Vague_Boy Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 You don't think that knowing the trends in the changes of stated religion might be useful when forming public policy? If god has a divine plan, what does it matter what we do? You wouldn't want the UK government to start monkeying around with the divine plan would you? And if there is no god (there isn't) and no divine plan, again, what does it matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZZFAYE Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 what exactly wil happen if i dont answer all the questions, as i think a few of them are a bit personal so i dnt particularly want to answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 On the contrary, Jedi Knight is accepted by the UK census as a religion (link) The census code for Jedi Knight is 896. If you can show me a link saying that steam turbine engineer is accepted by the UK census as a religion, and it's census category number, then I will conceede your point. From the link, entering "Steam Tubine Engineer" as your religion would result in the code 700 - Other. The allocation of a response code does not make the response a religion, and the article clearly states at the bottom: This is the official line: the Census does not provide recognition to any religion in the official statistics nor does it attempt to define religion. The list that you can see by checking out the pdf file above is merely a list of possible answers that people have been known to put in the box marked religion. As such, Jedi Knight is not officially recognised as a religion. By allocating "Jedi Knight" to its own response code, it makes it easier to collate those results together. Nothing more. If a significant number of people were to spontaneously write "Sheffield Forum" as their religion in this years census, it too would be allocated a response code, as would Steam Turbine Engineer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 If god has a divine plan, what does it matter what we do? You wouldn't want the UK government to start monkeying around with the divine plan would you? And if there is no god (there isn't) and no divine plan, again, what does it matter? Where you drunk when you wrote this? The religion that people follow can help shape public policy, not by believing that religion, simply by knowing that people follow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fake Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Where you drunk when you wrote this? The religion that people follow can help shape public policy, not by believing that religion, simply by knowing that people follow it. But if its not compulsory to answer the question and if you do you can put down anything as a religion then the whole question remains invalid, and so does the data. CHEZZFAYE Answer the questions but don't be precise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Not answering doesn't make the data invalid, and lying on the census form is technically illegal, although probably never prosecuted. The majority of people who answer though will do so truthfully, so the data is probably still useful. Either way, it's nothing to do with whether or not god exists or whether there is or is not a divine plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinner Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 It's a good idea- and it's been continuing since 1921. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Does anyone know when the results of the census be published? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinner Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Does anyone know when the results of the census be published? It arrives in instalments. The first gross, unsorted figures usually appear within a month or two; but detailed analysis takes years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairelaw123 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Is anyone doing the census collecting? Judging by the response on here, that job must be near impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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