Christians are converting to Unbelievers, as nearly half of Britain turns non-religious - Yahoo

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Britain is becoming a non-religious nation, with nearly half of us identifying as 'non-believers' – and it's driven by a large number of Christians turning non-religious. For every one person brought up in a non-religious household who starts going to church, 26 people raised as Christians turn

into non-believers, a new report found.

Stephen Bullivant of St Mary's University, Twickenham, says, 'In 1983, 67% of Britons identified as some kind of Christian. In 2015, it was 43%.

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'Over the same period, members of Non-Christian religions have more than quadrupled.

'Those who identify as 'No religion' (i.e., Nones, the nonreligious) are 48.6% of theBritish adult population. This is roughly 24.3 million people.'

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