift.
I would be quite surprised if within the millennial and Gen Z generations the amount of religious people wasn't well under 50%.
I accept that I probably surround myself with like minded people, but in my social group of mostly Millennials and Zs, the number of church attending religious people is functionally 0. There are a couple non-practicing members, as in they couldn't tell you the last time they went to church and don't own a bible, and don't follow the religion but they were baptized at birth so they're 'religious'