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Funny how the censors shut down the comments section on the browning of the UK. 9 out of 10 comments were skeptical about the damage that Labor has done to our ethnic fabric. Smart move!!!
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Funny how the censors shut down the comments section on the browning of the UK. 9 out of 10 comments were skeptical about the damage that Labor has done to our ethnic fabric. Smart move!!!
I can't remember where the quote comes from, but it was once said that 'Britain is where religions go to die'.
This is merely a temporary nadir in religiosity. Religiosity will pick up as the transition of the dominant religion in Britain from Christianity to Islam matures. The current census already shows this.
Not sure about that. Only 4.8% of people answering the census put "Muslim"; yes, that's up from 3% ten years ago, but it's not exactly looking like it'll be dominant any time soon. Whereas the "no religion" answer went from 14.8% to 25.1%. (The same proportionate rise, and a much larger absolute rise).
Also, the lion's share of the rise in the share of the population of Islamic belief has been due to immigration; in the current economy, Britain looks a lot less tempting for economic migrants, so this rise may not be sustained. A slightly higher birth rate may well be maintained, but this takes generations to make any real impact, and conversion rates are really very low (although to be fair, so are deconversion rates).
Why is it a "descent into godlessness". Many, like me, would say it is an ascent.
I think that remark is probably tongue-in-cheek, particularly given that a large proportion of the 59% still ticking "Christian" would appear to be doing so on the basis of culture rather than actual belief or practice (search for the Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science for evidence of this). In a society which is largely secular the concept of a descent into godlessness is not a majority view.
A poll commissioned by the Dawkinsites deserves about as much credence as one commissioned by a church, pressure-group, or political party. i.e. none.
A poll commissioned by the Dawkinsites deserves about as much credence as one commissioned by a church, pressure-group, or political party. i.e. none.
Knowing who commissioned a poll can be reason for scepticism and you'd be right to want to check the methodology and the questions asked. Dismissing it out of hand simply on the basis of who commissioned it is just lazy.
Any poll commissioned by an interested party that produces a result welcome to that party should be dismissed out of hand; that is the only way of discouraging interested parties from commissioning polls. If a few honestly and scientifically conducted polls get thrown out with the bathwater, too bad.
So, I'm getting that you're not a big fan of polls?
The only ones I will consider are those conducted or commissioned by persons for whom (at least professionally) the result is a matter of indifference.
Well, fortunately your pet peeve has no bearing on whether this particular poll was well conducted or not or whether its findings constitute evidence. I submit that it was and that they do, and putting your fingers in your ears and going "la la I'm not listening" doesn't further the debate in any way.
The Dawkinsites are an anti-religious religion, no better than that. And what is your evidence that the poll was well conducted by persons not influenced by awareness that if they produced an unwelcome result it woudl not be conducted?
"The Dawkinsites are an anti-religious religion". Ah, label assigned and used to dismiss. Nice work! And it saves so much time compared to real engagement.
The poll is online, Ipsos MORI are upfront about their methods. If you have a specific issue, spell it out. Otherwise the rest of us will feel free to ignore your content-free assertions.
That's fair enough, provided they chose the questions. As for the Dawkinsites, I don't believe any more than they do, but I don't care to make a nuisanced of myself about it.
"Dawkinsites", "...are a...religion", "...make a nuisance...". You really do like to make characterisations of those you disagree with, don't you? I'd guess they don't see what they're doing as "making a nuisance" and that they feel they have real issues they're actually concerned about. If you don't share those concerns that's fair enough, but your belittling language and dismissive attitude aren't the way to persuade anyone.
The only thing of which I wish to persuadew anyone is that some people *will* not be persuaded by any arguments whatsoever. That after all is how the British people reacted to recent arguments for constitutional refoem; you may call it fingers in the ears and saying la-la-la if you life, but it's pretty effective none the less. As the proverb has it: 'As you are master of your tongue, so am I of my ears.'
Strange - that's certainly not the argument you started with. And the British people weren't provided with a balanced picture of constitutional reform, or a choice between appropriate options, since AV was almost nobody's preferred method. It was therefore unsurprising that they voted against. I'm not sure I see what point that example is supposed to illuminate.
By the way, what constitutes a "Dawkinsite"? How would I know if I was one?
By Dawkinsite I mean a member of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. And the point about constitutional reform is that hardly anyone could even be bothered to take an interest; the Conservative right could rebel against House of Lords reform safe in the knowledge that the public couldn't care less.
So, what is it about the foundation that makes it a religion?
The demand that public life be rearranged to suit its opinion, merely out of regard to truth and reason. (Note that I do not say 'supposed truth and reason', though some might, since I accept the claim as a matter of my private opinion.)
Not sure how you get from "...demand that public life be rearranged to suit its opinion..." to "religion". Also not entirely sure what the word "merely" is doing in that sentence.
If by *religiosity* you mean something like, "formal code for being nice," then I would suggest there is a flaw in the question. Reference C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity," "Beyond Personality," or "The Great Divorce." (Yes, I like Lewis.)
Christianity goes beyond niceness.
