Some prior studies also have found linkages between religious behavior and better health outcomes, though the reasons for this are debated. We all feel the oppressive presence of rules, both written and unwritten its practically a rule of life. Have humans evolved beyond nature and do we even need it? Far fewer say that attending religious services (35%), dressing modestly (26%), working to protect the environment (22%) or resting on the Sabbath (18%) are essential to what being Christian means to them, personally. Religion is a world-wide phenomenon that has stimulated good, healthy, moral behavior. there will be no corruption in the churches. Indeed, a game with no rules is no game at all. There's no unity 2. The survey posed similar questions to members of non-Christian faiths and religiously unaffiliated Americans (sometimes called religious nones), asking whether various behaviors are essential to what being a moral person means to you.4Among the unaffiliated, honesty (58%) and gratitude (53%) are the attributes most commonly seen as essential to being a moral person. It creates a belief system so strong that people are blindly devoted to it. Even the ancient societies based their worldviews on religion. generation? The gap between younger and older Muslims in the average country is 3 percentage points, with 76% of those under 40 and 79% of those ages 40 and older saying that religion is very important. For more details, see . It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. In recent years, religious leaders across a wide range of faiths have urged followers to put their religious beliefs into practice through everyday behaviors such as consumer choices, environmentalism, hospitality, charity, honesty, forgiveness and healthy living. Belief in God, love of Jesus, prayer, and Bible study -- these things are clearly not required for a country to be happy and prosperous. there will be no corruption in the churches. On March 15, 2019, terrible news shunned the whole world. Depends on whom you ask -- and the question you ask them. But the Pew Research Center survey, which offered respondents the explicit option to identify with folk religions, found a more substantial share (12% total) in the folk religion category. And then there's "rule-creep": rules just keep being added and extended, so that our individual liberty is increasingly curtailed. Do we really need all these rules, why should I follow them and what would happen if we all ignored them?" people in the world can now experience peace in their lives. Contemporary Denmark is indeed one of the least religious countries in the world, and possibly in the history of the world. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. How Politics Replaced Religion in America - The Atlantic The people of the so-called higher class and caste completely control the economic aspect of religion. And many would argue it is all the more powerful for it: Consider, too, how rules are the essence of sport, games and puzzles even when their entire purpose is supposedly fun. Not only does religion turn people against each other on the basis that they dont believe in each others ideologies, but it also hinders scientific developments and successes.