LBC Live debate with Ian Payne: Why are less going to Church in the UK

[arista]

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[Withano]

Best thing for those Church's
is Convert to Disco and Gay Disco



Most wise

[Livia]

Everyone who's coming on to slag off the Christian church... Have a nice Christmas.

[Crimson Dynamo]

well the Christian church should not hijack established winter festivals to get more promo for their lame middle eastern cult

:hmph:

[Crimson Dynamo]

also hurry back Iain Dale

[Livia]

well the Christian church should not hijack established winter festivals to get more promo for their lame middle eastern cult

:hmph:

Fa la la la la, la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

[joeysteele]

I personally do feel the Churches need to update their services/masses.
Having said that I used to love midnight mass when I was a child and respected the whole event.

Sadly now the Catholic church has all but done away with midnight mass on Christmas eve now and it s now deemed you have been to Church on a Saturday if you attend a evening mass on the Saturday.

Having said that, I do still go to mass on Christmas eve and also at Easter, not so general weeks of the year but on those occasions the Catholic Churches I have attended are full completely.
Usually people are standing inside the Church and into the porch area too.

However, I feel there is no compulsion to go to Church anymore but maybe people now just are choosing to live out their faiths other ways.

[user104658]

Answer: Because God isn't real.

Solved.


And Livia... you know fine well that Christmas has very little to do with Jesus :joker:.

[Livia]

Answer: Because God isn't real.

Solved.


And Livia... you know fine well that Christmas has very little to do with Jesus :joker:.

TS. Have you been at the sherry already? Christmas has everything to do with Jesus... Christmas. You don't get more 'to do with it' than having your name in the title.

[user104658]

TS. Have you been at the sherry already? Christmas has everything to do with Jesus... Christmas. You don't get more 'to do with it' than having your name in the title.

Nah. I mean maybe he started the trend, but Santa has been top Christmas dog for ages now. It should be called Santamas. And it's mainly about presents and eating meat.

[Niamh.]

Nah. I mean maybe he started the trend, but Santa has been top Christmas dog for ages now. It should be called Santamas. And it's mainly about presents and eating meat.
And playing board games :hee:

[Shaun]

Because they're full of nonces.

[arista]

"Answer: Because God isn't real."


You Are Most Wise TS

[jennyjuniper]

Probably because now more people worship at the alter of material things and personal pleasure. It's a shame, because the church means so much more to a community than just attanding services. Happy CHRISTmas everyone.

[waterhog]

Probably because now more people worship at the alter of material things and personal pleasure. It's a shame, because the church means so much more to a community than just attanding services. Happy CHRISTmas everyone.

I am with you jenny - the church is fantastic when you need to gather your thoughts and reflect and it gives so many HOPE.

do agree it has allot of hard work with all that has gone on in the past.

[Kazanne]

Everyone who's coming on to slag off the Christian church... Have a nice Christmas.

:clap1::clap1::clap1::clap1: Well said Livia.:wavey:

[Kazanne]

well the Christian church should not hijack established winter festivals to get more promo for their lame middle eastern cult

:hmph:

Well even if you say it has been 'hijacked' we all know Christmas is now depicted as the birth of Christ,but people STILL are happy to roll along with it,never mind that it's something they don't believe in,

[Cherie]

Because they're full of nonces.

Just like mosques are full of terrorists apparently

[Brillopad]

Probably because now more people worship at the alter of material things and personal pleasure. It's a shame, because the church means so much more to a community than just attanding services. Happy CHRISTmas everyone.

Although not religious myself I agree with every word of that. It is a lot more to people than just attending services and brings people together.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Although not religious myself I agree with every word of that. It is a lot more to people than just attending services and brings people together.

well with uk attendance at around 3% I would say that is incorrect

[Livia]

How many Brits play tennis? I'm guessing not many. Let's make it our business to close down all the courts because not enough people use them. We'd have the added bonus of not having to see Andy Murray's miserable mug on the tellybox.

