Contrary to the general public, new surveys have revealed that young people are less likely to accept atheism than the elders. According to OnePoll survey, 13 % of adults aged 18 to 24 in the UK believe that they are an atheist. – This percentage is lower than the adults of all other age groups, including those aged 25 to 44 and 65 years old, and about 20 % of them are self -proclaimed. Atheist。
In addition, adults aged 18 to 24 are more likely to say that they are spiritual than any other age group, and 62 % have adopted their labels. This figure exceeds the percentage of 65 years or older (35 %), 55-64 years old (36 %), and 35 to 44 years old (52 %).
The Daily Mail reported the survey with the headline that “God is back to the Z generation.” It included an interview with 10,000 people.
This data does not mean young people Hugging openly Christianity – in At least not yet. But it indicates that they are more open to religion than the elders.
Freya Stewart Williams from London is 20 years old One of them Open to spirituality. She grew up in a Christian home and felt that God was “I don't want to believe,” but she still had the feeling that something was there. Times。
She used to work at the “Crystal” shop.
“The main layers are [of customers] She were people in their early twenties, “she said. “We have classified ourselves as” spiritual shops “. The rise of Tiktok and social media has shown a big trend for Tiktok in the first rock down. This generation talked about mental health and everyone. I think that the openness of accepting a different mental state is a major driving force for people to open to spirituality. “
Of the 10,000 investigations, 54 % answered that 27 percent were atheist, and 6 % were Muslims.
But British data does not match US data. In the United States, the elderly are generally more religious than the younger generation. 2023 gallap investigationFor example, it turns out that 87 percent of adults over 65 years old think themselves as follows: Either It is religious or mentally compared to 73 % of adults aged 18 to 29 years old.
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