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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
All religions have some form of ritual and regular worship if you are a believer, buying a crystal and calling yourself wicken isnt really being religious which is kind of my point, mamy many people like to call themselves something but in practise only a very small portion actually do any of the things that which ever faith they claim requires.
All I am trying to point out is that people claiming to be of a faith is massively different from the tiny portion of them that actually practise the faith they claim, Canada is a nation of agnostics mostly.
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Tiny proportion? 29 per cent of Canadians pray daily, while only 36 per cent never pray, and only 25 per cent never go to church.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...ion-in-canada/
Canadians who think religion should play no public role in public life at all are a small minority - 25 per cent according to Angus Reid. Another 26 per cent feel it should not play much of a role, while 49 believe it should play some or a major role in public life.
When we look at new Canadians, 64 per cent feel religion should play some or a major role in Canadian life. 63 per cent of new Canadians say they relied on religious communities to form a network when they arrived in the country, with half receiving material support from religious organizations.
https://angusreid.org/faith-canada-immigration/
Which is why I’m skeptical religion will die off in Canada, like some here hope. With most of Canada’s population growth coming from immigration, and most new Canadians (including second generation) considerably more religious than the existing population, the steep declines of recent decades are likely to level off.
Finally, the number of Canadians who say the overall contribution of religious faith and communities on Canada is mostly or all negative is 14 per cent. It simply is not a widely shared belief.