Yes, it includes murder, rape, not eating shellfish, and general hatred.
Keep it going UK
Much depends on what you want to measure and why. Much also depends on what you actually *can* measure. Is there an objective measure for a subjective idea like devotion? (Funny how the question changes when you use *devotion* instead of *religiosity* or something equally sterile.) I guess you could start executing people and find out (if fewer atheists demonstrated their faith by dying than Christians, what would that signify statistically?), but that would be much like the electron tunneling mentioned below.
And what would it mean anyway if there were merely one Christian left in the world? What would atheism win in that case? Is an omnipotent god bound by statistics?
Ask Blaise Pascal about what you should wager on such a question, statistically speaking.
@Tanker Toad - Pascal's wager is totally flawed. By committing to one idea of a god and/or heaven, you are not increasing your chances of being "saved" after you die. You only increase your chance of being "saved" by that idea. i.e. there are tens of thousands of other ideas of gods and heavens and hells and so by choosing one, you are rejecting all the others, leaving yourself with as much chance of going to a heaven or a hell as someone who doesn't commit.
It seems that "statistically speaking" educated people are understanding statistics and coming to the conclusion that god is not necessary.
Necessary for what?
Thank God!
I am both amused and dismayed by the ignorance of those secularists describing those who have religious beliefs as "ignorant and backwards".
First of all WE ALL HAVE FAITH. You can have faith in yourself and your own understanding, you can have faith in science and wider society or you can have faith in God. So even an atheist has faith - faith in themselves or in science/opinion of others.
History has shown us time and time again that those who have faith in themselves and believe they have divine rights (such as Julius Caesar declaring himself a living God, a claim which was refuted by the dagger of a rival piercing his tyrannical heart) are destined for spectacular failure, from Roman times to contemporary Libya or North Korea.
Now I hold several degrees, one of which is in physics. I am fairly certain I know more about maths and pure science than most who are commenting here. I am also fairly certain that faith is just as necessary in physics as it is with religion - for instance we can come up with theories on why electrons behave as they do. We have our Heisenberg principle and Schrodinger's equation which describe electron behaviour in terms of probabilities. Testing these theories leads us to counter-intuitive results such as an electron's ability to quantum mechanically tunnel. Of course the uncertainty principle means that as soon as we observe the electron tunnelling through a potential well, the electron is no longer there. Faith is required in the mathematical theory, the assumptions used in models and the results yielded. We still do not know why any of these things are as they are (just as we have no idea WHY there was/is a "Higg's Field" permeating our universe), we just take it on faith as it is currently beyond our understanding. Of course you won't need me to list the countless examples of scientific theories (or research papers as TE article "To he that hath") being revised or proven wrong. Now I appreciate it is the nature of scientific research that theories are published, revised and disproved, however, does the continual renewal process not clearly illustrate that faith in science or a particular man-made theory always has a life-span? At least with religion the fundamentals remain constant over time - unless of course you are Catholic and believe the Pope can re-write God's will on personal whim or on investment advice from his Cardinals.
I will state that it is the atheists who are ignorant and backwards, relying 100% on their fragile and pitiful understanding of the universe (no finite mind can comprehend an infinite universe of infinite complexity) to explain their reality. Such hubris has been a thorn in man's existence since records began and no doubt will gather momentum as future generations become ever more disconnected from history and their realities in favour of a virtual existence and popular culture.
As one surveyed respondent in Britain replied, "Religion just isn't the done thing nowadays. Sundays are all about shopping now, or maybe football. These are the gods that have replaced the God of Christian religion. Christmas is about the economy, not the birth of Jesus and Easter is about chocolate".
As I already stated, we ALL HAVE FAITH, the only difference is whether we have faith in ourselves and the works of man or acquiesce to a greater power whose omnipotence balances the Earth in a universe of unimaginable chaos and ever increasing entropy.
This trend is as the TE suggests, "a descent into godlessness" rather than the lauded comments of secularists here of "ascent into godlessness". I for one will never be so foolish as to assume my fragile mind can comprehend the complexity and scale of the universe we live in... can you say the same?
Final thing. Some here are saying that there is no benefit to religion, citing the US and Middle East as devout cultures with much violence, crime, inequality etc and Norway as being secularist, peaceful and successful.
Well, Northern Ireland surely takes the biscuit on religious scales. Side-stepping theses issues and dealing with quantifiable results, a report this week stated that Northern Irish schools are now in the top 10 worldwide for maths and science skills. Clearly the Republicans in NI have strong cultural resonance with Catholicism and Unionists strongly resonate with Protestantism - yet in a society that breeds religious intolerance as a community value, the performance of the children of this society in mathematical sciences is as good as anywhere in the world. All this with an economy heavily dependent on the state (60 cents/dollar spent comes from Westminster), deep-rooted community segregation (a major factor measuring inequality and health) and centuries old tendencies for NI citizens to wage religious war on their neighbours. How then, I ask, do the secularists explain the high aptitude for maths and science in this environment if religion is such a drag on progressive thought?
