Now UK Christians are in a minority: Number of people who say they do not identify with any religion reaches almost half after doubling in the past three years

Religion is a form of insanity

We didn't have our children christened and they are now in their 30's and it is up to them to decide what if any religion they choose to follow. How many parents have their children christened and just use the church for this occasion and don't go as a rule. Same with marriages. I was christened catholic and don't practice any religion. My late dad disowned my children because I refused to have them christened catholic. His loss not mine and was very angry when I married at a register office and yet when he remarried he married at a register office.

Religion: at best an emotional crutch for people in a time of need - no issue with that if it is kept private/personal. At worst, an evil controlling mechanism of the masses.I follow Jiminy Cricket - "always let your conscience be your guide".

Irrespective if you believe or not, the important thing is how we treat each other. There is a right way, where we respect each other, are tolerant and try to help each other on our own personal journey, or the wrong way that just creates conflict and strife.

I was an atheist as soon as they started talking about talking snakes and the rather ludicrous idea of a penguin waddling all the way from antarctica to get on a boat in the middle east.

And the minority will get even smaller with 12 million Turks waiting in the wings,

Good news. Now if we can only leave behind that other 'religion' that's currently on the rise well be making progress.

God and religion were created by man to control the masses.

I'm an atheist because I prefer to believe in fact, rather than man made fiction.

A clear indicator of developing intelligence.

Great news! People are growing up and not believing in imaginary friends in the sky.

People have lost faith in the church these days and the church clergy have only themselves to blame for this to a great extent.

We've witnessed what religion does to weak-minded people. We want nothing to do with it and we don't want to depend on a man in the sky who hates women.

I was forced to go to church when I was young and never believed the rubbish that they were spouting. Don't know much about other religions but the Bible clearly states in Matthew 6:5 that people should not pray in public and those that do are hypocrites. Organised religion is a sham!

Religion the cause of most wars. Should be banned

There is one religion in UK that is expanding via high birth rate, try leaving that one and see what happens to you!

Well as a Christian about to get married, I found nothing but obstruction to my fiancé and I getting married in church. The rules about which church you can marry in depending on where you live, the fact he had been married before....the church needs to move with the times, be more welcoming. We would've married in a church had we not felt so unwelcome and been faced with rules that are unresponsive to modern day life.

One thing is certain, right or wrong, believe or not, religion kept a focus for the population for a long time. Christianity in the UK became controlled by a very materialistic system based in Rome, then people rebelled to follow British forms of "direct" Christianity, it waned during the 18th Century but had a re-awakening with Methodism etc, muscular Christianity became the backbone of mid and late Victorian life. In the 20th Century, after WW2, people have become less spiritual and worship materialism and celebrity - a bit like the "Eyesight To The Blind" section of The Who's "Tommy" film. People are growing apart and are more suspicious and selfish. While we are weakened, those of a different religion will move in by guile and even force and control us. Then God help us !

This comes as no surprise. As people become better educated they become less religious.

It's a dangerous thing, religion. We forget what people have done in the name of Christianity, and consider it above all other religions. Anyone who believes in an unidentified entity that rules everything is worryingly subjugated and needs help.