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Well, it is official. The biggest "religion" behind Christianity in
this country is...non-belief. With over 15% declaring themselves to
have no belief, we form one of the largest minorities in the country,
if that makes sense!

Hotbeds of non-belief are Norwich, Brighton and Hove and Cambridge
with over 25% of the population.

All these statistics are from the ONS website.

Martin




Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:47 pm

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Well, it is official. The biggest "religion" behind Christianity in this country is...non-belief. With over 15% declaring themselves to have no belief, we...
larryinlurex
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Feb 13, 2003
2:47 pm

It's probably more than that really - I find if you ask people if they "believe in god" many pull a "I'm thinking about it face" for a second then say yes, ...
Tim Sellers
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Feb 13, 2003
6:37 pm

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a bit of a hoo haa about the fact that the census form didn't (at least at first) have a "None" box to tick on...
Phil At Home
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Feb 13, 2003
7:58 pm

... about ... "None" box ... gobbledegook ... I think it was a "silly question silly answer" myself lumping JWs and Catholics together. But we discussed it at...
ranterjmc
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Feb 13, 2003
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... * Well, there are figures and they reckon that about 4m are regular churchgoers with about 8m who sometimes attend. In other words, about the same number...
larryinlurex
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Feb 14, 2003
12:40 pm

Doesn't that just go to prove that football is a religion? ... From: larryinlurex To: atheismuk2@... Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 9:40 PM ...
Tony Kehoe
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Feb 14, 2003
3:27 pm

... * Nah, it's more important than that! :-) Martin...
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