Faith in one's own abilities or in the scientific method is based on evidence and past experience. They are not blind leaps of faith. A mentally healthy person does not believe themselves capable of outrunning a train or developing supernatural abilities. Most religions require belief in an interventionist entity of unlimited power, which we have little to no evidence for (or, indeed, against). The natural disasters that were previously considered actions of such an entity have been proven to have more logical causes.
While it is foolish to believe one can comprehend everything about the universe, it is also foolish to merely ascribe everything unknown or too complex as being the work or nature of an unseen spirit controlling everything with a predetermined plan for all.
"I for one will never be so foolish as to assume my fragile mind can comprehend the complexity and scale of the universe we live in... can you say the same?"
I'm a humanistic, non-theist and I would absolutely say the same. There is huge range of possibilities between believing in Christianity and believing that humans are capable of understanding all things.
My educational back ground is in archaeology and one thing that I believe that humans are capable of understanding to a reasonable extent is the development of our own history and culture. At this point it is not overly difficult to trace the development of theism and religion in the Middle East (though there are of course numerous areas of controversy).
City states originally had their own patron deities and interaction between city states gave rise to shared, polytheistic cosmologies. As one city state temporarily gained ascendency and dominance over others, or developed a truly unified polity in the case of Pharaonic Egypt, polytheism frequently gave way to henotheism. The development from henotheism to monotheism was not particularly revolutionary or unexpected. The ideas of good vs. evil, final judgment, and a savior born of a virgin all originate most clearly in Zorastorianism and spread into Israel during the Persian Empire.
Faith has its place, but when faced with the enormous evidence of our own history and cultural development why should we assert that Christianity was divinely inspired when all evidence suggests it was the product of cultural evolution like every other religion?
Christianity has contributed enormously to the world just like the other human philosophies like Platonism, Confucianism, or Buddhism; but there is no reason to give Christianity a place of privilege. And if Christianity cannot survive without the myth of being divinely revealed, it deserves to die out.
Let's start with a few definitions from the Oxford Dictionary:
Faith: 1. trust or confidence in someone or something
2. strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof
Atheist: a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods
Now, let's eliminate the way you use the two different definitions of 'faith" to form an apparently logical step from "trust" to "god" by replacing "faith", used in the sense of trust, with "trust". Already your argument is looking a bit transparent, I think. Repeating "we ALL HAVE TRUST" doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Does it ? While we're discussing faith, let's take a look at "faith in science". My trust is in the scientific method, which has remained essentially what was since the time of Aristotle and before ("Ug, round wheel good, square wheel bad, ug"). Changing a theory in the light of empirical evidence is accepted and expected. It doesn't break my trust, or pass it's sell by date, just as in my day to day life, Newtonian physics still works quite well, and Archimede's Principle keeps my bath mat dry.
Your much vaunted knowledge of physics seems to have been at the expense of history. The "Divine Right of Kings" comes from the Tudor and Stuart Kings/Queens of England/Scotland, as well as Louis XIV of France. This is an assertion that monarch derives the right to rule directly from a christian god, and so cannot be usurped by mortals. It is nothing at all to do with deluded individuals declaring themselves living gods, nor the contemporary leadership of Libya or N. Korea, who, to the best of my knowledge, have declared themselves neither kings nor gods.
Contemporary christianity is very different to that of the 10th C, 15 C ,16 etc etc so it's plain it doesn't remain constant. They dropped the Kings James bible fairly recently. Your contempt for catholics is evidence of that.
The rest of your post is self important anecdotes and metaphors, all of which are your opinions, and should not be presented as fact. Your stating that I'm "ignorant and backwards" doesn't make it so. Yet you have a "finite mind" which is fairly small if you believe that atheism equates to omniscience. Of course I don't believe I could ever comprehend the infinite complexity of the universe. Nor do I believe you to have a fragile or feeble mind in any way. Nor do I believe Easter is about bunnies and chocolate or Christmas about Santa and presents. Those who do believe that are your simpletons not mine. I believe they are both festivals suborned from the festivals of Eostre and the winter solstice, respectively. Which is not to say I believe in those as gods either.
No I do not have faith. No, I do not know anything about NI, apart from what I saw in Belfast in the 70's, and I don't care how good their school reports are, I wouldn't put any other community through that violence, for any reason. Please feel free to prove that it's due to religion, because the graveyards in Belfast tell their own story about sectarian violence.
Yes, I do believe religion can be a force for good, many individuals draw a lot of comfort and strength from their religion, and we mustn't overlook religious charitable works. But then, we shouldn't overlook secular charities as well: The Red Cross/Crescent, MSF etc.
Live and let live, laissez faire. Enjoy your religion , take as much from it as you want, and give as much as you like to anyone who asks. But I'm just fine as I am, thanks, I really am OK, and that should be OK with you.
Thanks for your comment, even if it is a polar opposite.
So to clarify one thing I do not claim to be a great physicist, I just know from my own experience that there aren't too many physics graduates these days, especially in the UK.
Anyway, I was wondering where you are from? I ask because while Belfast may have experienced some much publicised issues I would feel much safer roaming the streets of Belfast by myself at night than London, Cardiff, Glasgow or Dublin.
