More practising Muslims than Christians in UK of 2035

22ANDUK · 08-05-2008, 06:18 PM

Churchgoers will be out-numbered by practising Muslims in Britain within 30 years, research published today suggests.

By 2035, there will be about 1.96million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63million churchgoing Christians, according to calculations by a religious think-tank.

'More practising Muslims than Christians in Britain by 2035' | the Daily Mail

Smidgey · 08-05-2008, 06:32 PM

Pff... It would be better if they were both at zero.

P.S. "Religious Think-Tank", bit of a misnomer? Religion doesn't think.

rjt · 08-05-2008, 07:30 PM

I think the title of the thread is misleading you cannot define practicing Christians simply by Church attendance.

HighlandFP · 08-05-2008, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 22ANDUK

Churchgoers will be out-numbered by practising Muslims in Britain within 30 years, research published today suggests.

By 2035, there will be about 1.96million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63million churchgoing Christians, according to calculations by a religious think-tank.

'More practising Muslims than Christians in Britain by 2035' | the Daily Mail

I suspect it will be in LESS than 30 years.

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Eurosceptic Atlanticist · 08-05-2008, 09:57 PM

They call it the BIBLE belt for a reason.

The Bear · 09-05-2008, 07:27 AM

The world is in serious danger of entering a new Dark Age with once more a religious cult dominating people everywhere.

This religious cult is claimed to have brought a whole raft of benefits in the past when it invaded nations but in reality all that it did do was provide stability where there had been warfare and enable the collection of scientific and other material and make it available to be studied and so used.

NOTHING that came out of the periods of Islamic rule was directly attributable to Islam as such, with the possible exception of the traveling compass and regional map to enable the devout Muslim to make sure his best feature was not pointed towards Mecca when he prayed or defecated.

It was the stultifying aspects of the cult of Islam and the ridiculous place of its prophet and his god in every aspect of life including what could be thought or done that saw Islam stall once the expansion of knowledge required the proposition that there WAS no god in order to move along the road of The Scientific Method (ironically enough thought up by a devout Churchman!).

To now see that same cold dead hand being stretched across the world of enlightenment and freedom is a sad thing indeed.

I read some time ago someone writing that

“Islam has no place in the modern world. It can not change to accommodate the knowledge and freedoms that people in the modern world enjoy, instead it demands that people should revert to the times that such things were unknown, in effect requiring the world to change to accommodate the yoke of Islam.”

I’ll try to find the source as there was more but that bit I remembered as it summed up the problem so accurately and succinctly.

mattyr2k8 · 09-05-2008, 08:04 AM

the UK + the whole of europe will probably be majority muslim by 2050 or so.

Besoeker · 09-05-2008, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smidgey

Pff... It would be better if they were both at zero.

P.S. "Religious Think-Tank", bit of a misnomer? Religion doesn't think.

An oxymoron perhaps?

arden forester · 09-05-2008, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjt

I think the title of the thread is misleading you cannot define practicing Christians simply by Church attendance.

Quite! Also, it is assumed that ALL Muslims are practising. They are not.

arden forester · 09-05-2008, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smidgey

Pff... It would be better if they were both at zero.

P.S. "Religious Think-Tank", bit of a misnomer? Religion doesn't think.

You sound as bitter as Dawkins did this morning!

08-05-2008, 06:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
22ANDUK Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,322	More practising Muslims than Christians in UK of 2035 Churchgoers will be out-numbered by practising Muslims in Britain within 30 years, research published today suggests. By 2035, there will be about 1.96million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63million churchgoing Christians, according to calculations by a religious think-tank. 'More practising Muslims than Christians in Britain by 2035' \| the Daily Mail

08-05-2008, 06:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Smidgey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,802 Party: None	Pff... It would be better if they were both at zero. P.S. "Religious Think-Tank", bit of a misnomer? Religion doesn't think. __________________ Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will. -Frederic Bastiat

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09-05-2008, 07:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
The Bear Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Anglia Posts: 1,022	The world is in serious danger of entering a new Dark Age with once more a religious cult dominating people everywhere. This religious cult is claimed to have brought a whole raft of benefits in the past when it invaded nations but in reality all that it did do was provide stability where there had been warfare and enable the collection of scientific and other material and make it available to be studied and so used. NOTHING that came out of the periods of Islamic rule was directly attributable to Islam as such, with the possible exception of the traveling compass and regional map to enable the devout Muslim to make sure his best feature was not pointed towards Mecca when he prayed or defecated. It was the stultifying aspects of the cult of Islam and the ridiculous place of its prophet and his god in every aspect of life including what could be thought or done that saw Islam stall once the expansion of knowledge required the proposition that there WAS no god in order to move along the road of The Scientific Method (ironically enough thought up by a devout Churchman!). To now see that same cold dead hand being stretched across the world of enlightenment and freedom is a sad thing indeed. I read some time ago someone writing that “Islam has no place in the modern world. It can not change to accommodate the knowledge and freedoms that people in the modern world enjoy, instead it demands that people should revert to the times that such things were unknown, in effect requiring the world to change to accommodate the yoke of Islam.” I’ll try to find the source as there was more but that bit I remembered as it summed up the problem so accurately and succinctly. __________________ Signature removed because it wound me up every time I read it!

09-05-2008, 08:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
mattyr2k8 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England, United Kingdom Posts: 89	the UK + the whole of europe will probably be majority muslim by 2050 or so.

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