70% of young Brits are 'not religious'

[trotsky]

http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43485581

Nearly three-quarters of young Brits identify as having no religion, a report suggests. Researchers asked the religious views of people aged 16 to 29 across Europe. They found young people in the Czech Republic are the least religious - with 91% of that age group saying they have no faith at all. The most religious country in Europe was Poland, where just 17% of young adults define themselves as non-religious.



...Professor Bullivant (a professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary's University in London) predicts even fewer young people will be religious in the future, but says those who do practise will be even more devout.

"Over the next 10 to 20 years, we're near certain to see a rise in the proportion of people with no religion across the UK. This is just a simple outworking of the fact that those do identify as religious, tend to be older, and - sad to say - are dying off."

[True Dough]

1. I think this trend has accelerated among young people

and more and more research/polls like this one will continue to reveal it.

[RKP5637]

2. Excellent!!! n/t

[edhopper]

3. Nothing to kill or die for

and no religion too.

Imagine all the people...

[Voltaire2]

4. Good news!

[Ron Obvious]

5. Actually, it's astonishing to me that 30% ARE...

I also don't believe that 1% figure for Israel. I suspect that's mostly about culture and not belief.

[guillaumeb]

6. Religion takes many forms.

And spirituality is one of them.

[Mariana]

7. Of course, you can make up any definition you want to

the same way you have for so many other words. If these young people say they have no religion, I think we should believe them.

[guillaumeb]

8. I understand your hope, and your position.

But reality does not understand that hope and position.

[Mariana]

9. Do you think the people who spoke to the researchers were lying? nt.

[Voltaire2]

10. Way to pluck that kernel of corn

from deep inside the dung heap!

[Mariana]

11. That required some serious mental gymnastics.

It also required insulting many of the participants in the study. Those people who claimed not to be religious must be lying or stupid, because Gil doesn't believe what they said about themselves is true.

[guillaumeb]

12. Way to ignore the obvious

while promoting the "religion is dying" idea.

[trotsky]

14. You don't get to define words for others.

You need to stop doing that, or else people will think you're a nasty hypocrite.

[Mariana]

15. "...or else people will think you're a nasty hypocrite."

I think that ship sailed a long time ago.

[trotsky]

16. Heh.

Oh yes.

[Pope George Ringo II]

13. If only the weather were better, I'd move back there.

I may yet, but the Spanish climate is calling me.