Nobody seems to take into account the hundreds of thousands of people with no religious interests whatsoever who automatically think they should christen babies/marry in church/ have religious funerals simply because they think it's the right thing to do.
Why? because it'd drummed into them from an early age, they have never given it any thought that it might indeed by hogwash. They see it on TV , the royals etc all attending church, the dead soldiers returning from Afghanistan with a priest walking in front of the hearse.
You get songs of praise on TV, would they give an anti religion programme a weekly slot ?? no, because they would say it's discriminating against religion or some other similar excuse.
Everything is conveniently biased in favour of religion & has been for centuries, places of worship & clergy residencies can even be exempt from Council tax, is that fair on non religious groups who hold weekly meetings of one sort or another, perhaps in a disused church converted for a different use but now is liable for business rate council tax ??
##in England and Wales the church must be the owner of the dwelling. There is an exception for Church of England ministers where the property can be owned by the minister and the minister will still not be liable for the council tax.## Why is this ??
Why? because it'd drummed into them from an early age, they have never given it any thought that it might indeed by hogwash. They see it on TV , the royals etc all attending church, the dead soldiers returning from Afghanistan with a priest walking in front of the hearse.
You get songs of praise on TV, would they give an anti religion programme a weekly slot ?? no, because they would say it's discriminating against religion or some other similar excuse.
Everything is conveniently biased in favour of religion & has been for centuries, places of worship & clergy residencies can even be exempt from Council tax, is that fair on non religious groups who hold weekly meetings of one sort or another, perhaps in a disused church converted for a different use but now is liable for business rate council tax ??
##in England and Wales the church must be the owner of the dwelling. There is an exception for Church of England ministers where the property can be owned by the minister and the minister will still not be liable for the council tax.## Why is this ??