The per capita income for the village was $18,389. About 5.5% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.
Shinto plays a ceremonial role in daily Japanese life as opposed to an important role. Why is the ceremonial assumed to be unimportant? Others might say that ritual and tradition are the heart of a culture, and the fact that even being a Christian can't dissuade your coworker from shrine worship is clear evidence of the importance of Shinto to Japanese culture.
Yes, religion plays a vital role in society and especially now. It is 2013 and this world is out of control. People need religion to come and comfort because that's what we will run back to when we lose our ways, our religion. Religion will make or break us.eligion has a tendency to ignore reality based findings and thus is a hindrance to the progress of modern societies. Religion may play a role in morality but it plays a bigger role in causing scientific and reality-based finding to be suppressed in favor of ideas that support church doctrine.