Selective quoting of William's post below.
William T Goodall wrote:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/wtwtgod/3518375.stm
>
> "A survey of people's religious beliefs in 10 countries suggests the UK
> is among the most secular nations in the world.
>
> Ten thousand people were questioned in the poll by research company
> ICM for the BBC programme What The World Thinks Of God.
>
> More than a quarter of Britons thought the world would be more
> peaceful with nobody believing in God, but very few people in other
> countries agreed."
>
> Those willing to die for their God, or their beliefs, included more
> than 90% in Indonesia and Nigeria, and 71% in Lebanon and the US.
>
> Among Israelis only 37% were willing to take this ultimate step, and
> only 19% of Britons, 29% of whom said the world would be more peaceful
> without beliefs in God. Very few people in other countries agreed with
> this.
>
> Israel and the UK showed a similar temperament when asked another
> question. On who was to blame for much of the trouble in the world, 37%
> of Britons and 33% of Israelis said it was people of other religions"
>
> <snip>
>
> "In Nigeria, Indonesia and Lebanon more than 90% of people said their
> God was the only true God. In Israel the figure was 70%, but it fell to
> 31% among Britons.
>
> In most countries well over 80% of the sample agreed that a belief in
> God or a higher power made people better human beings, with only 56%
> agreeing in the UK, by far the lowest figure.
How many of the UK responses were from Northern Ireland?
And how much has the Irish situation influenced the views of those in
the UK?
Julia
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