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How much is religion a part of your culture?

Not asking if you're religious, but in your society or community how much does religion play a part of your traditions or art or culture?

For example, Christmas is a celebration but it is a religious celebration unlike Halloween or Thanksgiving. Do you have interesting traditions in your community that you enjoy celebrating?
BlueVeins · 22-25
Secularism is part of my society's culture. Therefore, we'd be just peachy without any religion at all. Religion is very influential, but it's not at all important.
helenS · 36-40, F
Where I live, public culture used to be dominated by the Catholic Church, in the past, with religious processions, "holy" water, superstition, priests surveilling the "morals" of the people, illegitimate children are a sin, and so on.
Today, people younger than 50 couldn't care less, fortunately.
Mooncalf · 100+, M
The short answer is that there is no culture without some form of religion. As for my country and my day to day life, I can't separate my experience as an American from Christianity ideologically speaking because so much of American culture owes it's existence to Christianity from an ideological standpoint.

Unfortunately many people seem to be completely ignorant of this, for instance the concept of innocent until proven guilty, the concept of inalienable rights etc. I say it's unfortunate because people tend to be like water in that they naturally seek the lowest ground of understanding because it's easier to get there but by doing so often end up in a puddle mistaking it for the ocean.
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Pfuzylogic · M
Fyi both Halloween and Thanksgiving are derived by the Christian Church.
Halloween is the evening before All Saints Day for the Catholic Church.
conscienceforsale · 46-50, M
@Pfuzylogic oh thanks for this. It's not a part of my culture. I know little about this. I might have misrepresented
helenS · 36-40, F
@Pfuzylogic Yes, Halloween is a somewhat corrupted contraction of "All Hallows' evening"
SW-User
Majorly a part of it
I mainly enjoy Holi - festival of colours.
It's celebrated because a day before we have a bonfire that signifies victory of good over evil
And next day we celebrate by throwing colours

It isn't. Spirituality however, is a large part of my culture.
America is a little crazy when it comes to religion. A dominant and vocal social and political subset asserts that America is a Christian nation and intended to be a theocracy, while the historical record, and biographical details of the founding fathers, shows quite the opposite. Then we see religious adherence on the decline, religious illiteracy at quite high levels, and a dissonance between religious confession and participation. Not to mention between confession and divorce, porn consumption, premarital sex, and so on.

Where I am the culture is to go to one’s church on Sunday, Bible study during the week. Observance on Easter and Christmas. Where I grew up the dominant denominations were different flavors of Catholicism, Lutherans, and there were more ways to participate. And each observance had more stuff.
New Jersey isn’t a very religious state. Having now dated someone from the Bible Belt, I realize that (he’s an atheist- I would never date a Christian). We are like 30% religious at most. I never see religious festivals, art, culture etc here.
That sort of varies. On my Mum’s side very… and on my Da’s side… it’s more of a spirituality kind of thing.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
Jesus has been shoved down our throats
Jimmy2016 · 61-69, M
🤔............0%..........Can't stand Christmas...........
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
Way too much.
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conscienceforsale · 46-50, M
@SW-User did you automatically assume I'm American? I might have misunderstood Halloween and it's tradition. Would love to know more though. Halloween isn't a part of my country or culture.
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conscienceforsale · 46-50, M
@SW-User I do have very little knowledge of religion. Specially when it is not of my culture.
ABCDEF7 · M
You can easily count how many we have in a year.

https://www.drikpanchang.com/calendars/hindu/hinducalendar.html
TheLordOfHell · 41-45
I don't celebrate the religious aspects of anything, really. The togetherness of the holidays are nice, tho
Since you're bringing Christmas into it, this is one of the most politically correct places on the planet. That should give you a pretty good idea

 
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