The various Christian sects and cults are no longer, in toto, a majority of the population of either England or Wales, according to the most recent census data.
It is the first time that fewer than half of the population have described themselves as Christian.
The census data showed a drop of ~5.5 million people (around 17%) in the number who self-describe as "Christian" and a ~1.2 million (43%) rise in the number of people who describe as Muslim (a total of around 3.9 million).
Meanwhile around 37.2% of people (~22.2 million) declared they had "no religion", now the second most common response (after 'Christian').
It means that over the past 20 years the proportion of people reporting no religion has soared from 14.8% – a rise of more than 22 percentage points.
Though there's also the ~6% who just don't answer the question.
Expect the Usual Suspects to panic and lie. Again.
It is the first time that fewer than half of the population have described themselves as Christian.
The census data showed a drop of ~5.5 million people (around 17%) in the number who self-describe as "Christian" and a ~1.2 million (43%) rise in the number of people who describe as Muslim (a total of around 3.9 million).
Meanwhile around 37.2% of people (~22.2 million) declared they had "no religion", now the second most common response (after 'Christian').
It means that over the past 20 years the proportion of people reporting no religion has soared from 14.8% – a rise of more than 22 percentage points.
Though there's also the ~6% who just don't answer the question.
Expect the Usual Suspects to panic and lie. Again.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/AepSIPb
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