England and Wales, formerly Christian countries

[IT Minion]

Census data has been released at last. For the first time less than half the country (46%, down from 59%) claims to be Christians.

Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics

The religion of usual residents and household religious composition in England and Wales, Census 2021 data.

www.ons.gov.uk

So, who wants to bet that the next census would see Atheists as the largest group? (Up to 37% from 25%)

 

[Odds]

The story from TheMirror.co.uk also cites a 5% fall in people identifying as 'white' (caucasian) in the past decade.

The proportion of people describing themselves as Muslim is up from 4.9% to 6.5%; and Hindu by 0.2%...so if Nationalists are right then y'all know what to tell the wife tonight - after the match, of course: "lie back and think of England"

 

[^woody^]

And yet we all want Christmas and Easter off, and the blokes will be out frantically buying presents on 24th Dec.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Yes indeed. Isn't hypocrisy wonderful! Anyway, I don't do Christmas for myself. No! It's for the kids, isn't it?

 

[IT Minion]

Who cares about Easter?

 

[IT Minion]

The story from TheMirror.co.uk also cites a 5% fall in people identifying as 'white' (caucasian) in the past decade.

The proportion of people describing themselves as Muslim is up from 4.9% to 6.5%; and Hindu by 0.2%...so if Nationalists are right then y'all know what to tell the wife tonight - after the match, of course: "lie back and think of England"

I suppose the question should be: why is Islam so much better than Christianity? After all it's growing while Christianity shrinks.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Easter eggs? Easter bunny? Have you no soul @IT Minion ? (Hold on, as an atheist how could you?) And Andy worries about Islam - maybe he should worry more about atheism.

So just when is the next saint's day? 30th November - Andrew the Apostle. Think I'll take the day off to celebrate

 

[IT Minion]

Easter eggs? Easter bunny? Have you no soul @IT Minion ? (Hold on, as an atheist how could you?) And Andy worries about Islam - maybe he should worry more about atheism.

So just when is the next saint's day? 30th November - Andrew the Apostle. Think I'll take the day off to celebrate

I am a firm believer in Chocolate. Even expensive chocolate in silly shapes.

I believe in the Easter bunny as much as I do Jesus Christ. Which is to say I'll smile and nod along whenever a someone tells me they are real, then remember not to let them near sharp implements.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Let's be honest, what % of the population think about the 'true meaning' of things like Christmas and Easter? Surely for most these days, they're simply looked on as holiday time, when you buy/receive presents and choc eggs. As with most things, they've been commercialised.

To the OP, I think it would be very interesting to come back 50, 75 and 100 years from now to see what the UK is like in terms of the 4 nations, socioeconomically and demographically.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

The true meaning of Christmas? Wasn't Cristmas really a pagan festival (of the mid winter solstice) which was appropriated by the early Christian church?

In which case Happy Midwinter Solstice, or Merry Winterval as they say in Brum

 

[johnny2007]

The true meaning of Christmas? Wasn't Cristmas really a pagan festival (of the mid winter solstice) which was appropriated by the early Christian church?

In which case Happy Midwinter Solstice, or Merry Winterval as they say in Brum

Yes, you're right.
Many Christian festivals are celebrated on days that were already celebrated by other religions/cultures.
Nothing wrong with it.

 

[securespark]

Christmas is made up.
If there was a JC, he wasn't born on 25 December.

 

[Pat ex]

Christmas is made up.
If there was a JC, he wasn't born on 25 December.

If he was, it was a lucky fluke that he was born on Christmas day.

 

[Pat ex]

It's just that most of the illegals and all the others coming here by stealth (husbands/wives/kids/parents/grandparents/the bloke from the village/his friend/his friends' friend etc) are from Muslim countries.

[/QUOTE]
They're all legitimate immigrants. The same as students, all legitimate immigrants. Yet the Government choose to blame the minority of refugees for all the Governments failures.

As none of them are leaving, it can only go up.

Ah, well, if they're not leaving, and staying here for ever and ever, then it's no wonder that everyone is converting to Islam.

 

[Pat ex]

I suspect part of the result of fewer Christians can be accounted for by the number of people that do not default to Christian when asked for their religion.
Maybe not so much now, but way back when, if, when asked for your religion, and you shrugged your shoulders and looked perplexed, the questionner would suggest you respond with 'Christian'.
Now that is far less likely to happen and a genuine response of 'no religion' would be entered.
So people are becoming more comfortable with recording a 'no specific religion'.