The why is pretty simple - take away the paramilitary sectarian element, which is generally contained within particular communities on any given day, and Belfast and NI as a whole has much lower crime statistics than other capital cities. If you want to make me laugh, please tell me you are American and that the US is safer than Belfast. I wouldn't go for gas in that country without utilising my right to bear arms.
The Belfast Telegraph published an article claiming that there is a 14% chance of being the victim of crime in NI (much of which is linked to paramilitaries) whereas there is a >20% chance of being the victim of a crime in England and Wales. According to the British Crime Survey 2011, "Northern Ireland is the safest region in the UK".
According to Queen's University, "Belfast is the most successful region in the UK (on a per capita basis) at attracting foreign direct investment".
So when you say you, "wouldn't put a community through that violence, for any reason", you are somewhat missing the point that those more godless cities in the mainland UK are much more damaging for your health and your pocket than zealous Belfast. So why not promote religion then, if non-religious folk commit more crimes and create even more fractious communities than religiously polar NI? To steal a quote, "I wouldn't put a community through that violence, for any reason".
One last thing. Religion can be an overwhelming power for good and neoteric change in the world. Just consider Francis Hutcheson, a Scottish Presbyterian born in Ireland (Ulster-Scot). Hutcheson was a very devout man but welcomed dissenters of all faiths (Catholic, progressive Protestant), protecting them from the crown-sponsored religion at great personal risk to himself. Hutcheson wrote the legal framework for the US colony to rebel against the British crown, coined the phrase "unalienable rights" and pretty much laid the entire foundation for the property-owning capitalist democracy that we now know as the United States of America.
Strange to think we owe much of our civil liberties, religious freedom and corner stones of what we believe to be our modern, secularist society from a devout Ulster-Scots Christian.
You say you are "just fine as I am". Well friend, I tell you that without evangelical Christians you would be a heck of a lot worse off materially and in terms of civil liberties than you are now - and those things, important as they are, are not the most valued gifts that religion has to offer...
Thanks for your considered response. It'd be boring if we all thought the sane, hey. Fair play, Belfast may well be a perfectly lovely place now: but it certainly wasn't in the 70's. You seem to be saying that somehow the community has benefited from the troubles, and that religion was not the cause of them. If you're holding Belfast up as an example, my explanation would be the spirits of the communities have triumphed over the religious war, and despite the sectarianism, not because of it.
You say I'm missing your point, but I can say, just as validly, that you're missing mine. I referred to "putting a community through that" to try to illustrate that it seems ridiculous to link the sectarian violence to school outcomes 40 years later. Again, I don't accept there's a link between professed religion and crime rate. You'd rather be on the street of Belfast than London, because of the religions followed by the population? I don't think you can separate paramilitary elements for the overall crime rates in any meaningful way. That would be like separating Mafia and Yardie crime out of the London crime rate, and equally pointless. In London, the number of Christians in 4 London Boroughs increased 01>11. Can you produce the stats to show that the crime rate has decreased accordingly, normalised against neighbouring Boroughs? When I lived in Cricklewood and Harlesden I had to be very careful about the Irish pubs, particularly in Kilburn: Some were Orange and some were Feinian. Either would give you a kicking if you said the wrong thing or didn't contribute to their cause. From when I lived in Camberwell, I know that the populations of Brixton and Peckham have a very high rate of Christians: Those of Jamaican descent are often Pentecostal, Baptist, Rasta, all Christian, all on the streets going to chapel on a Sunday. Yet I never felt safe in those places unless I was very obviously with my Ras. So no, I wouldn't promote religion: I don't accept there's any correlation with crime rate, let alone a causal one.
The point is we can all cherry pick to make a point, as you have cherry picked the points you want to answer.
I do believe religion can be a force for good, I was careful to state that. I do not believe it's an "overwhelming power for good". I believe in humanity, and that individuals, wherever they are born, whatever their race, colour , creed, gender or age have the potential to be good or evil, and that the same person can, without changing any of those determinants, be both good and evil at different times. You use the founding fathers as an example. It's unsurprising that they were Puritans. As I've said above, good things can be done by religious people. Yet it was the descendants of these people (among others, I grant) who went on to all but extinguish the indigenous people and the Bison. Similarly the Civil war was fought over slavery by their descendants. Talking of which, I don't know about Hutcheson, but Washington, Jefferson and Sedgewick were all slave owners. What was it about these three that allowed them to write "all men are created equal" etc., whilst still owning slaves? This is surely the mark of a bad person and a hypocrite? Genesis 9:25-7, Leviticus 25, Exodus 21:2 , Exodus 21:7-11, Ephesians 6:7-9, that's what. The Bible, both Testaments. The black men were considered to be the sons of Ham, forever cursed to be slaves, and while protection for slaves was set down in the bible, they were still distinctly slaves.
"When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property." Exodus 21:20-21
Yes, I see what you mean: You could let your slave bleed out, and as long as s/he didn't die until the third day, you're OK. How is this a power for good in the world? Atheist, secular people and organisations can be a force for good or ill too.
