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Only 30 percent of the respondents do not think that their religious tradition is not
superstitious while 36 percent do think so (see Figure 2.17). Therefore, more respondents

perceive their religious practices and traditions such as teachings and rituals as untrue and
34 percent of the respondents are not denying that they have such thoughts too.

40.00%

34.00%
35.00%
30.00%
25.00%
25.00% 22.50%

20.00%
Total
15.00%
11.00%
10.00% 7.50%

5.00%

0.00%
Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
disagree

Figure 2.17. Percentage of respondents who think that their religious traditions are

superstitious.

However, fewer respondents are perceiving their religion as being out of date. As shown in
Figure 2.18, 50 percent of the respondents perceive their religion as not out of date. To them,

their religious teachings and rituals are still relevant though they may have doubted the
traditions' dependability and soundness. Nonetheless, findings also show that the other 50

percent may think or really think that their religion’s traditions are out of date. As such they
do not see their religion as relevant anymore.

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