Religious belief dropping in UK

[Streetwalker]

And so they shoot themeselves in the foot again 

A culture war is brewing over God's pronouns as Church considers gender neutral language (inews.co.uk)

No longer Our Father but our erm .... nota clue . I thought the whole point of it was the Holy Trinity , Father ,Son and Holy Ghost .

So hows that going to go now ?

[Streetwalker]

I dont think its dropping but its like politics , there is nobody out there that talks any sense .  

[johnofgwent]

I'd be interested to see Scotland's figures

The 1950s shops act which banned sunday trading was thought to be a totally pointless in Scotland where it was felt the Scottish Presbyterian tradition as depicted in Chariots of Fire would never in a millennium allow the worship of mammon on the sabbath.

As a result of this insane belief in religion, the bells on the tills in Princes Street drowned out the Kirk. I was there to hear it in the late 70s when England and wales had B&Q opening to sell paint as you could legally paint your caravan on a Sunday and no need for Lee Marvin to croon about it.

[T00ts]

Posted in wrong thread

[patman post]

• The religion question is voluntary; 94.0% (56.0 million) of usual residents answered the question in 2021, an increase from 92.9% (52.1 million) in 2011.
• For the first time in a census of England and Wales, less than half of the population (46.2%, 27.5 million people) described themselves as "Christian", a 13.1 percentage point decrease from 59.3% (33.3 million) in 2011; despite this decrease, "Christian" remained the most common response to the religion question.
• "No religion" was the second most common response, increasing by 12.0 percentage points to 37.2% (22.2 million) from 25.2% (14.1 million) in 2011.
• There were increases in the number of people who described themselves as "Muslim" (3.9 million, 6.5% in 2021, up from 2.7 million, 4.9% in 2011) and "Hindu" (1.0 million, 1.7% in 2021, up from 818,000, 1.5% in 2011).
• Wales had a greater decrease in people reporting their religion as "Christian" (14.0 percentage point decrease, from 57.6% in 2011 to 43.6% in 2021) and increase in "No religion" (14.5 percentage point increase, from 32.1% in 2011 to 46.5% in 2021) compared with England and Wales overall.
• London remains the most religiously diverse region of England in 2021, with over a quarter (25.3%) of all usual residents reporting a religion other than "Christian"; the North East and South West are the least religiously diverse regions, with 4.2% and 3.2%, respectively, selecting a religion other than "Christian".

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021

Not sure what to make of this — be disappointed that so many people still believe in magic, or be pleased that more people are reporting "No religion".

Of course there's always the concern of religion being replaced by more harmful beliefs...