Christianity in Britain declining

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Christianity in Britain declining as Islam more popular, report shows
https://www.rt.com/uk/324970-christianity-religion...

Christianity on the decline....yay!....
People in influential positions wanna allow for more quackery from other stone age cults...boo!

article said:

Modern Britain is no longer a Christian country, a report by the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life concludes. It calls on institutions to adapt to the nation’s increasingly multi-faith and non-religious makeup.

Just when one might think the UK could stroll decently unshackling in a slow and easy-going manner from cultist fetters into the 21st century, free from superstitions twaddle, there are those that wish to make allowances for cults of a different flavour.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bish...

Although there is some good stuff about education.

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http://www.christianweek.org/10-predictions-future...

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Big debate on Big Questions today on, 'should there be a British Islam'?

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I think the example is a good one. Imagine no religion, and the twin towers wouldn't have been destroyed.

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TwigtheWonderkid said:

I'm quite happy to have people in the H of L who believe stuff I don't. There are plenty of people that hold views that are logical and rational that I don't happen to believe in. Some people believe the death penalty should return. That's an entirely rational position to take. I don't happen to believe it should, but I have no objection to their place in the H of L. I don't even mind if people who hold irrational beliefs getting in to the H of L based on some other criteria or achievement. Eg. A successful businessman who believes in mermaids.

What I object to is people getting into the H of L purely because of their irrational beliefs, and being rewarded with a place for rising to the top of an organisation for people with irrational beliefs.

Well put.

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Nice to see Göbekli Tepe referenced. It destroys the accepted timeline of history.
It can be difficult to think (for me) that people who could create astronomical/seasonal aligned buildings would believe in Gods, but then Christians believe some barmy st and we make incredible things today, creativity and sound reasoning are not mutually exclusive.
From what I've read the religion of ancient Egypt was a life culture, akin to what Islam is today for some. To breathe was to be a part of it, as above, so below.

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Yes religion has caused wars, but possibly worse, it has been responsible for the destruction of knowledge and the restriction of advance over the millennia.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_war
These are the wars that had a solid religious or pure religious grounding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wars_of_rel...
Though religion pops up all over the show as a player.

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Derek Smith said:

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We only have to look to the Middle East to see current religious wars. We only have to look at the Indian sub-continent to see current religious wars. We look to Africa to find? Yes, you've guessed it, religious wars.

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