How would you describe the religious makeup of the UK?

I'm particularly curious about the religious makeup of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, but your thoughts on England would also be greatly appreciated.How would you describe the religious makeup of the UK?
Wow! I didn't realize that there was specifically religious makeup! Round here a lot of women wear eye-shadow and lippy. Not so many men. Though there are some very suspicious ';tinted moisturisers'; appearing on the male grooming shelves in Boots.How would you describe the religious makeup of the UK?
England is a traditionally Christian country and I hope that doesn't change during my lifetime 'though I choose not to believe, I'm Humanist. The indigenous population are essentially W(hite)A(nglo)S(axon)P(rotestants) though we have been somewhat overwhelmed by uncontrolled immigration. Islamic propagandists would have us believe 'Islam is the fastest growing religion' though I don't actually believe it. I expect like the US we have a percentage of all religions here but I don't know what the figures are. Atheism appears to be on the increase which I think is where we began to lose a united sense of community.
Living in a mainly muslim populated part of england it's very easy to think it's mainly muslim, but England's religions are diverse and many. in most towns there's, mosques, all different churches (in 5 Min's walking distance i have, methodist, C of e, Catholic and spiritualist), Buddhist temples (my closest is the next town over, leeds) sikh temples and a few hindu and jewish temples (sorry not sure if any of said temples have 'special' names) along with many other smaller ones, although they are harder to find


Most of the people i know are either Muslim or atheist, although i do know quite a few of each religion mentioned and some others
HI there





With over 170 distinct religions counted in the 2001 Census, the religious make-up of the UK is diverse, complex, multicultural and surprising. Less than half of the British people believe in a God, yet about 72% told the 2001 census that they were Christian, and 66% of the population have no actual connection to any religion or church, despite what they tend to write down on official forms. Between 1979 and 2005, half of all Christians stopped going to church on a Sunday. Religion in Britain has suffered an immense decline since the 1950s, and all indicators show a continued secularisation of British society in line with other European countries such as France.





These are the figures from the last census, in 2001 for the UK as a whole.....





Adherents / Number / Percentage


Christian 42,079,000 71.6%


No religion (inc. Jedis) 9,104,000 15.5%


Muslim 1,546,626 2.7 %


Hindu 552,421 1.0%


Jedi Knight 390,000 0.7%


Sikh 32, 358 0.6%


Jewish 259,927 0.5%


Buddhist 144,453 0.3%


Spiritualist 32,404


Pagan 30,569


Jainism 15,132


Wicca 7,227


Rastafarians 4,692


Baha'i 4,645


Zoroastrians 3,738


Christadelphian 2,368


Druidism 1,657


Pantheism 1,603


Satanism 1,525


New Age 906


Eckankar 426


Raja Yoga 261


Native American Church 234


Vodun (Vodoo) 123


Occult 99


Ancestor Worship 98


Free Church of Love 49


Amish 24 (We have Amish??!!)


Other 179,000 0.3%


Total religious 45,163 000 76.8%


No answer1 4 289 000 7.3





Scotland





Church of Scotland 2,146,251 42.4%


No Religion 1,394,460 27.5%


Roman Catholic 803,732 15.9 %


Other Christian 344,562 6.8%


Religion not stated 278,061 5.5%


Islam 42,557 0.8%


Other Religion 26,974 0.5%


Buddhism 6,830 0.1%


Sikhism 6,572 0.1 6%


Judaism 6,448 0.1%


Hinduism 5,564 0.1%


Base/Total 5,062,011 100%





Wales - Wales being a Principality of England is not accounted for separately anywhere, but I would reckon that a similar pattern exists, mainly Christian (however nominal) and then a smattering of all the rest.





Northern Ireland





Catholic 678,46240.3%


Presbyterian Church in Ireland348,74220.7%


Church of Ireland257,78815.3%


Methodist Church in Ireland59,1733.5%


Other Christian102,2216.1%


Other religions and philosophies5,0280.3%


All religions1,451,41486.1%


No religion or none stated233,85313.9%





Base1,685,267100%





I hope this helps to answer your query!


Halcon :-)))
mainly 'Nominal Christian' = never go to church except for births, deaths, marriages, have never prayed, etc... except will state on forms 'Christian', want their children to be made by school into one, thinks that everyone else should be forced to be one - as long as it don't interfere with their life.
britian is about 71% christian
The UK is becoming predominately muslim.
pagan based