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   WataruTenkawa (watarutenkawa@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 09:53:38 JST WataruTenkawa

   This report claims 40% of Japanese believe in a "religion" but only 3% believe in God or other higher power, the lowest by far among the countries surveyed. #religion #Japan
   https://www.christiantoday.co.jp/articles/32605/20230804/ipsos-global-religion-2023.htm <-- Not to be confused with Christianity Today

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     WataruTenkawa (watarutenkawa@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 09:53:36 JST WataruTenkawa

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     @SRDas This seems quite reasonable to me, if by "pray" is meant "pray to a higher power." Many people have shrines to their ancestors in their homes, but these are not for praying to a god. Many people go to small neighborhood shrines, where they ask the "gods" in a Shinto sense for help with their business or personal needs. There are not many Christians in Japan, who would be the only ones to pray at home.

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     WataruTenkawa (watarutenkawa@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 09:53:37 JST WataruTenkawa

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     @SRDas Difficult to translate, no doubt. Which is why I still have an active career despite the rise of AI translation.

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     Das (srdas@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 09:53:37 JST Das

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     @WataruTenkawa the questions seemed off or skewed - not sure how much due to translation. But the results are also seem quite odd.
     Really?

     Minoru Saba repeated this.
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     Das (srdas@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 09:53:38 JST Das

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     @WataruTenkawa read through (translation) and idk everything seems off