Rites of Passages

I would like to tell you a little bit about religion in UK.

I recently read an article where many Anglican clerics admitted that, regrettably, the only point of contact with their parishioners is the different rites of passage, such as marriages, deaths and, in a lesser extent, births. Vicars refers to them as “ hatchings, matchings and dispatching”.

Surprisingly, in surveys, up to 88 per cent of English people tick the box saying that they “belong” to one or another of the Christian denominations (usually the Church of England).

How can you explain this? According to the writer, the answer is the “Default-Religion rule” which involves choosing the Church of England as the less embarrassing option. By the way, there’s nothing the English hate more than a fuss.

Now, let’s look at Spain. It’s worth noting that, despite not fear the scandal as much as the English, the Spanish religious behaviour is similar to theirs.

If you ask me for the reasons, honestly, I only see this: the catholic religion, the majority in Spain, serves as support for events that could well be pagan.

To sum up, we are facing a crisis of religious identity that only will finish when people become more responsible about the true meaning of religion.