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queercakes: fuckyeahreligionpigeon: More so a Haiti reference, but let’s just face the inevitable future of Japan’s “disaster relief care packages” Or even worse, pray for them. Yeah, helpful. Thanks. Halfway relevant: Wikipedia/Religion in Japan: Most Japanese people do not exclusively identify themselves as adherents of a single religion; rather, they incorporate elements of various religions in a syncretic fashion known as shinbutsu shūgō. Shinbutsu shūgō officially ended with the Shinto and Buddhism Separation Order of 1886, but continues in practice. Shinto and Japanese Buddhism are therefore best understood not as two completely separate and competing faiths, but rather as a single, rather complex religious system. Japan grants full religious freedom, allowing minority religions such as Christianity, Islam and Sikhism to be practiced. Figures that state 84% to 96% of Japanese adhere to Shinto and Buddhism are not based on self-identification but come primarily from birth records, following a longstanding practice of officially associating a family line with a local Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. About 70% of Japanese profess no religious membership, according to Johnstone (1993:323), 84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion. And according to Demerath (2001:138), 64% do not believe in God, and 55% do not believe in Buddha. Japanese streets are decorated on Tanabata, Obon and Christmas. Wikipedia/Christianity in Japan: Christianity is a minority religion in Japan, with less than 1% and possibly less than one-half of one percent of the Japanese population claiming Christian belief or affiliation. Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodox Christianity are represented in Japan today, with no restrictions on evangelism.

queercakes:

fuckyeahreligionpigeon:

More so a Haiti reference, but let’s just face the inevitable future of Japan’s “disaster relief care packages”

Or even worse, pray for them. Yeah, helpful. Thanks.

Halfway relevant:

Wikipedia/Religion in Japan:

Most Japanese people do not exclusively identify themselves as adherents of a single religion; rather, they incorporate elements of various religions in a syncretic fashion known as shinbutsu shūgō. Shinbutsu shūgō officially ended with the Shinto and Buddhism Separation Order of 1886, but continues in practice. Shinto and Japanese Buddhism are therefore best understood not as two completely separate and competing faiths, but rather as a single, rather complex religious system.

Japan grants full religious freedom, allowing minority religions such as Christianity, Islam and Sikhism to be practiced. Figures that state 84% to 96% of Japanese adhere to Shinto and Buddhism are not based on self-identification but come primarily from birth records, following a longstanding practice of officially associating a family line with a local Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. About 70% of Japanese profess no religious membership, according to Johnstone (1993:323), 84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion. And according to Demerath (2001:138), 64% do not believe in God, and 55% do not believe in Buddha. Japanese streets are decorated on Tanabata, Obon and Christmas.

Wikipedia/Christianity in Japan:

Christianity is a minority religion in Japan, with less than 1% and possibly less than one-half of one percent of the Japanese population claiming Christian belief or affiliation. Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodox Christianity are represented in Japan today, with no restrictions on evangelism.

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    My house just got washed away by a big wave. I want people to…. PRAY FOR ME!
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    Halfway relevant: Wikipedia/Religion in Japan: Most Japanese people do not exclusively identify themselves as adherents...
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    ffs this. You are not helping by praying and “having them in your thoughts.”