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Shaker

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Snapshot of Britain
« on: June 28, 2017, 09:10:57 AM »
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40408576

Rather worrying views on security, IMO. Otherwise, generally heartening if not particularly surprising news.
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Re: Snapshot of Britain
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2017, 11:31:35 AM »
http://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/media/39143/bsa34_technical-details_fin.pdf

Religion
No religion 1551
Church of England/Anglican 442
Other Christian 501
Non-Christian 185
Roman Catholic 252
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
- Voltaire

ippy

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Re: Snapshot of Britain
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2017, 01:14:52 PM »
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40408576

Rather worrying views on security, IMO. Otherwise, generally heartening if not particularly surprising news.

I noticed the woman declaring 'I'm she's not ashamed of being a muslim any more, if she replaced the ashamed with 'embarrassed' that would perhaps be better, in my view that would be lot better and put her particular belief on a level pegging with all of the other, superstition based beliefs that must be equally as embarrassing.

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