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Originally Posted by ThePits
Religion in the UK is largely irrelevant
Luckily enough we are a reasonably tolerant society that doesnt judge people on their religious beliefs, unless of course you are a catholic trying to marry a muslim or a sikh trying to marry a hassidic jew........
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Buh... I would hasten to disagree with this. Religion is never irrelevant, it's a very important aspect of a person. But, like a great many things, it's offensive when it's a defining aspect of one's personality used as a crutch or worse, argumentative cleavage (in the non-breast sense of cleavage). It's only those I know who have no religious convictions who would say religion is 'irrelevant', it's simply not the case for those with convictions. Tricky subject really.
Incidentally, I bumped into a British Jew last night who's started seeing a British/ Malay [sp?] Buddhist, which is sweet.