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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Given the confluence of weeb culture and the alt-right (think incels and “traditionalists” with anime avatars, right-wing gamers pointing to Japan as a high-tech conservative utopia untouched by wokeness and such), it was inevitable that sooner or later someone would try to imagine a Japan that goes to Latin Mass.

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[–] webpack@ani.social 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (12 children)

correlation is not causation, the reason why they have less murders is probably not Christianity (for example they have way stricter gun control)

edit: after rereading the post I don't think the other person is tryng to argue that Christianity is causing murder and whatnot, so ignore above paragraph

also wouldn't it make complete sense for Japan to have way less Christians since they were isolated for so long and have their own religious beliefs

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago

Also, Christianity was banned for quite awhile.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Japan also has a terrifyingly high conviction rate, something those Christians would cream themselves over.

[–] KatakiY@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you measure the us conviction rate the same way the commonly quoted 99% conviction rate in Japan is calculated ours is actually higher.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate scroll down to the Japan entry for the source. Sorry don't know how to link it directly lol

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Japan is just gaming the numbers here. Both with the conviction rate and with the homeless ratio.

https://www.examiner.org.hk/2025/01/17/the-invisible-homeless-in-japan/features/

According to this link, if you apply western metrics, Japan would have between 100k and 200k homeless. Which would mean Japan has 81.2-162.4 homeless per 100k inhabitants, while the USA has 221.7.

That would make Japan a bit better than the USA, but it's not that much of a difference any more.

[–] MrWildBunnycat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Something something corellation, causation

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