As for where I'm from, well, I'd hope my spelling, grammar and punctuation would tell you I'm not American. I'm a true born cockney, and have lived a large part of my life in and around London, but have lived and worked widely around Europe and Africa as well. I've lived and worked in USA and Asia, but never more than 2>3 months at a time. For the last 7 years I've been a citizen of Australia.
And you? My guess is you're an Orangeman
I don't know what relevance that has to anything though. Oh, and I'm a BSc in Mining Engineering (even rarer than physicists hehehe). Whether or not those freedoms have been graciously gifted by Puritans in the US, or hard fought for by the Unions and others in the UK, is irrelevant to me. They are what they are, I am what I am. Please don't tell me anything, it's not your place to. What is your view of other religions, Islam, Buddhism, Sikh and Hindu ? Excepting the Catholics, of course, we know that already.
For all your intelligence and education, you seem too satisfied with the idea that "if we don't know about it, it must be god."
I do not claim that we can know it all. But if I claimed that goddunnit, then what motivation do I have to explore and advance my knowledge?
Faith, as you define it, equates to hypothesising. As a scientist, you must know that not only is this allowed, but it is encouraged by non-religious people.
"At least with religion the fundamentals remain constant over time" - this is just not true. There are no two people in the world who have had the exact same idea and understanding and applications of their religion. It is totally dependent on individuals. It is not empirical. On the other hand, an Arab airline, a North Korean airline, and a Norwegian airline take off from a runway all following the EXACT SAME LAWS and will do for a lot longer than religion is around.
I disagree with your statement on the Catholic Church, where you stated the pope can re-write God's will on personal whim or on investment advice from his Cardinals. This is precisely one of the reasons Catholicism is intrinsically logical. The pope has no authority to change matters of dogma or doctrine, only discipline. The pope can never make homosexual marriage ok, abortion ok, contraception ok, or any of these things because these are permanent truths. He only has power to change matters of discipline or institute new dogmas (new in the sense they are defined as dogmas, not new in the sense that they are contradictory to the Church's unofficial beliefs on the issue). All other religions will succumb to the zeitgeist (look at Anglicans and homosexuality) because they have no set definitions, no set morality, basically no truth. Truth does not change.
I don't think this is a significant as, say, seeing such the same trend in the Muslim world or the American South. For, already, Anglicanism is perhaps the mildest and most tame of all religions, and there really is but a small step from there to a life void of religious dogma.
Anglicanism is a broad church, embracing some branches which are as you describe, and some which really aren't. Overall, it's a pretty mild religion, but isn't a competitor for the most chilled overall; that, to my mind, would almost have to be Unitarianism.
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That's right; there are actually some congregations in Mainline Protestantism (like Unitarianism or many Congregational Churches in New England) that are even more relaxed, shall we say.
Depends on which congregation, which probably applies to every variety of faith.
How many persons in today's world are truly religious (of any faith or philosophy)? Certainly much less than 50%.
Today's dominant religions are materialism (not the one of Marx, but that of possession of material goods) and nationalism. Even pretense religious and ideological disputes are badly disguised disputes of sects of these two faiths.
There's a mistake in this article. It should begin "Britain continues its ASCENT into godlessness"
Im a firm believer that creatures who derive comfort from conducting imaginary conversations with gods ,expecting them to take care of their problems are beyond help.Would it be too offensive to declare that I hold all believers for nut jobs?
Druidry seems to be a fun religion ;-)
It is quite surprising that almost 50% of British today are not Christians anymore, compared to the higher percentage of 71.9% just a few years ago. This declining tendency seems no halt according to the statistics by the Eocnomists. Such decline may puzzle many concerned, as they may acquire a clear image of British in their long history, traditional, religious, and the like. What had happened in this country, why and when multation occur?
People may not be shocked if lower number of people believe in their gods in romantic cultures today, but not for English. English are totally different from their European neighbors and Americans in things of all kinds, including their belief adherance and conservatism. That pride and arogance are unfolded in their eyes. You will not miss it even today in the media, and even in their chats in Cafe and pubs. The real story may tell something about this. In the late evening, the big and small town pubs and clubs are full of boys and girls, drinking, swinging and kyoodling. This new style of life may change everything. A belief in God or some other almighties are not pursumeably the release from their perplex and pressure. Meanwhile, pursuit of comfort and happiness may have varieties of channels, and a persistant belief, as one of the measurements in history, may have other options, which approach their life and satisfy their daily needs visibly and inresistbily.
This world is changing. It is driven to somewhere we can't easily figure out.
After the fashion of making a competition out of predicting when China's economy will surpass that of the USA may I suggest a competition for predicting when the Muslim population of the UK will overtake the UK's Christian population ?
My pick is 2032
2032 seems a little early... you may be looking at the London figures. Nationally, Christians in 2011 stand at 59.3% of the population, whereas Muslims stand at 4.8%. If I had to guess, I'd predict that the 2031 census (the nearest we'll get to a 2032 figure) would show something more like Christians 35%, Muslims 10%, but there'd be huge error bars on those estimates, nationally.
