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Tangle
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Message 1 of 8 (903008)
11-29-2022 9:01 AM


There's a headline news article today here in the UK announcing that the UK is no longer a majority Christian country.
Less than half of England and Wales population Christian, Census 2021 shows - BBC News
Some part of this is due to a growth in other religions caused by immigration and their differential birth rates but the real cause is Christians no longer believing in Christianity.
This is mirrored across the Western world:
quote:
While most countries in the Western world were historically almost exclusively Christian, the post-World War II era has seen developed countries with modern, secular educational facilities shifting towards post-Christian, secular, globalized, multicultural and multifaith societies. While Christianity is currently the predominant religion in Latin America,[1] Europe,[2] Canada[3][4] and the United States,[5] the religion is declining in many of these areas, including Western Europe,[6][7] some countries of North America (including the United States),[8] and some countries in Oceania. A decline in Christianity among countries in Latin America's Southern Cone (in particular Chile and Uraguay) has also contributed to a rise in irreligion in Latin America.[9]
Decline of Christianity in the Western world - Wikipedia
As an atheist, I think that this is excellent news, the fewer people wasting their time and resources worshipping non-existent gods the better.
(And btw, as criminality is also declining, there is no associated decline in moral values; who knew!)
But do we have anything to lose?

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London. Olen Suomi Soy Barcelona. I am Ukraine.

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Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.


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Message 7 of 8 (903096)
12-04-2022 4:02 AM


The census results are about people self-identifying as Christian rather than practicing as Christian. I know a lot of people that would call themselves Christians but never attend church. In fact, in the UK church attendance is a very minority activity and is still in decline.
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Church attendance has declined from 6,484,300 to 3,081,500 (equivalent to a decline from 11.8% to 5.0% of the population).
England has the lowest percentage of the population attending church in 2015 (4.7%), just below Wales at 4.8%. In Scotland, the equivalent figure is 8.9%

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London. Olen Suomi Soy Barcelona. I am Ukraine.

"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.


  
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Message 8 of 8 (903124)
12-04-2022 2:54 PM


While we're on geewiz data it seems that there are now more atheists in the UK the church attenders.
quote:
Irreligion in the United Kingdom is somewhat less prevalent than in most of Europe, with about 8% indicating they are atheistic.[2] A third of Anglicans polled in a 2013 survey doubted the existence of God, while 15% of those with no religion believed in some higher power, and deemed themselves "spiritual" or even "religious."[3]
Irreligion in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London. Olen Suomi Soy Barcelona. I am Ukraine.

"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.


  
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