More Than Half In Uk Are Non-Religious, Suggests Survey

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41150792

I have been an Atheist all my adult life, so I am not remotely surprised by this. I have also worked on the BSA survey for 8 years and seen the percentage of people describe themselves as not religious grow over that time.

Anybody else surprised ?

[Zacs-Master]

Private joke 1ozzy.

[1ozzy]

Okay.

[pixie374]

I think Chris is right. People are far more happy to describe themselves as having no religion now. I have helped many many elderly people fill in forms and they nearly always claim a religion, saying that they don't actually follow it, but "you have to put something". Being called an atheist used to be a bit of an insult I think.

[jim360]

I think we're more relaxed about it in the UK but yes -- "atheist" can be an insult, especially so in the US. Several US presidents will have used it in deriding the Soviet regime, for example.

[Peter Pedant]

// I was born in 1963 and they wouldn't let my mum into the delivery room until she stated a religion for the baby. I was born in the corridor. //
heavens ! what did Matron say ? [ matron was saying it I suppose - which country was this ? and only 4 y before the abortion act]

am I surprised ? If you ask anyone in manch did your heart go out to the little injured babies at the arena - and did you think about them and hope they got better
about 100% would say yes wouldnt they ?

darn sarf - god knows -animals below the watford gap probably

[-Talbot-]

Bloody atheistists!

[Peter Pedant]

// "atheist" can be an insult,//
ji,

Hi jim - yeah but no but
40% of 'muricans believed their president obama was a muslim didnt they ?

In Texas - very little viddie of :
"ma baybee floated down the colorado and met jesus our lord warl I cried on the bank and thanked the lord ah was saved"
which has been a feature of some previous disasters

[1ozzy]

I'm really looking forward to the day you can post something intelligible to us mere mortals Peter Pedant.

Don't worry, I'm not holding my breath.

[Zacs-Master]

PP, the Colorado don't go nowhere near Texas, son.

[jim360]

https://cdn-webimages.wimages.net/0517ab7136880b7989239b4051b0d4fe2ead7d-wm.jpg?v=3

[Peter Pedant]

// I'm really looking forward to the day you can post something intelligible to us mere mortals Peter Pedant. //

o God lozza
there is this country called American and it is ever so big
bigger than London even
and they dont have a king there - they have a pre-sid-ent - a long word which will probably make you want to lie down !

and the pre-sid-ent ( let us practise this loooooooong word( is called Trump but he was called Obama

and everyone thought Obama was either Irish ( that is the island to the left of england ) OR a muslim

there you are lozza
job done !

[Peter Pedant]

// PP, the Colorado don't go nowhere near Texas, son.//

any comment besides guffaws from the usual suspects ?
[ like you know 'shaddup shaddup - there are two! ]

fraid it duuuuuuz ! look on a maaaaaap! or wiki
not only that - that was the one flooding in Rio Graaaaande !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_(Texas)

if you are going for a quick put down ZM .......

[ two river authorities North and SOuth
they were the ones reluctant to open the dams and reservoirs and are autonomous bodies I think]

[Zacs-Master]

Can't access Wiki where I am PP. not the first Colorado people think of.

The main one flows southwest through the Colorado Plateau country of western Colorado, southeastern Utah and northwestern Arizona where it flows through the Grand Canyon. It turns south near Las Vegas, Nevada, forming the Arizona–Nevada border in Lake Mead and the Arizona–California border below Hoover Dam.

[maggiebee]

Really? Non-religious? Now who would have guessed that?

[tamborine]

p6 95 posts on athiests v religion. Are we being radicalised?