The march of the atheists

The census 2011 for Uk has just been released. Two focus points picked up by news organisations seem to be the number of foreign born people now living in UK, and the drop in the number of people saying they are 'Christian', even if they are not regular church goers.

This last fact has led to a lot of people shouting gout, "well we don't need Chistianity", "UK is no longer a Christian country", " at last people have realised that religion is" … whatever.

But think about it a moment. If it is not for Christianity who defines the morality of the people? Islamic Sharia? The government and its laws? We have to be very, very careful here. Without some form of moral guidance and acceptance of moral principles and instillation of those principles, society can and will become savage. I think it is clear that more and more legislation is today being directed at what are social behaviour problems (ASBOs and the like), but these are also moral problems, "love your neighbour" issues. I am convinced that the church has a tremendous job to do to rebuild its presence in UK society. I hope that the new and dynamic Archbishop of Canterbury realises this and will do something about it.