Are we really a Christian country?

In my 25 years living in the U.K. as an Irish Catholic and compared to when I grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s in Rural Ireland, I think that we are as a society gradually turning away from our Christian faith, like most western countries, even though there does appear to have been an increase in Mass Attendances in Catholic Parishes in some parts of Ireland amongst young people where being Catholic is tied into Irish identity - there does also appear to be a growth in Christianity in countries like India, Pakistan, Iran, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim majority countries - I personally believe that we should be returning to our faith where possible 

“We’re supposed to be Christian” Now that’s an old idea. It was popular with the Roman emperor’s Decius and Valerian in the 2nd century. If anything, considering the pre-Roman domination of Britain, I’d say we’re supposed to be Ancestral Venerators.

To your point of what built Britain. I believe it was the convergence between the Laurentia and Avalon terranes in the early Devonian era. Fairly sure that was Volcanic, Tectonic and tidal.

According to Wikipedia, 79.7% of the population in Northern Ireland identified as Christian in 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Northern_Ireland

There is a bit of an unusual situation in that the Church of England is the established church as written into the constitution, yet it has a say in laws that affect the rest of the UK in a country where most people are not Christian by faith.

There has been an uptake among those who claim to be Christian but follow a skewed logic which causes them to be racist. 

I’m not a Christian any more but I agree with much of Bishop Arun Arora’s opinion on public worship.  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/commentisfree

With regard to the role of the established church, the Bishop quotes from a speech given by Queen Elizabeth II at Lambeth Palace. 

“The concept of our established church is occasionally misunderstood and, I believe, commonly underappreciated. Its role is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions. Instead, the church has a duty to protect the free practice of all faiths in this country.”

I do! Poor Catherine of Siena is now a ‘Doctor of the Church’. It’s amazing for a woman! (Sarcasm)

I used to like Catherine Wheels because they didn’t bang unlike rockets.

Just as an interesting note, in my region after a public consultation, we have switched to fixed Easter holidays for schools, rather than moving around with the Easter date, to allow for better planning of school term goals.

(When Good Friday falls outside this, like this year, they add an extra day to cover it. The Easter Monday isn't a bank holiday in Scotland anyway for when it falls late.)

2021 census so rather out of date and only covers England and Wales. 

TheCatWoman said:

Many women died in the name of Christianity too

In the most awful ways.

I wonder how many people think of the meaning behind the firework Catherine wheel

I know a lot of old churches are converted to homes, I wouldn't want one myself, I think they're very awkward spaces, but I do think they should be community spaces.

TheCatWoman said:

many of the old chapels have closed and are being sold off

Same here.

I should think there are more churches converted from places of worship than remain.

That would be an interesting statistic to find.

I think a lot of Wales is too, many of the old chapels have closed and are being sold off.

It varies from country to country within the British Isles but England is multi-faith or secular on the whole.

Many women died in the name of Christianity too, or don't they count? 

Why are supposed to be Christian? Who say's so?

Never having been to Minnesota I wouldn't know about communities there. But I do know that many different nationals or faith groups live in ghettos, usually because it's where the cheapest housing is, then they often move to other areas, often together so as not to lose touch with friends and family. I've lived in many multicultural areas, I actually prefer them to thier mostly white counterparts in the same town or city, I like the mix of people's. They might wear clothing from thier own countries and eat the same food as "back home", but I've always found such places to be the safest and friendliest. What I have seen though is gangs of white thugs come into these areas and try and stir things up, try and cause division and hatred.

We're supposed to be Christian. Men died so that we may remain Christian.

The problem is that 'Tolerance' is taken to the nth Degree. Others no lomnger have to integrate into our society. Thus creating Ghettos of various Ethnic groups. In Minnesota, the Somali Community are grouped into the Rough areas, and refuse to intermingle with others. That's not Racial Harmony. That's Gerrymandering.

Diversity did NOT build Britain, Integration did!