Christianity in Britain Is Almost Dead
‘Christianity in Britain is almost dead.’
Religion in Britain has suffered an immense decline since the 1950s. In a census done in 2005, results show that over 50% say they’re not religious. Yet for some reason about 72% told the 2001 census that they were Christian. 66% of the population have no actual connection to any religion or church, despite what they tend to write on official forms.
Between 1979 and 2005, half of all Christians stopped going to church on a Sunday. That only seemed to encourage Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor’s statement: ‘Christianity in Britain is almost vanquished.’ But is it really? Many people would disagree to the Cardinal’s statement, and have reason to believe that it is still very popular in Britain and throughout all other countries.
On one hand, I think that Christianity is lingering, but fading. Most English people will tell you they follow the Church of England, but they might do this out of custom and not out of any deeply held belief. The vast majority only attend church for christenings, weddings and funerals. They don't know and they don't care about gods or religion. It's also both preserved and weakened by being the established religion. Preserved because its presence, language and rituals have become deeply traditional. Weakened because all that it is for most, if it is anything, is that ritual, social and ceremonial presence. It terms of more active commitment:
"While 1,000 new people are joining a church each week, 2,500 people are leaving"
Daily Telegraph religious affairs correspondent commenting on the English Church Census 2005.
There are also many people, mainly atheists, who make discussions, publish books or write a whole article about why Christianity is a lie or why it is wrong or cruel.
Chaz Bufe’s ‘20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity’ looks at many of the reasons that Christianity is undesirable from both social and personal points of view, using text from the bible to give firmer evidence to
Religion in Britain has suffered an immense decline since the 1950s. In a census done in 2005, results show that over 50% say they’re not religious. Yet for some reason about 72% told the 2001 census that they were Christian. 66% of the population have no actual connection to any religion or church, despite what they tend to write on official forms.
Between 1979 and 2005, half of all Christians stopped going to church on a Sunday. That only seemed to encourage Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor’s statement: ‘Christianity in Britain is almost vanquished.’ But is it really? Many people would disagree to the Cardinal’s statement, and have reason to believe that it is still very popular in Britain and throughout all other countries.
On one hand, I think that Christianity is lingering, but fading. Most English people will tell you they follow the Church of England, but they might do this out of custom and not out of any deeply held belief. The vast majority only attend church for christenings, weddings and funerals. They don't know and they don't care about gods or religion. It's also both preserved and weakened by being the established religion. Preserved because its presence, language and rituals have become deeply traditional. Weakened because all that it is for most, if it is anything, is that ritual, social and ceremonial presence. It terms of more active commitment:
"While 1,000 new people are joining a church each week, 2,500 people are leaving"
Daily Telegraph religious affairs correspondent commenting on the English Church Census 2005.
There are also many people, mainly atheists, who make discussions, publish books or write a whole article about why Christianity is a lie or why it is wrong or cruel.
Chaz Bufe’s ‘20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity’ looks at many of the reasons that Christianity is undesirable from both social and personal points of view, using text from the bible to give firmer evidence to