I pity the children in this dark future, *glad I didn't have any*
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Report: Islam could become dominant UK religion in 10 years
This is how a advanced civilization DEVOLVES into 7th century BARBARISM!!!!
I pity the children in this dark future, *glad I didn't have any*
I pity the children in this dark future, *glad I didn't have any*
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According to a new analysis of 2011 UK census, one in 10 people under 25
are Muslim, Christianity is declining 50 percent faster than previously
thought and in 10 years Islam may become the dominant religion with
only a minority identifying as Christian.
The analysis of the 2011 UK census by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
revealed that earlier analysis which showed only a 15 percent decline
in Christianity was bolstered about 1.2 million foreign-born Christians
such as Polish Catholics and Nigerian evangelicals. That is,
foreign-born Christian immigrants masked the extent of decline of
Christianity among the British-born population.
The Telegraph
reports that the latest analysis showed that there were 5.3 million
fewer British-born people professing Christianity, a decline of 15 per
cent in a decade, and about 6.4 million increase in people describing
themselves as having no faith.
In the same period, the number of of people professing Islam in England
and Wales rose sharply by 75 percent. This massive surge was caused by
about 600,000 foreign-born or immigrant Muslims.
According to The Telegraph,
the massive demographic shift is being driven significantly by young
people. The census analysis showed that nearly half of British Muslims
are under the age of 25 and nearly a quarter of Christians over 65. The
proportion of young British who describe themselves as "Christian" even
in the "nominal" sense, has dropped below half for the first time. But
in the past 15 years the British Muslim population has gone through a
dramatic surge increasing by 75 per cent in England and Wales.
The ONS calculated on the basis of the demographic trend that although
Christianity is still the dominant religion in the UK with about 50
percent of the population claiming the Christian religion, in 10 years
only a minority will identify as Christian.
The portent of "Islamization"?
The portent of "Islamization" is a growing preoccupation among ethnic
whites in the UK. The recent statistics will do nothing to allay growing
xenophobia.
The Telegraph
reports that Prof David Coleman, Professor of demography at Oxford
University, comments: "This is a very substantial change – it is
difficult to see whether any other change in the census could have been
remotely as big. But I wonder how far it reflects an overarching change
in society where it is more acceptable more normal to say that you are
not religious or are not Christian."
Dr Fraser Watts, a Cambridge theologian, agreed that on the basis of the
trend it was possible that people identifying as Christians could
become a minority in 10 years. He said: "It is still pretty striking and
it is a worrying trend and confirms what anyone can observe - that in
many churches the majority of the congregation are over 60."
RT
reports that a spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of
England and Wales, said: "While this is a challenge, the fact that six
out of 10 people in England and Wales self-identify as Christians is not
discouraging. Christianity is no longer a religion of culture but a
religion of decision and commitment. People are making a positive choice
in self-identifying as Christians."
The analysis also showed that the number of people who identify as
atheists increased by 10 percent, from 15 percent to 25 percent. RT reports that the British Humanist Association described the change as a "significant cultural shift."
Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society,
said that the erosion of the influence of Christianity among young
people was "unstoppable." He summarized the implications of the ongoing
demographic changes: "In another 20 years there are going to be more
active Muslims than there are churchgoers."
Calls for de-establishment of the Church of England
The trend that points to an erosion of the influence of Christianity and
surge in number of atheists and secularists is driving calls by secular
campaigners for the de-establishment of the Church of England.
The Telegraph
reports Wood said: "The time has now come that institutional
Christianity is no longer justified, the number has dropped below
critical mass for which there is no longer any justification for the
established Church, for example, or the monarch going through a
religious ceremony at coronation. The expressions of optimism by the
church are just completely misplaced."
But a spokesman for the Church of England reacted, saying: "These
figures highlight the diversity of Christianity in this country today,
something which has been increasing for decades and shows the relevance
of Christianity to people from all backgrounds. These figures once again
confirm that this remains a faithful nation and that the fall in the
numbers identifying themselves as Christians is a challenge but – as you
can see from the stability of Church of England attendance figures –
the committed worshiping center of the church remains firm. The
challenge to the Church is to reconnect with the nominal."
The challenge of "segregation"
RT
notes that increasing immigration and influx of people with diverse
ethnic backgrounds is driving segregation in the UK, a phenomenon
closely associated with what has been labelled "white flight," that is,
white Britons leaving areas where minorities have settled.
According to RT,
population statistics show that the number of white Britons in London
has decreased from 4.3 million to 3.7 million, that is, about 600,000
white Britons have moved out of the London in the past decade, although
the total population of the city has increased by more than a million.
David Goodhart, the director of Demos, a social equality "think-tank," told RT:
"We do have an integration problem. Changing ethnic composition of the
capital is causing a large exodus of ethnic white out of the city."
Goodhart pointed out that the problem of integration was not uniquely
British but widespread in the EU in spite of efforts to eradicate it. He
told RT:
"Part of the point of the euro was to disperse German power and prevent
the rise of nationalism in Europe, but it has done precisely the
opposite on both fronts. We now have serious national resentments in
countries like Greece."
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