Poll: Should Britain drop the "Christian Country" moniker?

Should Britain drop the "Christian Country" moniker?

  • Yes

    Votes: 94 52.2%

  • No

    Votes: 49 27.2%

  • I'd like a cup of tea please, milk, no sugar and a couple of digestive biscuits to dunk.

    Votes: 50 27.8%
  • Total voters
    180
Combat squirrel said:
As for Islam in the UK - its a non issue, no threat what so ever.
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I didn't say it was a threat in my post.

I was saying that as Christianity spirals down the void, in my opinion, will be filled by Islam.

To the question, I think Britain will be considered a Christian country until its not majority Christian.
 
It is pretty inaccurate to call the UK a Christian country these days imo. Only a very small majority identify as Christian (or a minority depending on the source of data, guess the census data will be the definitive source when it comes out). Most of them aren't particularly active in their faith though (eg in 2019 the CofE only counted 1.11 million regular worshipers).

Christianity isn't a key part of our laws or institutions (yes we have bishops in the Lords etc, but they aren't dominant in any way), and opinions on culture, society, or politics explicitly based in Christianity are pretty rare these days imo.

We've kept the Christian window-dressing (culture continues to celebrate very commercialised and non-religious versions of Christmas and Easter, head of state is the head of the CofE etc, people use 'God' and 'Jesus' as exclamations, etc), but fundamentally Christianity just isn't a big part of most people's lives.
 
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Yes, most people here are not religious thankfully. There is already enough rules to follow and we don't need a load of silly made up ones. Ten commandments, the first four are about worshipping an imaginary being and not very helpful in day to day life. There are so many things wrong with it. I don't want to have any slaves thank you, I personally don't think that's very nice. That's the problem with using bronze age instructions in a modern society.
 
So it looks like anyone getting support for another Holy War, in here at least, could be hard work then.... ;) Is a "Special Religious Operation" moniker less controversial, it seems popular in some regions at the moment? ;)
 
JonRGV250 said:
Can someone get combat squirrel a glass of soy milk and a copy of today’s guardian, the poor lamb seems a little stressed.
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Lol'd nearly spat out my quad long shot grande in a venti cup half calf double cupped no sleeve salted caramel vegan mocha latte with 2 shots of vanilla substitute 2 shots of white chocolate vegan mocha and substitute 2 shots of hazelnut for toffee nut half soy milk and half breve with no whipped cream extra hot extra foam extra caramel drizzle extra salt add a scoop of vanilla bean powder with light ice well stirred....
 
something daft already!! said:
Yes, most people here are not religious thankfully. There is already enough rules to follow and we don't need a load of silly made up ones. Ten commandments, the first four are about worshipping an imaginary being and not very helpful in day to day life. There are so many things wrong with it. I don't want to have any slaves thank you, I personally don't think that's very nice. That's the problem with using bronze age instructions in a modern society.
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All societal rules, based in religion or not, are 'made up' and, depending on your political beliefs, silly.
 
Mason- said:
All societal rules, based in religion or not, are 'made up' and, depending on your political beliefs, silly.
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Of course but legal laws has a basis in reality, in people and property and not in a lack of faith, unlike the Biblical ones. Our laws can be amended to reflect new information, the Bible is set in stone or a stone tablet.
 
BowdonUK said:
It won't be an irreligious country as another religion, likely Islam, will take its place.
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That will never happen on a month of Sundays. True, Islam has taken over other Christian countries before [e.g. what is now known as Turkey], but in order for that to happen in the UK we would be looking at either an ultra-right Islamic leader being vote in as PM, or a hostile takeoever by a similar figure resulting in the slaughter of thousands.

It's not going to happen.
 
Lysander said:
That will never happen on a month of Sundays. True, Islam has taken over other Christian countries before [e.g. what is now known as Turkey], but in order for that to happen in the UK we would be looking at either an ultra-right Islamic leader being vote in as PM, or a hostile takeoever by a similar figure resulting in the slaughter of thousands.

It's not going to happen.
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I wonder how many times in history phrases like "It's not going to happen" have been uttered only for the "impossible" to actually occur? Last collective "It's not going to happen" I read in here was Russia wasn't going to invade Ukraine ;)
 
not religious but rather we stayed as a Christian-based country with associated morals etc. The alternatives are repugnant.
 
something daft already!! said:
Figures from the British Social Attitudes survey showed 52% of people in the UK identified as non religious 38% identified as Christian, and 9% identified with other faiths.

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I'm going by the 2011 census rather than the "British Social Attitudes survey".

As reported on the CIA website [yes, that CIA]:

Religions​

Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.)
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United Kingdom - The World Factbook

www.cia.gov www.cia.gov
 
BowdonUK said:
It won't be an irreligious country as another religion, likely Islam, will take its place.
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When Christianity gets down to single percentage digits then Islam may pip it but at this point, with current data showing the population becoming irreligious year-on-year, those aligning with a religion will be in the minority, so I'm not sure it would really matter.
For Islam to take Christianises place, in it's current guise of 50/60% of the country aligning to Christianity, it would require an unrealistic event to occur, ie - mass conversion, proselytism or influx (tens of millions) of Islamic immigration or something wild like @Lysander described.
 
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