What percentage of the UK are Atheist/Agnostic and has science made a joke of religion?

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I was christened to a Catholic family but, I am 15 now and since I was 12 I have been an Agnostic purely because I have no complete evidence that the bible is true and also I don't go to mass so I don't think it's right to call myself a Catholic.

It really annoys me the way some people just call themselves Catholic/Anglican etc but never pray, learn about their religion or ever go to mass/church with the exception of maybe Christmas and Easter. I have complete respect for Christians who actually practice their religion or whatever but it really annoys me that for some people saying you are a Christian means getting presents at Christmas and Eggs at Easter. I know some Muslims and they basically know everything from the Qu'rran. Seriously no joke! They pray 5 times a day and otherwise they are not Muslim.

My real question is what percentage of the UK are Atheist/Agnostic and is this going up and up by the day? And I don't just mean people who call themselves Atheists/Agnostics I mean people like I have already stated above who call themselves Christian but don't really practice their religion, I'm not going to repeat myself.

I didn't mean to insult anyone by the way for asking this question I am just curious. Also do you think Science has had an effect on this? Like with evolution and all it completely goes against the way the bible teaches people and also with the big bang theory and everything. Would this be a factor or anything else in science?

What do you think? Any answers much appreciated and thanks in advance!
Kevin...

strpenta · Accepted Answer

I'm American but I heard that agnosticism/atheism were on the rise in several European countries.
Education of any kind has a lot to do with it but science certainly doesn't help.
If a person says they are christian on a survey, whether they practice or not, they won't show as nonbelievers. That's something you have to determine on an individual basis.

Astaroth · Answer

43% http://www.humanism.org.uk/campaigns/religion-and-belief-surveys-statistics

Education has played a large part in undermining people's faith in the existence of a God.  Most people, if they are honest with themselves do not really believe in God.  Many people hope that there is a God but this is not the same as belief.  Belief is saying "I believe there is a fire behind this door because the door is hot and there is smoke coming under the door."  This is a far cry from the religious "I think there is a fire behind this door because there is a sign that says 'Fire Door' on it."  When push comes to shove, a person who believes there is a fire behind a door, runs the other way.  The person near a "fire door" when the fire alarm goes off, sees reason and exits the building by that door.  This is why there are "Theists" in prison, and "Theists" being unkind to others, they know that all they have that is binding is the written word and nothing else.

I don't mean to insult any true Theists that believe beyond reasonable doubt but anyone who is wishy-washy in their faith is actually an Atheist because they do not really believe.

Anonymous · Answer

Science has made a joke of religion and though I don't know the percentages in the UK, there are more atheist/agnostics there due to education.

? · Answer

Atheists, scientists, christians.. all sorts, are converting to Islam, there is one version of the book unlike the bible = catholicism, jahovas w.. christianity.. calvanism..protastant...ect ect... There is one God, there were many prophets... we live to worship Him then die to relax in eternal paradise or hell fire.. depending on ... ect...... after actually reading the bible 21 years of being a christian all my life... i finally decided to convert to Islam.... The Quran is still 75% of the bible which Mohammed COINCEDENTLEY spoke... so how they say he was possesd im not so sure? they mock The Quran saying its violant when christians dont even follow or know half their own book or they mock theyr religion itself.. they say, oh the old testiment is just for jews.. ok.. so jesus being a jew, in Israe, preaching to jews..... was he then not just for Jews?????????????????? Work it out.

Anonymous · Answer

I couldnt answer the first question. 

But as to the second one - science does not need to make a joke of religion - religion does that well enough on its own.

What percentage of the UK are Atheist/Agnostic and has science made a joke of religion?

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