Comments on: ‘This is not rocket science’: the Disestablishment of the Church of England Bill 2023 https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/12/this-is-not-rocket-science-the-disestablishment-of-the-church-of-england-bill-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-not-rocket-science-the-disestablishment-of-the-church-of-england-bill-2023 The magazine of freethought, open enquiry and irreverence Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Graham Martin-Royle https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/12/this-is-not-rocket-science-the-disestablishment-of-the-church-of-england-bill-2023/#comment-233 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:31:45 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=11330#comment-233 “One possibility sometimes mooted by supporters of religion is that, instead of simply having 26 bishops, the major religions and Christian denominations in the UK could all have allocated seats. What would you say to this?”

Whenever I hear this argument I always think, but who decides what the major religions are? Why just those religions? Why are other religions being ignored? What is the threshold for being considered a major religion? Who would be checking any claims for numbers of followers?

There are so many questions that would have to be answered that the only sensible response is that no religion should be allowed any special privileges.

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