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Line 2: − In 2011, in an article entitled ''Godless Britain'' Shmuley Boteach reported in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'': − {{cquote|Britain today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From [[Richard Dawkins]], who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend [[Christopher Hitchens]], who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties. − − While 92% of Americans believe in God, only 35% in Britain do and 43% say they have no religion, according to Britain's National Centre for Social Research. The number of people who affiliate themselves with the Church of England was 23% of the population in 2009 from 40% in 1983. In truth though, if Britain's Christian tradition is dying out, the leaders of the faith have only themselves to blame, for perpetuating the country's highly centralized religious structure.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576413362436264204.html Godless Britain, Wall Street Journal, Shmuley Boteach]</ref>}} − == Beastiality in Britain == Line 14:
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→Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain
[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal.
[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal.
On April 26, 2001, in an article entitled ''Swedes have more and more animal sex'' the Swedish news website Nettavision reported:
On April 26, 2001, in an article entitled ''Swedes have more and more animal sex'' the Swedish news website Nettavision reported:
{{cquote|No one knows for sure how many animals that are abused, but a British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a sexual assault.<ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref>}}
{{cquote|No one knows for sure how many animals that are abused, but a British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a sexual assault.<ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref>}}
*[[Atheism and bestiality]]
*[[Atheism and bestiality]]
*[[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
*[[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
== Bestiality artwork expected to fetch high price in Britain ==
== Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain ==
[[File:Keldaby goats.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|An exclusive British art gallery was criticised for displaying a highly offensive bestiality oriented painting which featured a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.<ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz''</ref>]]
In August of 2011 the British newspaper the Daily Mail ran a story entitled ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz'' which declared:
In August of 2011 the British newspaper the Daily Mail ran a story entitled ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz'' which declared:
{{cquote|An exclusive art gallery has been criticised for displaying a highly offensive painting just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.
{{cquote|An exclusive art gallery has been criticised for displaying a highly offensive painting just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.
It was displayed on a revolving plinth in the front window of the Clarendon Fine Art gallery, around the corner from the five-star hotel in Piccadilly.
It was displayed on a revolving plinth in the front window of the Clarendon Fine Art gallery, around the corner from the five-star hotel in Piccadilly.
The picture – which is owned by a private collector and is expected to sell for around £30,000 – was still on display yesterday, although last night the gallery said it had been removed.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2022649/The-explicit-art-shows-bestiality-goat-just-yards-Ritz.html ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz'']</ref>
The picture – which is owned by a private collector and is expected to sell for around £30,000 – was still on display yesterday, although last night the gallery said it had been removed.
<ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz''</ref>}}
== Godlessness and Britain ==
''See also:'' [[Britain and morality]]
In 2011, in an article entitled ''Godless Britain'' Shmuley Boteach reported in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'':
{{cquote|Britain today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From [[Richard Dawkins]], who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend [[Christopher Hitchens]], who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties.
While 92% of Americans believe in God, only 35% in Britain do and 43% say they have no religion, according to Britain's National Centre for Social Research. The number of people who affiliate themselves with the Church of England was 23% of the population in 2009 from 40% in 1983. In truth though, if Britain's Christian tradition is dying out, the leaders of the faith have only themselves to blame, for perpetuating the country's highly centralized religious structure.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576413362436264204.html Godless Britain, Wall Street Journal, Shmuley Boteach]</ref>}}
== Bible on bestiality and study on bestiality ==
== Bible on bestiality and study on bestiality ==