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

No surprises here then.People prefer to making money rather than go to some big empty building on a Sunday saying nonsense to a God who is not there.+.

If you include the people who still answer as "Christian" because they were christened; despite not having been to church in years or following any part of religion the number is probably a lot higher.

a rather misleading headline- a minority of people profess no faith, of the majority that do the vast majority are Christians- but any how it's great news and long may the secular society advance

If I wrote down that I had a 3 way with Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez then started telling everybody that it happened every Sunday morning - I would have the same amount of evidence that God exists.

The Church does not do enough to preserve its own faith. The Church did well during certain times in history and they should copy what was done then.

The historic glue is melting

They are ripe for conversion! I wonder which organisation will reap the benefit? Watch out!

When the Anglican clergy act more like the Soviet Socialist Commissars, how can the people tell the difference ??? That said, 95% of the people of Hong Kong worship the Great God Dollar !!!!

The Romans didn't turn up over night and claim England such as it was. The same thing is happening again in a different way.

Churches can't keep people because all they preach is surrender.

Because religion is the root of almost all wars! We want nothing to do with it!

You'd be amazed how many people are feigning to be Christians around where we live - primarily as there are two oversubscribed CE faith schools in the area. Six 'messy church' sessions and you're children are 'in' or better still offer to help out at one of these sessions. You'll probably find this is similar in London adding to the popularity of the Anglican faith. C of E needs to address the unpopularity of churches and the so called 'pew jumping' to get into schools.

What's the use in having a religion? It isn't gonna help us on earth and no one has ever come back to tell us it's going to help us when we're dead.

Before politics was used, we had religion. The leaders of the assorted parties used names to make their party known to the masses. Each devised different means to control their groups. Some promised lots of fun with the ladies when you die. Others promised an eternal life in a green and pleasant land and so the serfs all believed. And still do to this day. We have the Tories and Labour in Britain. And recently the Tories managed to convince the Labour lot that their belief in a enlarged group of countries is the way for their religion to go. Yet it appears the flock are becoming Atheist, as they all wish to keep religion as they have known it for their lifetime. There are recent additions to the country who have a different political belief and they all want something for nothing. But ! if we escape from the new beliefs introduced by the Tory religion will the new flock remain in this country, with no free loading in the future.

The Church, (Protestant and Catholic) has to continue to appease their biggest market, the developing world so has radically diverged from our moral framework. In the west we pretty much leave people alone, the doctrine of 'live and let live', in other parts of the world they oppress people for being themselves. We don't want to associate ourselves with organisations who try and push those values onto us

You only have to look at the current state of the World to realise that if there is any kind of God, whatever it is has no influence whatsoever as to what happens in everyday life and that praying is a waste of time and energy. I mean, what kind of God would allow an idiot like Cameron to be in charge?

Spirituality isn't the same thing as 'Organised Religion'.

The thing that really annoys me when people talk about the after life is that they will never find out that's it's not true because they will be dead!

I can tell you who are not the minority.

It's a little different in North America, while there are more atheists, Catholic/Protestant denominations are also competing with evangelical churches.