Since the sixteenth century, the Church of England has enjoyed a position of constitutional privilege in the country. The head of the Church of England is the reigning monarch; its highest-ranking clergyman is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Despite a deep-rooted decline in religious practice, the Church continues to enjoy its status as England’s ‘established’ religion, with all the privileges that imparts – including seats for senior bishops in the House of Lords. This last honour is unique to the Church of England; the most prominent figures in England’s other faiths are excluded. As religious belief has declined, and England has become an increasingly multi-cultural state, so too have calls for the disestablishment of the Church become more vocal.


What do you think??

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Dont know on this one

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no, i don't think we should. If anything we should put more emphasis on going back to church and leading religious lives.

religion has no part of my life and never will, the biggest churches have great amasses of money and then go on at us to do more about povery etc etc. They could easily wipe out the debts and make sure our kids grow up with lives outside poverty .

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i didn't know that about the bishops.does that apply in scotland also? i think church and state should be seperate. irish politics have had harmful interference from the r.c. church down the years.

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the french have the right idea,not allowing religion to play a part in there goverment or education system :wink:

having said this i am not religious in the slightest

However i do think religion is needed as justification for some and consolation for others.

no i think its still plays an important role in our communities . what really get me is the people that go and get their children christened yet they are not religious in any way . its kind of pot calling kettle if you get what i mean

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it still play an inportant rple it todays societiy