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I thought the same, but real life experience shows that in my country (Romania) there is an increase of religion with age, especially for women; in other words,
by AdrianB1 4y ago
I thought the same, but real life experience shows that in my country (Romania) there is an increase of religion with age, especially for women; in other words, most women start being religious when they age and these days most of the religious traditions are maintained and transmitted by old women. I know many women that were secular in their 20-30, become religious at 50 and are regular churchgoers at 70. My mother used to be a secular feminist engineer 40 years ago, she is none of these today.
As a country we were over 50% secular 30 years ago, the last census tells over 90% declared to be religious (census is wrong, but how wrong?).
- nwatson 4y agoWeren't churches a huge factor in deposing Ceausescu and an end to the Soviet influence, as well as the support of populace in hard times before the regime's fall? I'd imagine that would put religion in some favorable light in Romania in particular. https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/politics/church-and-revolution-in-ceausescus-romania/ https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/politics/chur... Edit: capitalization
- AdrianB1 4y agoNo, top priests were actually collaborationists. The anti-Ceausescu coup d'etat was done by a hard-left, atheist group (public face being Ion Iliescu).
- lenkite 4y agoThe classic adage: "If you are not a liberal when you are young, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative when you are old, you have no brain" :)
- mistrial9 4y agoRomania is an interesting case from a demographic point of view. Many, many factors at work in that very old part of the world.