Although Christianity may be declining in the UK, this is not the case in the rest of the world. Christianity, especially Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Evangelical Christianity remains the largest and fastest growing religion in the world--despite the demographic decline in traditionally Christian Europe. Most of the growth in Christianity in the world comes through conversion, mostly in Africa and Asia. Islam is not the fastest growing religion. Islam's growth comes from a high birth rate in general and in the West from immigration. The next century will remain a 'Christian Century' essentially because the new Churches beyond Europe are lively, growing and missionary in nature. The older churches in Europe and America, if history has anything to teach us, always seem to experience periodic renewal and revival of religious 'enthusiasm' just when things seem darkest. (Google. Many sites confirm the true statistics of the world's religions.)
I'd dispute your description of the current trends, but not your statement that Islam won't overtake Christianity any time soon. (Partly because the gap between birth rates by religion may not be as big as you seem to think http://www.gapminder.org/videos/religions-and-babies/).
What I'd dispute is your summary of the global trend - the viewpoint on the rise would seem by survey data from 40 medium-to-large countries surveyed in both 2005 and 2011 to be atheism, with religiosity generally falling among Christian countries, and not only within Europe but also the USA, Ecuador, Argentina, South Africa and South Korea: http://redcresearch.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RED-C-press-release-Re...
(A few countries bucked the global trend towards less religiosity, particuarly Macedonia, Romania, Pakistan, and Malaysia; however generally the trend in religiosity was downwards).
This is not to say, though, that it's impossible that over the next century Christianity may retain enough inertia to remain the single largest religious denomination worldwide. It just isn't on the ascendant at the moment.
You are quite right about the sudden drop in Islamic birthrates. I just checked it out and was surprised. In the last decade Islamic birth rates have plunged 38% and should converge with Christian birth rates in 2015.
Yes,atheism has increased in percentage terms, but beyond the West, Japan, and a few other emerging technocracies does not have much field to run in.
One thing is for sure. Everything changes and projections are only projections. Who would have thought that China would have produced more than 100 new Christians in the last 60 years? Or that Korea would become one of the prinicpal Christian missionary sending nations in the 21st century?
You are quite right about the sudden drop in Islamic birthrates. I just checked it out and was surprised. In the last decade Islamic birth rates have plunged 38% and should converge with Christian birth rates in 2015.
Yes,atheism has increased in percentage terms, but beyond the West, Japan, and a few other emerging technocracies does not have much field to run in.
One thing is for sure. Everything changes and projections are only projections. Who would have thought that China would have produced more than 100 new Christians in the last 60 years? Or that Korea would become one of the prinicpal Christian missionary sending nations in the 21st century?
I would think the stats would be hard to find. Christianity grows very well in oppressed countries, but finding Christians to sacrifice themselves for someone else's poll may skew the data somewhat. It is guesstimated that the Church in China is somewhere around 10% of the population. However, the God of the bible is not, on average, one for respecting laws of physics, much less dicey stats on people.
My own experience regarding atheism is that people who supposedly adhere to it do so as a concept, not as a cause. I think it's more akin to agnosticism, if that is a proper term: "I dunno, nobody ever magically appeared to me." Also, there is the perrenial favorite, "I'm basically a good person, I try to be nice," defined as never having killed anyone, paying taxes, and so on. This is a dodgy position, even from a secular point of view: "A person who's nice to you, but not nice to the waitress, is not a nice person."
You make some very good points, Ranson, particularly that "everything changes". We can't predict with any accuracy where we'll be in 2100 demographically on any number of levels. It'll be interesting to find out, though.
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The stats are pretty hard to track, but these and others I've seen do all tend to point to falling levels of religiosity around much of the world.
As for atheism being a concept not a cause; atheism yes, secularism and scepticism, not so much. However, I think this is going into quite a different discussion.
I would not mind moving to England and Wales - the society has matured. I wonder when the others will stop getting afraid of God and develop their own confidence level and stop praying to a non-existent being.
What is surprising is that this decline in belief in God comes when the economy of UK is stagnant at a low level. WOW
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I would not mind moving to England and Wales - the society has matured. I wonder when the others will stop getting afraid of God and develop their own confidence level and stop praying to a non-existent being.
What is surprising is that this decline in belief in God comes when the economy of UK is stagnant at a low level. WOW
Best wishes
Kishore Nair from Mumbai
I think I need to move to London! Wow. What an amazing, globalised place!
It appears that the increase in the 'no religion' camp has come largely from people of Christian background. This does appear consistent with trends I have seen which suggest that Christians are more susceptible to losing their faith than people in other religious groups. I think there is a historical reason for that (in view of the last some 400 years).
Christianity is about personal faith more than about cultural identity. This is why other religions exercise huge normative compliance on adherents, whereas Christians are for the most part free to decide for themselves. Christianity is one of very few religions that doesn't basically force people to stay Christian - it's easy in, easy out. Not running the risk of your parents and relatives disowning you makes leaving a religion a lot easier! Personally, I think this is how it should be.
"I have seen which suggest that Christians are more susceptible to losing their faith than people in other religious groups."
