Religion
Many Goths reflect popular culture and are probably nominal or devout Christians. Atheism, Agnosticism, the New Age, Gnosticism, Shamanism, Wicca, other Neopagan traditions, and other minority faith groups are represented more frequently than in the general population.
Goths often wear Christian crosses or Christian crucifixes, which many regard as a pre-Christian religious symbol. Others wear New Age/ancient Egyptian Ankh symbols. Some do this as expression of their religious beliefs, some for satire, and others because they like their appearance.
Religion is frequently discussed on the Goth newsgroups. Many songs, band names and album titles have Christian themes.
The public incorrectly commonly associates Goths with Marilyn Manson. "Manson publicly presents himself as a follower of the Church of Satan Church of Satan
While there is no religious connection that binds together the goth subculture, the imaginary spiritual, supernatural and religion have played an important role in aesthetics, music and visual art.
In particular aesthetic elements from Catholicism play a major role in the Goth culture. The reasons for dressing with this imagery vary between individuals, and includes an expression of religious affiliation, satire, or simply decorative effect.
Goths are often stereotyped as Satanists. However, this is misleading, the true Gothic Satanists rarely has trends. The goth subculture contains a great diversity of religious and secular. Many Gothic seeking freedom from what they see as the limitations of traditional systems of religious belief and embrace secularism, or a New Age approach to spirituality. A large number of goths adhere to atheism or agnosticism. The interest in Wicca, Neopaganism, spiritualism and the occult among the Gothic seems to be greater than in the rest of the people. However, many world religions are Gothic and Christianity-Catholic Christianity, Protestant, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and others.
