however, how many of the people in the UK that claim to be CHristian actually believe any tenets of Christianity?
Most of them, just not nessessarily in an orthodox or especially structured way.
But if they consider themselves to be Christians, then I, instinctively, dislike disagreeing with them over what they see themselves as. I don't think I have a right to tell someone what they should call themselves.
If asked about that, most people would look confused. This would also have been the case fifty years ago.
The major changes in religion over here over the past few decades is not a decline in religiousness or Christianity as such. The churches, no, it's broader than that, organised religion in general, have declined, and declined markedly.
What could be thought of as religious orthodoxy has also declined as well o/c (but maybe not that much; most people's beliefs were probably rather unorthodox anyway).
A complicating factor as far as people's views on religion go, is the fact that most people here regard religion as something of a private matter and are very uncomfortable when asked questions about it (and when answering surveys, there seems to be a tendency to give the answer that the person asking the question seems to want).
I disagree (but you knew that already).
It is certainly no longer a (small "o") orthodox christian nation, and hasn't been for a long time (o/c there are arguments that the strength of the churches in the 19th century had a lot more to do with social positions than religious ones), but a basic and essentially unorthodox form of Christianity still pervades general culture and society in a way that's actually a lot stronger than a lot of people realise.
You can argue that the U.K is a largely Christian nation or that it never (or at least not for hundreds of years) was a largely Christian nation, but I don't think you can claim that it was one but isn't anymore.
Funny how precisely your description suits Denmark too. The vast majority consider themself Christian but don't follow the orthodox rituals.
That said, I wouldn't really consider this guy a threated minority. White heterosexual males are a minority in most western countries but don't really has any problems