The Buddhists, particularly in East Asia, also seem extremely susceptible to "losing their faith.". China, Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, Vietnam, and South Korea are all extremely secular. The large minority of Christians in South Korea are another group of Buddhists who have lost their faith.
I suppose that what all of these countries have in common with the modern West is that the 1. state did not and does not base its legitimacy in reference to a particular religion. 2. communities have non-religious alternatives to churches and temples for ritualism, moral guidance, and community organization. 3. A tradition of intellectual and religious pluralism (though this was temporarily suppressed during the early days of Communism in China and Vietnam).
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How to buy your next tool truck
The annual tool expos are right around the corner, and if you're not thinking about getting a new truck now, you might be once you see some on the show floor. Beyond wanting a shiny new toy for your business, make sure you also carefully consider all the aspects in the purchase decision. There's more to the purchase process than just how you will pay for the truck.
Gas or diesel?
When it comes to buying a new (or used) truck for your route, one of the key decisions that will directly affect your bottom line is fuel supply: Should you buy a gas or diesel vehicle?
"There are two types of emission controls currently on the market, Selective Catalytic Reduction System and Exhaust Gas Recirculation System. Most engine manufacturers have gone to the SCR system with the exception of International (Navistar) which uses the EGR system," said Charles Carstens, owner of Atlanta Commercial Display Vans.
"SCR works by injecting automotive grade urea/water solution called Diesel Exhaust Fluid or DEF into the vehicles hot exhaust steam," Carstens said. "The EGR System uses advanced fuel injection, air management, electronic controls and proprietary combustion technology."
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"Annual mileage is just one of the considerations when choosing between gasoline and diesel power," said Brian Tabel, retail marketing manager for Isuzu Commercial Truck of America. "Lower mileage applications can favor gas, but this is dependent upon other factors, like body application, load ranges, typical route requirements and terrain."
"Smaller routes in cities that maybe only cover 20 to 40 miles a day are good candidates for gas chassis," said Frank Solofra, director of corporate accounts at Lynch Diversified Vehicles.
Overall price is also a consideration.
"Once pricing for the 2011 models (which meet the new 2010 emissions standards) came out, we saw more people considering the gas option," said Solofra. "Chassis pricing has increased over $12,000 alone from 2007 and 2010 emissions, not to mention regular annual increases."
Solofra said prior to the 2010 emission regulations, there wasn't as much talk of gas engines in this category. And many still opt for diesel, he said.
As far as Isuzu goes, Tabel said the company's low-cab-forward commercial trucks feature two 2010 EPA-compliant diesel engines, and spring 2011 will reintroduce its NPR N-Series of gas-powered trucks.
"The new Isuzu NPR ECO-MAX with Isuzu's 4JJ1-TC diesel engine has demonstrated fuel savings of 20 percent from earlier models and is B-20 Bio-Diesel compatible," Tabel said.
Solofra advised that distributors consider the service center they use or intend to use and its capabilities as far as chassis selection. "Most dealers will be sure that they have a good service center on their route for whatever chassis they are considering," he said.
New or used?
For the budget-conscious buyer, another big consideration is whether to buy a used or new tool truck. For new trucks, you'll need to do all of your usual due diligence evaluating manufacturers and specs. If you decide to go the used route, you'll need to add research on make/model dependability, maintenance, recalls and repair histories.
Just like with cars, used tool trucks have their own issues to be wary of," Solofra said. "No matter the condition of the vehicle, there are always unknowns with used vehicles. It is impossible to tell if/when the engine will go or what other problems you may run into.
"When looking at a used tool truck, you need to consider not just the chassis but, of course, the interior as well," Solofra said. "It doesn't matter if the truck is in great shape if you can't display the tools the way that works for you."
Tabel said that 80 percent of LCF Isuzu trucks delivered to the U.S. since 1986 are still in operation. These numbers bode well for the brand.
"If you are fortunate enough to find a used Isuzu truck, for added peace of mind, see your local dealer and ask about Isuzu's Gold Star used truck warranty," Tabel said.
Important questions for used trucks include "Are you purchasing from a reputable dealer?" and "Are there any warranties available or is it 'buyer beware?' " Carstens said.
He advised using a tool truck leasing company or reputable tool truck builder when buying used. "Since they are providing the financing for the vehicle they are going to make sure the truck is serviced and everything is in good working condition.
"The most difficult purchase is when you purchase from an individual, especially someone that is getting out of the business. … If you are purchasing from an individual, check out the maintenance records. Ask to review and see invoices of work that has been performed on the vehicle. If you are not a mechanic, have someone that is check out the truck or require a DOT inspection," Carstens said.
"There are a lot of good used vehicles out there and you can certainly save some money if you can find one that fits your needs," Solofra said. He advised adding a few items to your checklist to consider with a used vehicle, like:
- Engine hours.
- Service and maintenance history.
- Additional money you may need to spend to refurbish or update the interior.
Layout options
Once you've decided on gas or diesel and evaluated whether to go new or used, interior layout is a major choice—especially since this most directly impacts your customers.
