Nearly half of Maltese youths believe in God, but not necessarily in organised religion, a new survey has found. The split between belief and religion is a global phenomenon, said Rev. Prof. Paul Galea, Deputy Dean of the University’s Faculty of Theology. “In the local scenario it seems that religion is not being replaced by anything. This could reveal an existential vacuum. “There could be many explanations for this... the most important being a lack of interest in existential issues,” he said. The EY Generate Youth Survey, published on Friday, asked Gen-Zs (16- to 24-year-olds) and millennials (25 to 39) about various facets of their life, from their financial worries to their opinions on the country’s worsening environment. The survey also questioned the two age groups on their religious views and found a surprising contradiction in their theological positions. What the survey found Whether it is Gen-Zs (49 per cent) or their slightly older ‘millennial’ peers (46 per cent), just under half say that they believe in God. Roughly a third of both age groups firmly do not believe in a Creator while the rest (19 per cent for Gen-Zs and 17 per cent for millennials) are unsure of...
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