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I can't say that is my experience of the UK - I haven't been to a religious wedding or funeral for decades and the topic of religion never comes up in day to da
by arethuza 6y ago
I can't say that is my experience of the UK - I haven't been to a religious wedding or funeral for decades and the topic of religion never comes up in day to day conversation with anyone.
e.g.
https://humanism.org.uk/2019/08/29/more-people-opting-for-non-religious-funerals-new-report-shows/ https://humanism.org.uk/2019/08/29/more-people-opting-for-no...
- ars 6y agoReligion doesn't come up as a topic in the US either. That means very little about the religiosity of the person, it just means that people are polite because they know that religious opinions differ. And a religious wedding or funeral just informs us about your relatives not about the UK.
- arethuza 6y agoPretty common for people to have discussed with partners what for of funeral you would want - I know I have and it was clear that the last funeral I attended (of a colleague who died in a climbing accident) that he had very strong opinions about what any funeral would be like. Same for weddings - I can't think of any wedding I have attended where it wasn't very clear that the style of the wedding was determined by the people getting married. I think people don't generally talk about religion in the UK because it is pretty irrelevant to most of the population.