Britain: Most Secular, Most Atheist Nation?

Although the Church of England is being torn asunder by conflict between conservative evangelicals and progressives, apparently the average Briton isn't much interested in religion in the first place. According to a recent survey of 10 countries conducted by research company ICM the BBC, people in Britain are the most secular.

The BBC reports:

More than a quarter of Britons thought the world would be more peaceful with nobody believing in God, but very few people in other countries agreed. The survey found the highest levels of belief in some of the world's poorer countries, but also in the world's richest, America. ... Those willing to die for their God, or their beliefs, included more than 90% in Indonesia and Nigeria, and 71% in Lebanon and the US. Among Israelis only 37% were willing to take this ultimate step, and only 19% of Britons...

In most of the countries covered, well over 80% said they believed in God or a higher power. In Nigeria the figure was 100% and in the US 91%, with the UK scoring lowest at 67%. ... In Nigeria 91% of people said they regularly attended a religious service, contrasting with 21% in the UK and only 7% of Russians. The average across the 10 countries was 46%. In most countries well over 80% of the sample agreed that a belief in God or a higher power made people better human beings, with only 56% agreeing in the UK, by far the lowest figure.

Sounds like it is a great time to be British, at least if you don't want to be bothered by religion generally. I wonder if they accept refugees from America?

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