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Originally Posted by lancsdave
I'm pretty sure thats what the Christian faith is all about too.
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It was an example, and indeed the main religious faith of england is said to be the Church of England, but I didn't use the christian faith as the example due to the steady decline of practicing christians in the country, and the lack of young followers attending church today, where as the muslim faith has a uch stronger hold on believers of all ages.
If anyone wants to see proof of this you only need to stand in a church entrance and tally how many say, over 50's there are compared to under 18's. Many would see that the only prominent times people of the latter age attend church is during xmas holidays (and probably just gone with the rest of the family to keep the peace) or during baptisms, confirmations etc of younger family members, which often are due to the reputation of the school they want to attend, not because their family are religious.
Currently I only know of one christian family who attend services on a regular basis as a family, yet I went to a catholic primary and high school. When I attended a more diverse college the amount of young muslims who attended their services and prayed regularly was much higher. And so that is why muslim faith was my example. Unfortunatly I also got the pleasant task of studying religion in a sociological sense so I have covered this issue before in an analytical sense rather just a peed off christian.
To be honest, it wouldnt even bother me if we didnt put up the xmas decorations in accy, because they tend to look really cheap anyway, but it'd be nice to have a proper grotto again where u can go inside and see santa rather than quickly go past him sat on a chair. Anyone remember the winfields santa grotto? That one was quite good.