I am allergic to crapThis a better way for a society to evolve and mature. There's no maturity and logic in looking at the friend in the sky, rather help the poor, support the one in need, and feed a hungry soul.
Good for China.
I don't know what @Zarvan will say to it.
China Ranks Last in Importance of Religion, Research Shows
By Ruth Wang
on January 15, 2016 02:01 AM
A new report released by Pew Research Survey of Global Countries on Importance of Religions, lists out the attitudes of "the importance of religion in life" among over ten nations. It says Ethiopia is the most religious for 98% of them think religion is very important in their lives. China ranks in the bottom with the number of 3%.
The rest of the top ten nations in the following are respectively:
Uganda(94%)
Pakistan(93%)
Burk. Faso(92%)
Tanz.(90%)
Ghana(90%)
Nigeria(88%)
Phillippines(87%)
The global median is 55% and above the median are basically African nations and Indonesia, Pakistan, Phillippines, Malaysia, India in Asia-Pacific, Jordan and Brazil.
The western countries are below the median as US has 53%, Canada 27%, Italy, Germany, Spain and UK all 21%. Both Russia and South Korea shares 19%, Japan 11%.
China ranks in the bottom as 3%, meaning only 3% of Chinese respondents think religion is very important in their lives.
The report mentions that for most nations, the ratio shows a negative relationship with GDP per person meaning that more religious nations are poorer. But surprisingly China and US deviate from this rule the farthest.
redit: Pew Research Center
Last year a survey of UK published the similar result in which Tailand was the top religious while China was at the bottom (7%) in the ranking.
China Ranks Last in Importance of Religion, Research Shows
That is Spiritual Capitalistic, that is told in parable of the world capitalistic.
The success of revolution industry and American industry during 18th and 19th centuries are more because on work ethic and hard working spirit teaching in Christianity.
Protestant work ethic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Protestant work ethic (or the Puritan work ethic) is a concept in theology, sociology, economics and history which emphasizes that hard work, discipline and frugality[1] are a result of a person's salvation in the Protestant faith, particularly in Calvinism, in contrast to the focus upon religious attendance, confession, and ceremonial sacrament in the Catholic tradition.
The Protestant work ethic is often credited with helping to define the societies of Northern Europe, such as Scandinavia, Latvia, Estonia, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Germanic immigrants brought their work ethic to the United States of America. As such a person doesn't need to be religious in order to follow the Protestant work ethic, as it's a part of certain cultures.
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American Political History
Writer Frank Chodorov argued that the Protestant ethic was long considered indispensable for American political figures:
There was a time, in these United States, when a candidate for public office could qualify with the electorate only by fixing his birthplace in or near the "log cabin." He may have acquired a competence, or even a fortune, since then, but it was in the tradition that he must have been born of poor parents and made his way up the ladder by sheer ability, self-reliance, and perseverance in the face of hardship. In short, he had to be "self made." The so-called Protestant Ethic then prevalent held that man was a sturdy and responsible individual, responsible to himself, his society, and his God. Anybody who could not measure up to that standard could not qualify for public office or even popular respect. One who was born "with a silver spoon in his mouth" might be envied, but he could not aspire to public acclaim; he had to live out his life in the seclusion of his own class
Protestant work ethic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The opium that has brought Europe into renaissance, and USA into superpower like this
That is called ABUSE of a religion, which is in fact contrary to the religion teaching itself.
Corruption, greed, abuse all are human lust. Human with their lust could use / abuse religion. It is not the fault of the religion, but it is the fault of human lust.
Instead, idea from eastern christian and muslim world was mentioned there 
To me, the newer, the better.
You don't really have to loot the house while it is on fire. You could create the only firefighting squad in town and blackmail the owner to sell the house cheap when it is on fire. I believe a smart Roman invented this way of getting rich fast.
The longer it has been, the more likely it will stay. But religion isn't antique. Its value doesn't lie with how old it is. To a religious person, the value of religion is how well he can get into the essence of it and benefit from it. The newer the religion is, the more likely its essence has some left in people's mind, instead of being buried in years of "tradition".
