I had no idea there was a stigma against atheism in Canada. I'm so used to thinking of it as a Western European country dropped on the American continent, I assumed the treatment of religion was much the same.
Here in Korea I don't think young people care about religion, and in fact there's a bit of an anti-Christian sentiment due to corruption and abuse by Protestant churches. There's an interesting situation here where mainline Protestantism is associated with right-wing politics and Catholicicsm with the left, so young liberal people tend to view Catholicism more favorably especially with the new Pope. The Catholics I know are more liberal than I am. A lot of the older set are much more devout in their respective religions, though, so I'm not vocal about my belief (or lack thereof) IRL. Especially not with my dad, oh hell no.
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Date: 2014-01-15 05:06 am (UTC)Here in Korea I don't think young people care about religion, and in fact there's a bit of an anti-Christian sentiment due to corruption and abuse by Protestant churches. There's an interesting situation here where mainline Protestantism is associated with right-wing politics and Catholicicsm with the left, so young liberal people tend to view Catholicism more favorably especially with the new Pope. The Catholics I know are more liberal than I am. A lot of the older set are much more devout in their respective religions, though, so I'm not vocal about my belief (or lack thereof) IRL. Especially not with my dad, oh hell no.