mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Maybe to those who somehow believe atheism is a religion.
No, I don't believe atheism is a religion, But the rest of your worldview might be that.
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Maybe to those who somehow believe atheism is a religion.
Time to reform the House of Lords, certainly. Fixating on the Bishops misses the point entirely imo.
More than that, C of E bishops get positions in the House of Lords by virtue of their office.
Edit: but to answer your question, I think the problem of the monarch also being head of a church goes away completely if there is no monarch. Make the UK a republic (and get the Lords Spiritual out of Parliament) and the problem goes away.
Whether the C of E would want to keep Charles as their head after that is an internal issue for the Church to figure out on its own.
Funny how that works out. The US has a totally secular Constitution and a highly religious population.
England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals | Census | The Guardian
"The census revealed a 5.5 million drop in the number of Christians..."
"37.2% of people – 22.2 million – declared they had “no religion”, the second most common response after Christian." This is up from (IIRC) 25.4% 10-years ago
"The chief executive of Humanists UK, Andrew Copson, said: “One of the most striking things about these census results is how at odds the population is from the state itself. No state in Europe has such a religious set-up as we do in terms of law and public policy, while at the same time having such a non-religious population.”
I lived in the SF Bay Area for eleven years way back when ...Now I know that I live in a conurbation given the nature of the SF Bay Area
I was living in Windsor up north a bit in 1976. Memories.I lived in the SF Bay Area for eleven years way back when ...![]()
That sounds like the reason you voted Brexit.I think if the brown stuff hit the fan the census would be different,religion and tradition are intertwined in the UK as in many places in the world so I think there’s many fence sitters.
And what is this "higher power's" purpose? What does it do? How do you get it to do that? Because trying to answer those questions are what lead almost inexorably to religion.Just remember that many people who do not belong to a religion do believe in a higher power. So many people who rote 'no religion' do believe in a higher power. They belong to 'spiritual but not religious' group
I've been thinking about that. One big difference between the US and UK (and most of Europe): the US never had a civil war over religious differences. They haven't seen the full extent of what can happen when one part of society tries to push their religion on everyone.Funny how that works out. The US has a totally secular Constitution and a highly religious population.
That sounds like the reason you voted Brexit.
Based on absolutely no evidence and using the "there are no atheists in fax holes" argument
Is this a thinly veiled insinuation that Muslim migrants will forcefully convert the British? A common theme along the far right.
No, they haven't. At least not until recently. Remember that the US has been made up mostly of immigrants, many of them fleeing religious persecution. It is only in the last two or three generations that that memory has been lost.I've been thinking about that. One big difference between the US and UK (and most of Europe): the US never had a civil war over religious differences. They haven't seen the full extent of what can happen when one part of society tries to push their religion on everyone.
(And even though the English Civil War happened before the US split off, the US seems to have forgotten about pre-Revolution history)
Muslims will NOT forcefully convert the British. They won't have to. When they reach sufficient numbers (probably not for at least a couple of decades) they will simply gain control of the government through the democratic process and legislate sharia as the law of the land.
OK, a spalling error.A Fax,thing of the past like Brexit,I’m just pointing out that people will still get married baptised or buried via a religious ceremony so it’s not like cutting the apron strings for ever.
And what is this "higher power's" purpose? What does it do? How do you get it to do that? Because trying to answer those questions are what lead almost inexorably to religion.
Let's say that Britain becomes 100% atheistic.OK, a spalling error.
I didn't get married in a church, my children aren't baptised, I can't remember the last non-Humanist funeral I attended.
Humanist marriages out number christian ones in Scotland
Let's say that Britain becomes 100% atheistic.
What will happen to the churches and the cathedrals? Will be demolished?
Turned into flats, offices, land cleared for development. In my area the local CofE church that I used to attend has gone and is now houses. The main RC church has gone to be replaced by flats.Let's say that Britain becomes 100% atheistic.
What will happen to the churches and the cathedrals? Will they be demolished?
England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals | Census | The Guardian
"The census revealed a 5.5 million drop in the number of Christians..."
"37.2% of people – 22.2 million – declared they had “no religion”, the second most common response after Christian." This is up from (IIRC) 25.4% 10-years ago
"The chief executive of Humanists UK, Andrew Copson, said: “One of the most striking things about these census results is how at odds the population is from the state itself. No state in Europe has such a religious set-up as we do in terms of law and public policy, while at the same time having such a non-religious population.”