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Originally Posted by Xaccers
The pagan and catholic periods certainly aren't rubbish, if you knew your own culture and history you'd know how they've impacted on culture since.
We wouldn't be the English we are today without that history.
The majority of England's populated past has been non-CoE if religion is your criteria (as it seems to be).
For over a hundred years we've been moving away from being a religious society to a secular one.
This is clear in our laws. In general society views someone's religious choice as personal, and people should not be compelled to adhere to one religion.
You're a christian and you want your religion to be top dog? Well unfortunately for you human nature doesn't work that way, humans get distracted from religion by other things, be they shiny gadgets or scientific evidence. Live with it. No one is saying you can't be a christian, it's your choice, and no one is saying you shouldn't be allowed to follow christian requirements (wearing a crucifix is not one of them incase that was about to come up - your religious ancesters should have thought of that when they decided what was to be included in the bible, complain to them).
The 2001 census puts the figure of muslims at just under 3%, with 7.3% of returns not stating their religion. So are you trying to suggest that all 7.3% are infact muslims who forgot to put that down on the census?
The ONS research states that in 2009 the muslim population was only 2.4 million, that means in 2009 they were outnumbered by 58.7million non-muslims.
So when someone asks you what you are, you reply English? I'd reply "What do you mean "what am I?" I'm a man, isn't that obvious?"
All your answer shows is you interpret the question as "What is your nationality?" rather than "What is your religion?"
As for those fools who believe they can one day turn England into an Islamic state, they're going to keep on being unhappy. The fools on the other side of the religious line, like yourself, who also believe muslims can one day turn England into an Islamc state need to take a reality check.
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Do you purposely interpret comments in the wrong way just to be argumentative. At no time did i state i was a Christian or that i wanted my religion to be "top dog". I am an Atheist. You claim a Census was carried out 9 years ago, I can't remember anyone asking my religion 9 years ago, also 9 year old figures are not really representative of now. I notice there was no comment on how the so called 4% can change other peoples way of life so much, I guess Islam doesnt recognise democracy, oh silly me, of course not, religious leaders decide what happens.