Are all Japanese people Buddhist?

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#1 SaintWalrus
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Isn't it the national religion over there

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rofl :3 no.
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#4 Shadowchronicle
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Isn't it the national religion over there

SaintWalrus
Shinto, but they do have buddhism over there. Their religion is kind of a mix between buddhism and shintoism. But no not all people are buddhists there. :|
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#5 sexyweapons
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Shinto Buddhism,is their national religion but not everybody is religious

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Yes, and they have a warehouse for storing their surplus of exclamation points.

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#7 markop2003
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No the state religion of Japan is Dragonball Z
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Are all Americans Christian and are all Europeans Atheist?

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#9 invisibletearsx
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lol. I know a few that aren't.

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#10 Nengo_Flow
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There are more Japanese people who follow Shinto, than Buddhism. There is also a small portion who are Christian
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#11 Nengo_Flow
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No the state religion of Japan is Dragonball Zmarkop2003
Forget everything I just said.... This man speaks the Truth!
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#12 PolygonBust
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No the state religion of Japan is Dragonball Zmarkop2003

lmfao

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No the state religion of Japan is Dragonball Zmarkop2003
Pokemon done a jihad on DBZ.
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#14 MattDistillery
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Acording to Google 84% claim no personal religion and 64% do not believe in any god.

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#15 Pirate700
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Acording to Google 84% claim no personal religion and 64% do not believe in any god.

MattDistillery

Odd...according to Wiki 83% of Japanese practice Shinto.

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This.

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#17 Xx_Socrates_xX
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A few years ago somebody in our school had a Japanese exchange student and he was an Atheist.

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#18 Vader993
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[QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

Acording to Google 84% claim no personal religion and 64% do not believe in any god.

Pirate700

Odd...according to Wiki 83% of Japanese practice Shinto.

Japanese might see shintoism more of a cultural thing than a religion.

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#19 Shadowchronicle
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Japanese might see shintoism more of a cultural thing than a religion.Vader993
Yeah its more of a culture kind of thing over there.
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#20 MattDistillery
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[QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

Acording to Google 84% claim no personal religion and 64% do not believe in any god.

Pirate700

Odd...according to Wiki 83% of Japanese practice Shinto.


Numbers based on Birth records, Theres a certain element of cultural aswell I mean for a 83% shinto country 50% of weddings are chrisitan based white weddings and most funerals are buddhist. For example I call myself protestant when asked in Ireland because there asking which of the islands two cultures I come from the Orange or the Green and will have that type of wedding and funeral.
My firewall doesn't let me use links on this site but if you click on afew of the top google links after typing "Religion in Japan" its fairly evident that around 70% simply believe in nothing.

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#21 kuraimen
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The majority are buddhist but there are also shintoists and even christians!
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#22 Mr_Cumberdale
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Not everyone is. My mom is a Christian, and so are my grandparents. My mom also has a friend who became a Christian.
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#23 Nengo_Flow
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[QUOTE="Vader993"]Japanese might see shintoism more of a cultural thing than a religion.shadowchronicle
Yeah its more of a culture kind of thing over there.

well yeah Shintoism and Buddhism, and as well as Daoism and Confucianism arent really religions. There are more of a way of life
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#24 NiKva
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Are all Americans Baptist?
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#25 SaintWalrus
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Are all Americans Baptist?NiKva
Maybe the south...
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Totally random, but what show/film is this picture from? It looks vaguely familiar.

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Are all Americans Christian and are all Europeans Atheist?

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Atheism is minority in Europe...

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#28 Elann2008
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It was like this co-worker asked me yesterday... Are Japanese people still Ninjas and Samurais? Does Thailand (thai people) have ninjas and samurais..? If not, what do they have? This was a 35-year-old man asking me... I was like wtf are you on...?

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#29 Zeviander
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The adage goes like this: A Japanese person is Shinto in life, a Christian at marriage, and a Zen Buddhist in death. For most Japanese people, religion is mostly a cultural pastime rather than a belief system.
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#30 lpjazzman220
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shiinto-buddhism and christianity...tho the majority of japan are atheist/agnostic

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#31 sayyy-gaa
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Are all Americans Christian and are all Europeans Atheist?

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What he said.