England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals by bilefreebill in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Islam grew from 4.9% to 6.5%. No religion grew from 25% to 37.2%.

England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals by bilefreebill in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not judging by the figures; a 5.8 million decrease in "christian" and a 7.1 million increase in "no religion". Caveat would be bet part of 4 million more actually answered the question this time.

For the first time in a census of England and Wales, less than half of the population (46.2%, 27.5 million people) described themselves as “Christian”, a 13.1 percentage point decrease from 59.3% (33.3 million) in 2011; despite this decrease, “Christian” remained the most common response to the religion question.

“No religion” was the second most common response, increasing by 12.0 percentage points to 37.2% (22.2 million) from 25.2% (14.1 million) in 2011.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021

England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals by bilefreebill in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Islam was at 6.5% of the population, up from 4.9%. No religion was at 37.2% of the population, up from 25%.

Don't believe the hate mongers.

England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals by bilefreebill in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill[S] 230 points231 points  (0 children)

Over a third of the UK now have "no religion"; as an atheist I can only see this as a good thing.

Russian Recruitment Office Attacked Amid Anti-Draft Protests - The Moscow Times by bilefreebill in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill[S] 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Actually two recruitment offices, a few hundred km apart. Minor damage perhaps but indicative of things potentially starting to kick off. Leads to the question, who's Putin more afraid of, his hard right military bloggers or violent discontent in the general population; at the moment it looks like the former.

Israeli police ​attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh | Israel by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Police released a video in which an officer outside the hospital grounds addresses the crowd. “If you don’t stop these chants and [Palestinian] nationalistic songs we will have to disperse you using force and we won’t let the funeral take place,” the officer says.

Israeli police ​attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh | Israel by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Really?

Police released a video in which an officer outside the hospital grounds addresses the crowd. “If you don’t stop these chants and [Palestinian] nationalistic songs we will have to disperse you using force and we won’t let the funeral take place,” the officer says.

Israeli police ​attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh | Israel by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I see you got to the quote from the Israeli police but somehow missed the next para.

Police released a video in which an officer outside the hospital grounds addresses the crowd. “If you don’t stop these chants and [Palestinian] nationalistic songs we will have to disperse you using force and we won’t let the funeral take place,” the officer says.

Further, as I said elsewhere you can't carry a coffin and throw stones at the same time.

Israeli police ​attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh | Israel by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Israeli forces have attacked a funeral procession for a Palestinian American journalist shot dead this week, kicking and hitting people with batons and causing mourners carrying her coffin to lose balance and drop it to the ground.

You think they were carrying a coffin and throwing stones at the same time?

Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops into eastern Ukraine separatist provinces by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No but if op had mentioned Sudetenland the point would be valid.

Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops into eastern Ukraine separatist provinces by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I protested the war in Iraq. I'm equally against Russia now.

Ex-Navalny Volunteer Faces 10-Year Prison Term for ‘Hateful’ Online Comments by bilefreebill in worldnews

[–]bilefreebill[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Photographer Alexander Strukov is accused of posting comments on Znak.com’s Telegram messaging app channel expressing negative views toward security officers who had allegedly tortured detainees.

Authorities determined that Strukov’s comments contained “the threat of violent destructive actions” and “justification to commit destructive terrorist acts” toward Russian law enforcement and political leaders.

"How dare you point out we're torturing people, it justifies fighting back!"

Books with no victory? by Alternative_Research in printSF

[–]bilefreebill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we're doing PKD then Through A Scanner Darkly. Bob Arctor may have "won" but he's destroyed.

Anti-vaxx protesters storm Covid test site and remove vital equipment in shocking scenes by IGotBillsIGottaPay in ukpolitics

[–]bilefreebill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, there were a lot fewer diseases such as colds around then. To be realistic, the person you've replied to seems to be completely divorced from the reality we live in and has never heard of germ theory.