What do you know about... the UK?

[u/MarktpLatz]

This is the sixth part of our ongoing weekly series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The UK is the second most populous state in the EU. Famous for once being the worlds leading power, reigning over a large empire, it has recently taken the decision to exit the EU.

So, what do you know about the UK?

[u/[deleted]]

There were/are also many Catholics in England and Scotland but I just listed the main religious groups.

The Catholics ARE one of the main religious groups http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/practicing_catholics_now_outnumber_anglicans_in_the_uk/

[u/UnbiasedPashtun → u/[deleted]]

What I said was for the traditional religious groups. I'm sure now there are more atheists than Catholics in England.

[u/[deleted] → u/UnbiasedPashtun]

What's more traditional than Catholics??

[u/UnbiasedPashtun → u/[deleted]]

Traditionally, England was Protestant not Catholic. Catholics were a minority.

[u/[deleted] → u/UnbiasedPashtun]

There were still a lot more Catholics than, say, Quakers or other minor protestant churches. Catholics have always been an important part of the country. It's not like Muslims that only arrived inlarge numbers in the last 50 years

[u/UnbiasedPashtun → u/[deleted]]

That's why I mentioned there were many Catholics:

There were/are also many Catholics in England and Scotland but I just listed the main religious groups.

By "main religious group", I'm referring to the majority group. For Northern Ireland, I listed both Catholic and Presbyterian because they were in similar numbers there.

[u/[deleted] → u/UnbiasedPashtun]

Huh? There have always been lots of Catholics in England wtf... They didn't all just disappear...

[u/UnbiasedPashtun → u/[deleted]]

I didn't say they did...