Such encouraging news. Christians becoming a minority in Europe, these are historic times we’re living in. The middle of this century should be dope in this regard, I hope I live to see it.
>UK now among least religious countries in the world
For comparison, the 2021 census in Estonia showed 58.4% non-religious (66.9% if undeclared were removed) and a whopping 70.9% non-religious for ethnic Estonians (80.5% if undeclared were removed).
Imagine standing in the canned soups aisle in Tesco thursday evening thinking there’s a God.
Amazing what having a state religion can do.
I grew up in bristol, school in london, studied in the midlands, lived in scotland and now work in london – anecdotally, 9 out of the 10 ‘religious’ people I met were always non-Christians; Jews, Muslims and Sikhs and Hindus. Irreligiousity in this context is just the decline in practice of Christianity, regardless of sect. A lot of churches serve more of a community-civic role and duty than a religious one, catering the homeless, alcoholics etc, who use the services provided as a form of recovery/betterment but not in the spiritual sense.
The fall in nationwide religiosity characterised by changes in one religion over the other will lead to, and has led to a complicated society, where a Christian country officially will openly disparage their own supposed beliefs (or abandoned ones) and is socially acceptable, as the masses abandon Christianity as a life guider, meanwhile other religions exist in the midst of this supposed irreligious society, and protest outside of primary schools that their kids are being indoctrinated by progressivism (LGBT school protests by Muslim parents).
This is why people who criticise France’s handling of religion lack the perspective needed for dealing with notions of secularity and the nuances of state-sanctioned vs the people’s attitude. How does a state navigate a seemingly irreligious majority population with pockets of heavily religious minority, during policy making? Will attitudes and actions towards religion in policy favour some over the other?
The bizarre thing is the technically speaking the UK is a theocracy, with the Church being guaranteed seats at the House of Lords.
They have little power in practice, but it’s nevertheless outrageous.
Yet there’s a certain part of the UK where religion forms the identity of the majority of people….
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Such encouraging news. Christians becoming a minority in Europe, these are historic times we’re living in. The middle of this century should be dope in this regard, I hope I live to see it.
>UK now among least religious countries in the world
For comparison, the 2021 census in Estonia showed 58.4% non-religious (66.9% if undeclared were removed) and a whopping 70.9% non-religious for ethnic Estonians (80.5% if undeclared were removed).
Imagine standing in the canned soups aisle in Tesco thursday evening thinking there’s a God.
Amazing what having a state religion can do.
I grew up in bristol, school in london, studied in the midlands, lived in scotland and now work in london – anecdotally, 9 out of the 10 ‘religious’ people I met were always non-Christians; Jews, Muslims and Sikhs and Hindus. Irreligiousity in this context is just the decline in practice of Christianity, regardless of sect. A lot of churches serve more of a community-civic role and duty than a religious one, catering the homeless, alcoholics etc, who use the services provided as a form of recovery/betterment but not in the spiritual sense.
The fall in nationwide religiosity characterised by changes in one religion over the other will lead to, and has led to a complicated society, where a Christian country officially will openly disparage their own supposed beliefs (or abandoned ones) and is socially acceptable, as the masses abandon Christianity as a life guider, meanwhile other religions exist in the midst of this supposed irreligious society, and protest outside of primary schools that their kids are being indoctrinated by progressivism (LGBT school protests by Muslim parents).
This is why people who criticise France’s handling of religion lack the perspective needed for dealing with notions of secularity and the nuances of state-sanctioned vs the people’s attitude. How does a state navigate a seemingly irreligious majority population with pockets of heavily religious minority, during policy making? Will attitudes and actions towards religion in policy favour some over the other?
The bizarre thing is the technically speaking the UK is a theocracy, with the Church being guaranteed seats at the House of Lords.
They have little power in practice, but it’s nevertheless outrageous.
Yet there’s a certain part of the UK where religion forms the identity of the majority of people….