People in Northern ireland will get their children christened , but don’t go to mass or practice the religion. Kinda of a skewed stat. Northern Ireland is not religious, but it is sectarian if that makes sense.
Yeah that tracks. Anyone who’s been to Peterhead knows from experience that there can be no god.
Were the questions identical between the three different censuses? I’m always sceptical of comparisons on these sorts of subjective questions.
That’s interesting how there is with some exceptions such a difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK
A lot of English people put CofE as a default, Scotland’s CoS church never existed in the name over encompassing way.
Sectarianism put a lot of Scots off a religious identity. Though in NI the opposite happens, most people see themselves as belonging to one side or the other because it’s a proxy for nationality/ethnicity.
England has a lot more immigrants/minorities from socially conservative countries who tie their religion to their national/ethnic identity (similar in NI)
I thought this was ‘irregardless’ all over again for a minute..
“Aye but are you Catholic irreligious or Protestant irreligious?”
So why the tradition football rivalries
People are saying that the main thing this shows is an areas with high Muslim population
Thats only half right
It’s showing areas with high immigration.
Christianity isn’t universally on the decline in the UK, in some areas with high African immigration it is on the rise as they bring their religion with them
Is this the same data that was used in the “Faithless” post from earlier?
It is strange how Scotland has flipped, in my lifetime, from being the most religious country in the UK to being the least religious.
If not being religious is the norm, why do we need to be described as ‘irreligious’?
What’s interesting is how South Wales and Cardiff have the opposite trend to elsewhere. Are Christian/Muslim/Hindu immigrants not going to Cardiff?
This is going to be a huge underestimate. The amount of people I know who you ask what religion they are and they’ll say “Christian” but then you ask if they believe in God and Jesus they’ll say “no” 😂
interesting to see the Scottish map becoming darker the further away you get from Ireland.
Great to see religion on the decline in Scotland and people actually thinking for themselves rather than following some outdated made up nonsense.
Scots: There’s no god up here…other than me.
I’m surprised that I live in one of the most irreligious areas. We have a majority old population here and loads of old churches.
The fact that Scotland is so distinct from England and Wales makes me wonder if the result is due to differences in census methodology rather than belief.
Can’t be arsed doing it, but since the censuses are organised differently my first thought would be to check if the questions asked were different and look at how that may have influenced responses.
If people go down an irreligious rabbit hole could having no religion become a religion with rules and traditions?
Guranga everyone.
It would be interesting to know how many of those claiming affiliation to a religion have actually practiced it in the last few decades and how many just say “Christian” , or whatever, out of habit when asked because that’s how they were raised. Or as protective colouring. I know people that will do this when I know full well they have as little to do with their church as I, a rabid atheist, do.
the irony of northern Ireland being overtly religious because its an important part of their Scottish heritage while actual Scotland just copped on.
“Nae Gods and precious few heroes”
* Hamish Henderson
He was writing about the WW2 Libyan campaign but he looks increasingly prescient regarding Scotland shrugging off religious twaddle.
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I feel we need to send missionaries to the Western Isles to spread the word
Us East Coast Scotland Presbyterians really leading the way!
I would imagine this map (largely) corresponds to Muslim population distribution.
The Outer Hebrides being the exception.
I wonder if this is less to do with the decline of Christianity being greater in Scotland than it is to do with smaller increase of Islam/Hinduism etc
What the hell Inverclyde?!?
Links to the stats if anyone’s interested 🤓
https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotland-s-census-2022-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion/
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021#religion-in-england-and-wales
People in Northern ireland will get their children christened , but don’t go to mass or practice the religion. Kinda of a skewed stat. Northern Ireland is not religious, but it is sectarian if that makes sense.
Yeah that tracks. Anyone who’s been to Peterhead knows from experience that there can be no god.
Were the questions identical between the three different censuses? I’m always sceptical of comparisons on these sorts of subjective questions.
That’s interesting how there is with some exceptions such a difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK
A lot of English people put CofE as a default, Scotland’s CoS church never existed in the name over encompassing way.
Sectarianism put a lot of Scots off a religious identity. Though in NI the opposite happens, most people see themselves as belonging to one side or the other because it’s a proxy for nationality/ethnicity.
England has a lot more immigrants/minorities from socially conservative countries who tie their religion to their national/ethnic identity (similar in NI)
I thought this was ‘irregardless’ all over again for a minute..
“Aye but are you Catholic irreligious or Protestant irreligious?”
So why the tradition football rivalries
People are saying that the main thing this shows is an areas with high Muslim population
Thats only half right
It’s showing areas with high immigration.
Christianity isn’t universally on the decline in the UK, in some areas with high African immigration it is on the rise as they bring their religion with them
Is this the same data that was used in the “Faithless” post from earlier?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/s/YHmHShREYa
It is strange how Scotland has flipped, in my lifetime, from being the most religious country in the UK to being the least religious.
If not being religious is the norm, why do we need to be described as ‘irreligious’?
What’s interesting is how South Wales and Cardiff have the opposite trend to elsewhere. Are Christian/Muslim/Hindu immigrants not going to Cardiff?
This is going to be a huge underestimate. The amount of people I know who you ask what religion they are and they’ll say “Christian” but then you ask if they believe in God and Jesus they’ll say “no” 😂
interesting to see the Scottish map becoming darker the further away you get from Ireland.
Great to see religion on the decline in Scotland and people actually thinking for themselves rather than following some outdated made up nonsense.
Scots: There’s no god up here…other than me.
I’m surprised that I live in one of the most irreligious areas. We have a majority old population here and loads of old churches.
The fact that Scotland is so distinct from England and Wales makes me wonder if the result is due to differences in census methodology rather than belief.
Can’t be arsed doing it, but since the censuses are organised differently my first thought would be to check if the questions asked were different and look at how that may have influenced responses.
If people go down an irreligious rabbit hole could having no religion become a religion with rules and traditions?
Guranga everyone.
It would be interesting to know how many of those claiming affiliation to a religion have actually practiced it in the last few decades and how many just say “Christian” , or whatever, out of habit when asked because that’s how they were raised. Or as protective colouring. I know people that will do this when I know full well they have as little to do with their church as I, a rabid atheist, do.
the irony of northern Ireland being overtly religious because its an important part of their Scottish heritage while actual Scotland just copped on.
“Nae Gods and precious few heroes”
* Hamish Henderson
He was writing about the WW2 Libyan campaign but he looks increasingly prescient regarding Scotland shrugging off religious twaddle.