excitedThe Office for National Statistics (UK) has produced some detailed demographics pertaining to the major religions from data taken from the 2001-April National Census.
I have updated my Religion In Britain page with multiple and lengthy quotes and information from these newly released statistics.
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/rib.html
390,000 Jedi Knights There Are
Particularly entertaining was the report of the above name. 0.7 percent of the British population put Jedi Knight as their religion, following an online campaign by fans of Star Wars and others. I am not sure if I should be proud of the sacrilegious humour of our nation, or ashamed of the pure geekiness of this strange phenomenon. Contrary to the belief promoted by an urban myth before the census, no amount of vots for this stated religion makes it an official or recognized religion in any way.
Related essays:
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/rib.html (Religion In Britain)
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/numbers.html (There are less Christians than there appear to be)
I have began the process of filing to commission a report of the number of Satanists in the UK, broken down by Region (Southeast, Northweest, etc) and Age, but this will be a very slow process.
Eep!
*hides!*
Re: Eep!
By the way I've been meaning to say for some time that I love your DemonHunter graphic!
So I've used my "Look what I have become" graphic to match it for this reply!
Re: Eep!
"Demon blood is thicker than..... regular... blood..."
I just linked to the website from the BBC News homepage, although I'd heard about the Jedi thing quite a while before the results were released. Sadly, the scheme didn't make much impact on the area of Havering, where apparently over 170,000 Christians dwell.
Mind you, I've never needed government statistics to give me a rundown of the Havering mentality - I've lived there, and I know well enough not to go back too often :-P