A new poll supports Prime Minister David Cameron’s claims that England is a Christian country. The Telegraph surveyed 2,000 Britons and found that most citizens do identify as Christians.
The findings of the survey include the following:
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56 percent of respondents agreed with Cameron’s statement.
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60 percent of men agreed with the Prime Minister while 53 percent of women agreed.
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73 percent of citizens over the age of 65 sided with Cameron.
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30 percent claimed that Britain is a non-religious nation.
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Half of respondents believed that Christians were afraid to express their beliefs.
Despite the majority of survey-takers that supported the Prime Minister’s claims, only 14 percent answered that they practice Christianity. 38 percent called themselves “non-practising” Christians while 41 percent were not religious at all.
Lord Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury said that he believes England is in a “post-Christian” state, though the country’s “cultural memory” is “quite strongly Christian.”
“A Christian nation can sound like a nation of committed believers, and we are not that,” Williams said.
Publication date: April 28, 2014