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UK secularism on rise as more than half say they have no religion [theguardian.com]

Charliesey 7 July 11
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Encouraging … but unfortunately too many key positions are still held by figures with deep rooted connections to the churches, e.g. QE2

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It seems some developed countries are going in that direction. Ours is increasingly becoming secular but the religious are putting up more of a fight to quell that move. It just means we have to also fight harder.

@uuberdude You have more optimism than I.

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I hope that applies to their Muslim community mostly as they're growing like weed and i don't mean the good kind

Neenz Level 7 July 12, 2019
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I congratulate my British cousins for moving in the right direction.

I have read before that the actual functional participating Christians in the UK, compared to notional census form Christians, is very low. I think this is true generally speaking in so-called Christian countries.

However, Islam is on the rise. That's a worry.

I think the same is true of Islam. I've known quite a few 'Muslims' here who keep up appearances for their families but have no real belief.

@Gareth Encouraging

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Thank God.

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more important things to worry about other than which fairy land to believe in. Global warming and carbon footprint is more of a priority . Islam on increase because of immigration, and god knows why all these immigrants want to come to the UK, are we too much of a soft touch ? that they can't live in their own countries ?

Unfortunately the environmental issues are exacerbated by religious beliefs. I was a member of the board and activist for a population organization, ZPG, and we taught that population was the 'core issue.' I now see that religion often drives population growth.

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They give me hope ~

Varn Level 8 July 11, 2019
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Secularism is bound to win it all.....still will take some time but the trend is good

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It's good in one way but I fear how things are going to go if they don't find a secular alternative.

@Allamanda It's not a problem.

The ostrich approach, I guess.

@uuberdude I hope you're right. It works for me.

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