I live in the US and the country has gone crazy with this born-again stuff. When I was younger (the 70's preREAGON) people went to church to see their community. Now its the rapture, us against Islam, and all this Jesus stuff. Is this going on over there?
It's awful for thinking Americans who have only been born once!
2006-09-13 02:59:39 · 25 answers · asked by tarro 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not at all.
Don't get me wrong, we do have a few nutters (though not, I gather, as many) but the main reason we aren't as religious is that almost no one cares about religion very much at all. On the whole we are a very laid back country, this is true in religion. Although 75% of the population claim to be Christian, almost no one goes to church, prays, etc. It's more a lip service, they claim to be Christian but reject/ignore almost everything it says. Many (probably the majority) of them are practically atheists. Religion is of almost no importance to most people here.
2006-09-13 05:12:08 · answer #1 · answered by AndyB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defintely not. Regular churchgoers make up only a small proportion of the population here. Most people go shopping on Sundays. Churches are made redundant and converted into fashionable houses. The national religion of the British people is the Church of England but apart from going to a church to be baptized as a new baby, attending weddings or funerals in a church, many people hardly go near a church during their lifetime. You don't see crucifixes or pictures of Jesus or Mary here very often. Mary is not worshipped here as in Catholic countries. At school, children celebrate Christmas and Easter. They have nativity plays but there is not a lot of emphasis on the religious aspects of Christmas. At Easter, people celebrate by having lots of chocolate. Very little of what Easter has to do with Christ is taught to the children. If you show children pictures of Christ suffering and being crucified and go into the details of what happened to him, people will probably think you are very violent or pervert. All children ever learn to associate Easter with is just lovely narcissus, cute little chicken and chocolate bunnies. No bloody crucification, no thorny crowns, nothing of that sort. .
2006-09-13 03:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Having lived in New Jersey, Australia, Canada and Romania and being English. I can say you are a VERY religious nation.
More so than the others I mentioned.
Their are religious people here but we are usually laughed at!
I agree totally with Andy B we are a nation of Athiests and thats OK to say that in England even to a raving Catholic like myself. We are 'Each to their own' sort of people about most things.
The Muslim issue is not the same here, we knew Muslims before 9/11 they lived in our street. You get fundamentalist Christians to and I would hate people to think because I am Catholic I might blow up a plane!
2006-09-13 08:22:15 · answer #3 · answered by Nicola H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the state church in Britain is Church of England. However, its membership and other church membership have been declining alot. They're right about various other faiths filling the vacuum like atheism and islam. I'll add that various forms of the occult are also filling the void including non-atheistic versions of satanism.
2006-09-13 03:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by DexterLoxley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is declining so fast that most of the churches will be pubs within 10 years. Only a few old people bother going to church these days nobody gives a fcuk anymore
2006-09-13 05:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as Bible thumpingly religious, we are more discrete about everything though
However, I have to tell you you are wrong about Islam, they are nice people (cept the terrorists - however more terrorists come out of US and UK so I can't say anything)...
It is the creationists that will become the problem..I think that 9/11 and the like has polarised the islamic faith and it is with factions of Christian church itself where the next issue will come...
2006-09-13 03:30:32 · answer #6 · answered by Ichi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My experience is that the UK definitely has less Christian fundamentalism. When I was there it was hard to find a "tele-evangelist" on a typical Sunday.
Actually my English friends used to joke that the largest organized atheist group is the Anglican Church. I think you'll find that most of Europe is a lot more secular than the U.S.
2006-09-13 03:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by JAT 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's getting bad - our PM is a true believer who wants more faith schools!
But I do find it reassuring every time I look on the back of our ten pound note (Especially compared with what's on your money!)
What I find ironic is that America is the classic secular state - you have separation of church written into your constitution! Yet this very guarantee of freedom seems to encourage the growth of intolerant sects. Yet I'm glad that there are groups like CSICOP and JREF, American Atheists etc, who are fighting this trend, I hope they succeed, before 'Scientific American' becomes an oxymoron
2006-09-13 03:05:16 · answer #8 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A certain amount of brits are religeous , but why do we call that big part of the middle of America JESUS LAND ???
You lot are bloody nuts on Christ.
I think Bill Hicks gets the point across.
Also , listen to Razorlight's song called 'America'
your country needs help mate!
2006-09-13 03:03:04 · answer #9 · answered by Gareth G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's get one thing straight for starters: The Church of England is the Established Church of, surprise, surprise, England.
NOT BRITAIN!!!!!
2006-09-13 04:21:57 · answer #10 · answered by qadzbork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