37% of Brits are Atheists or Aggies ?

by wobble 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  wobble

  A consumer activist site here in the U.K runs an on-line straw poll on a different subject each week.

  This time the question was "What religion are you ? "

  The tick boxes listed all the common faiths, R.C, Cof E, Jewish etc, along with "other" and "non-practising"

  Out of 5,000 respondents 22% said Non-practising.

  22% said Atheist.

  !3% said Agnostic.

  I think this may be a fair reflection of belief in the U.K today, 37% who do not believe in God, plus another 22% who are not convinced, hence non-practising.

  After over 100 years of preaching the Dubs are fighting a losing battle.

  Of course they were far too small a group to warrant their own tick-box on the survey.
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  bohm

  what percentage did the highest-rating religion have?
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  The Scotsman

  Only 22% claim to be atheist - this is good news. The last survey of this type I read had atheism at 25% in the UK.

  Interesting quote on Sky News the other day (related to the coverage of the Pope last week). A survey was conducted in the UK and the question was - Do you consider yourself "Spiritual"?

  71% said yes.

  Thats surveys for you - it depends who you ask and what questions that are used.

  The UK definately has a fairly strong atheistic, agnostic under-current - but has this had a positive influence on this nation - hmm......
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  MMXIV

  The UK definately has a fairly strong atheistic, agnostic under-current - but has this had a positive influence on this nation - hmm......

  That is a really good point. Has the UK gone downhill in recent decades and if so is it connected or indeed driven by lack of beliefs?

  I've lost my religion (worked hard at leaving it behind) in the last decade and done a lot more for society in that time. I can't speak for the other 60 million here.

  MMXIV