IRRELIGIOUS SCOTS - A HALF OF SCOTS NOT RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL - 26% SAY THERE IS NO GOD

                                                                    

John Knox would be dismayed

Findings from a recent social survey emphasise the great diminution in the influence of religion in contemporary Scottish life

A half of Scots say they are not spiritual or religious 

Only 35% Scots say that they are now influenced by Christianity 
while 62% say they were influenced by Christianity when they were a child or a young person.

Just over a half of Scots (53%) say they are not currently influenced by religious or spiritual attitudes 

11% say that they are influenced by other religions

21% of Scots prayed in the previous month; 8% read a holy scripture in the last month

82% of Scots do not attend religious or spiritual events with other people

BELIEF IN GOD
27% believe that there definitely is a god or higher power; 21% say there probably is

16% say there is probably NOT a god or higher power; 26% say there definitely is NOT a god or higher power.

11% don't know

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