[Beastie]

Christmas is about a piss up for most people rather than the real meaning behind it :laugh:

[Livia]

Beastie's right. Most people see Christmas as a party time, or a time to be with family. And no one's forcing anyone to join in the spiritual side of it... I'm not even a Christian and I love Christmas. But I don't think it's right to object to people celebrating the spiritual side, if that's what they feel. It's no one else's business.

[Livia]

Well even if you say it has been 'hijacked' we all know Christmas is now depicted as the birth of Christ,but people STILL are happy to roll along with it,never mind that it's something they don't believe in,

People always say that, it's been hijacked. Like they know any more about the ancient religions which celebrated the winter solstice than they do about Christianity.

[Crimson Dynamo]

How many Brits play tennis? I'm guessing not many. Let's make it our business to close down all the courts because not enough people use them. We'd have the added bonus of not having to see Andy Murray's miserable mug on the tellybox.

yes but tennis coaches are not in schools lying to children


mainly as they have all been lifted for fiddly diddly most likely :shocked:

[Withano]

Nobody retweets you when you go to church.. Thorpe park however

[Niamh.]

Well even if you say it has been 'hijacked' we all know Christmas is now depicted as the birth of Christ,but people STILL are happy to roll along with it,never mind that it's something they don't believe in,
Because we in turn have hijacked it :shrug:

[Beastie]

Tennis players do like to play with balls after all.

[Livia]

yes but tennis coaches are not in schools lying to children


mainly as they have all been lifted for fiddly diddly most likely :shocked:

Yeah, fortunately, there's no precedent of child abuse in sport.

[Cherie]

It's interesting isn't it we mustn't generalise about Muslims, but we can call all Priests kiddy fiddlers, how does that work :think:

[user104658]

It's interesting isn't it we mustn't generalise about Muslims, but we can call all Priests kiddy fiddlers, how does that work :think:

Because the kiddy-fiddling Christian priests won't retaliate by trying to blow us all up :fist:.

[Cherie]

Because the kiddy-fiddling Christian priests won't retaliate by trying to blow us all up :fist:.

:laugh2:

[armand.kay]

Best thing for those Church's
is Convert to Disco and Gay Disco


Problem solved what is everyone debating about?

[smudgie]

Christmas is whatever you want to make of it.
I am not a church goer, or religious, however I love Carols from Kings, the Christmas Eve carol service on ITV and the New Year's Day concert from Vienna all the same.
The goodwill to all men (and women) sounds pretty good to me as well
Merry Christmas all.xx

[Vicky.]

I imagine less are going to church as less people are religious.

Or maybe people have gt sick of how moneygrabbing churches seem to be. Pretty sure I have told on here before about my grandma giving weekly and when she got ill, they sent her a letter asking for her cash donations to continue even though she could no longer attend. Bastards...

You do not need to visit a church to communicate with God. If thats your thing...

[arista]

I imagine less are going to church as less people are religious.

Or maybe people have gt sick of how moneygrabbing churches seem to be. Pretty sure I have told on here before about my grandma giving weekly and when she got ill, they sent her a letter asking for her cash donations to continue even though she could no longer attend. Bastards...

You do not need to visit a church to communicate with God. If thats your thing...


Yes Vicky
Money Collections Stink
Church Leaders are to blame

[arista]

It's interesting isn't it we mustn't generalise about Muslims, but we can call all Priests kiddy fiddlers, how does that work :think:


Yes LBC gets in tangles with that
and has to stop debates.

[arista]

Because the kiddy-fiddling Christian priests won't retaliate by trying to blow us all up :fist:.


TS
not able to on onto LBC Live with that
Truth

[Kizzy]

People always say that, it's been hijacked. Like they know any more about the ancient religions which celebrated the winter solstice than they do about Christianity.

But I do know more about those than Christian festivals.

Yuletide greetings.