Re: Census : Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:04 am  

who needs flankers? wrote:

I just got my census form. Is it worng under 'religion' to write Castleford Tigers?

No its not worng, they will probably make an exception for you and speedy anyway

Re: Census : Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:04 pm  

Landy wrote:

If your religion is of low enough importance to you to that you are willing to put in a religion about your favourite sports team , please consider ticking "No Religion" instead. Every tick towards any religion, no matter if it is real or a bit of a joke (or both for that matter), gets counted towards the figures of religious people in the UK.

The data gathered is used to inform government policy, and was used by the last government to justify funding of religious community bodies over secular ones.

If you don't have an active faith, please make sure the government knows.

Heavy Metal is an active faith.

Re: Census : Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:50 pm  

Landy wrote:

If your religion is of low enough importance to you to that you are willing to put in a religion about your favourite sports team , please consider ticking "No Religion" instead. Every tick towards any religion, no matter if it is real or a bit of a joke (or both for that matter), gets counted towards the figures of religious people in the UK.

The data gathered is used to inform government policy, and was used by the last government to justify funding of religious community bodies over secular ones.

If you don't have an active faith, please make sure the government knows.

I am sorry Landy and I can assure that I do not mean any direspect but .

Re: Census : Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:00 pm  

Landy wrote: If your religion is of low enough importance to you to that you are willing to put in a religion about your favourite sports team , please consider ticking "No Religion" instead. Every tick towards any religion, no matter if it is real or a bit of a joke (or both for that matter), gets counted towards the figures of religious people in the UK. The data gathered is used to inform government policy, and was used by the last government to justify funding of religious community bodies over secular ones. If you don't have an active faith, please make sure the government knows. According to this, I don't think "no religion" applies to anyone... Definition (Mind you, as a Christian, what would I know?)

Landy wrote: If your religion is of low enough importance to you to that you are willing to put in a religion about your favourite sports team , please consider ticking "No Religion" instead. Every tick towards any religion, no matter if it is real or a bit of a joke (or both for that matter), gets counted towards the figures of religious people in the UK. The data gathered is used to inform government policy, and was used by the last government to justify funding of religious community bodies over secular ones. If you don't have an active faith, please make sure the government knows. According to this, I don't think "no religion" applies to anyone... Definition (Mind you, as a Christian, what would I know?)

Re: Census : Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:04 am  

Landy wrote:

If your religion is of low enough importance to you to that you are willing to put in a religion about your favourite sports team , please consider ticking "No Religion" instead. Every tick towards any religion, no matter if it is real or a bit of a joke (or both for that matter), gets counted towards the figures of religious people in the UK.

The data gathered is used to inform government policy, and was used by the last government to justify funding of religious community bodies over secular ones.

If you don't have an active faith, please make sure the government knows.

I looked for the 'believe in a supreme being but have no idea which religion is right so I will just sit on the fence until I find out' option but shockingly there wasn't one.