"Size and interior layout typically come down to two things: route characteristics and personal preference. If your route is compact, your customers' parking lots are small, and you have a lot of tight spaces to fit into, a 24-foot cab-chassis probably isn't the best choice," said Solofra.
"My number one thing is retail space," said Mark Brown, general manager at Summit Body Works. "The display is everything in a tool truck, and the more display area you create, the more useable it's going to be. The thing that's going to help the distributor the most by getting a new truck, other than the reliability, is if he can increase his display area."
"If a new truck costs $120,000, what's the square footage of shelf space worth? That becomes considerable," advised Brown. "If you've gone to all this expense, and you've lost some shelf space, then you've just increased the cost per square foot of display area, in reality."
Most dealers and franchisees have learned what is successful for them," and are moving from a "mobile warehouse to more of a mobile retail environment," Solofra said. "For those that aren't so well prepared, LDV has designed, built, sold and maintained over 10,000 tool trucks in our 33 year history." Solofra said they are more than ready to help design a van with the distributor.
One of LDV's advancements for interior design is its VersaFlex Interior. The all-aluminum, fully adjustable interior setup is designed to help distributors become more retail-oriented in layout. VersaFlex shelves and display drawers are available in 24", 30" and 36" widths; the system offers interchangeable shelves and drawers, and adjustable shelf angles, spacing and lighting options.
VersaFlex offers distributors the option to upgrade their truck's current interior vs. buying a new truck. Some of the shelving options can be incorporated alongside current setups.
Other upgrades a distributor might consider (for a current or new truck) are adding satellite Internet, flat-panel monitors, LED lighting and keyless entry systems.
"One pitfall not to make is letting your truck look empty. … Don't buy a truck that you can't fill up," Carstens said.
"The interior size of the trucks will have normally the same interior height at 84 inches and usually you have about 87 inches from wall to wall. The length would then vary from 18 feet to 24 feet. I tell a distributor to take masking tape and lay it out on the floor in their garage to get a better feel regarding how things might look and the flow of traffic," Carstens said.
"Merchandising is very important in an interior layout. … The truck is the store and should have some thought behind the design of it," Carstens said. "The tool truck builder can tell you what will work and what won't."
Carstens said that ACDV custom-builds interiors with the benefit of its own woodshop. So when a distributor asks for something unusual, "we can probably do it. … and there may be other distributors that might like the same thing," Carstens said.
"The most important thing about size is you get the proper GVW for the weight that you are planning on carrying. …When you overload your truck you will cause premature failure of components such as tires, brakes, springs, engines and transmissions," Carstens advised.
Buy vs. lease
The dealer's financial situation is going to determine buying vs. leasing.
"We have people that do both, but the vast majority are leasing," Solofra said. "When leasing, you will typically need to be in the vehicle a minimum of three years before you start to see any equity building up in the vehicle.
"Our advice for those leasing is to look at a few different options. We are seeing some pretty big differences between finance companies regarding residual payments, down payments and lease terms, all of which are going to have a major impact on the payment."
Another factor in tool truck financing recalls the gas vs. diesel debate.
"Since the fuel economy is not as good and the durability of the engine is not as long as a diesel, the leasing or finance companies may not lease this vehicle over as long a period of time," Carstens said. "With a shorter term on the lease for the gas motor, the monthly payment may be as high as the higher-priced diesel truck."
"There are some tax considerations whether you buy or lease. I always tell distributors to consult with their tax advisor," Carstens said.
Carstens and several distributors suggest looking into a home-equity loan for your truck purchase. Straight-up bank loans are more difficult though.
"Most banks are reluctant to loan on a tool truck. They will look up the blue book value on the truck and ask why you are paying $40,000 more than the book value," Carstens said. "Most of them don't understand the additional value that is added to the truck." Banks also worry that if you default, they'll be stuck with a specialized vehicle they're not equipped to sell.
"This is why a leasing company with knowledge of the tool trucks is the best place for financing," Carstens said. "They understand the business and they typically have a no or low down payment amount."
There are lots of numbers to consider with a new truck, payments are part of that, but need to be considered in the right light.
"People equate the tool truck payment with their car or mortgage payments," Summit's Brown said. "But the reality is, what you're buying is a revenue-creating piece of equipment."
And there are benefits to upgrading your store.
"Do most second-time truck buyers' sales increase with a new truck? Yes, they always seems to," Brown said. "A lot of that can go back to increased display area and the distributor has a new attitude, a new purpose. He's rejuvenated."
Brown is also a former distributor and DM. His other main advice is to be more conventional when you design a new truck.
"Stay as close to the mainstream as possible. Which means a diesel, 22-foot, five-shelf-per-side, nice truck. Don't do something crazy. Don't put four toolbox pockets in it. … And other people have built trucks with no toolbox pockets," Brown said. "Well, the reality is when you turn around to resell it, you've reduced your market to 5 percent."


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Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av (which month coincides with July and/or August), is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar. Although a large number of disasters are said to have befallen the Jews on this day, the major commemoration is of the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and 70 C.E., respectively. Central to the observance of this day is fasting.
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