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Minorities prop up church-going
From the BBC:
CHURCH ATTENDANCE 6.3% of people go to church 7.5% attended regularly in 1998 29% of churchgoers are aged over 65 17% are of ethnic minority background (8% of general UK population are ethnic minorities) 44% of London churchgoers are black Source: Christian Research http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5349132.stm |
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On Feb 15, 6:14*pm, (Sn!pe) wrote:
Ronald Tompkins crossposted to ul, urc, urs: From the BBC: CHURCH ATTENDANCE 6.3% of people go to church 7.5% attended regularly in 1998 29% of churchgoers are aged over 65 17% are of ethnic minority background (8% of general UK population are ethnic minorities) 44% of London churchgoers are black Source: Christian Research http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5349132.stm The shed is a far, far better place for having been told that. [fu set] -- ^Ï^. * * * Sn!pe * * * My pet rock Gordon just rolled his eyes. Following on from Warsi's ' Militant Secularism claim: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17021831 ......it is relevant. And Ye Shedde appears to be a broad church. Oh that reminds me! Back in the early 90s, I knew a defrocked priest who started a church in his garden shed! Honest! He had at least three in his congregation. He was High Church with all the vestments, an altar, incense and everything! Now that lad should be here. It's time we had a Revd Sheddi to keep all you heathens in place. Tone |
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There is another thing I've noticed as well. A lot of the volunteers working
in charities are from local churches, and a lot of my friends who are blind seem to have 'got religion's and go to church. Bit worrying really. Myself? I think that religion is out of date as such. it fulfils several needs. the original need, ie control of an uneducated population by fear of divine retribution is largely dissipated these days, but many do look for a reason for their lives and why they are the way they are, and also value the social contact that its often hard to find in any other way. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "Ronald Tompkins" wrote in message ... From the BBC: CHURCH ATTENDANCE 6.3% of people go to church 7.5% attended regularly in 1998 29% of churchgoers are aged over 65 17% are of ethnic minority background (8% of general UK population are ethnic minorities) 44% of London churchgoers are black Source: Christian Research http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5349132.stm |
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On 15/02/2012 18:30, Tony Haynes wrote:
.... Oh that reminds me! Back in the early 90s, I knew a defrocked priest who started a church in his garden shed! Honest! He had at least three in his congregation. ... Two more than attended communion in a church I was visiting yesterday. My visit was to look at the 16th century wall paintings and just after communion, so I don't count. Colin Bignell |
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On Feb 16, 5:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
There is another thing I've noticed as well. A lot of the volunteers working in charities are from local churches, and a lot of my friends who are blind seem to have 'got religion's and go to church. Bit worrying really. Myself? I think that *religion is out of date as such. it fulfils several *needs. the original need, ie control of an uneducated population by fear of divine retribution is largely dissipated these days, but many do *look for a reason for their lives and why they are the way they are, and also value the social contact that its often hard to find in any other way. *Brian Or could it be that without sight they are less distracted from their reality and more likeley to find the divine within? As an experienced blind person perhaps you could shed light on this theory, Brian? I agree with what you say regarding religion, though, but not faith. (I posted on this thread previously in a whimsical way about an RC priest in St Albans who had an affair and was defrocked. He then started his own church in his garden shed, complete with alter, vestments, incense, wine and wafers*. He had about three in his congregation. A true Sheddi in fact. But the post got googlified somewhere. It'll probably turn up in about a month's time after it's bounced around the universe for a while.) * "I can't believe this is not the body of Christ". It's not. It's a wafer. Tone |
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s.com, Tony Haynes on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 at 03:31:50 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote (I posted on this thread previously in a whimsical way about an RC priest in St Albans who had an affair and was defrocked. He then started his own church in his garden shed, complete with alter, vestments, incense, wine and wafers*. He had about three in his congregation. A true Sheddi in fact. But the post got googlified somewhere. It'll probably turn up in about a month's time after it's bounced around the universe for a while.) * "I can't believe this is not the body of Christ". It's not. It's a wafer. I do believe that there is no 'F' in God. Repeat after me 'I do believe there is no 'F' in God.' -- Nicholas David Richards - "Où sont les neiges d'antan?" |
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