Intones the NS (or Mehdi Hasan, noted non-secular PLO supporter?):

"This magazine has been committed to the values and principles of secularism and free inquiry ever since its foundation in 1913. But, as a magazine of ideas, we also believe that those values and principles should always be subject to scrutiny."

Except in India, eh?

Hindus can NEVER have their state?

Scarcely a feature on Godless Britain - more on the bits of Britain that are still residually Christian!

And even then characterised by uncritical acceptance of the idea of a resurgence of belief - in immigrant communities maybe but where else? The idea is pushed out by evangelical bodies encouraged by the Blair government's multi-million handouts to faith organisations - and that's not counting the faith schools - or of its farming out of public services to Christian charities (who are, by the way, allowed to discriminate against clients and employees) - a trend that will accelerate with the "Big Society" but which is being imposed against the will of the majority of the population. Obviously money and contracts will attract takers but that's not evidence of religious belief - just of a stitch-up.

And not a word on the aggressive Christians (like the Christian Legal Centre) who take hopeless discrimination cases to court so as to be able to pretend persecution for publicity purposes - and who are reduced (like Lord Carey) to asking for hand-picked judges to take their cases so as to give them a chance! Again, no religious revival here, just a desperate tactic to gain attention.

No study of the numbers - no consideration of the thesis of belonging without believing - clinging to the social norms long after belief has disappeared. Nor of the figures indicating that the "half-life" of belief is one generation - i.e., that while believing parents have a 50% chance of transmitting their belief to their children, non-believing parents a 100% chance of transmitting their non-belief (that is, after about 9% is taken out who go their own way independently and become Buddhists or Scientologists or something).

And not a mention of the biggest and most representative organisation for non-believers, the British Humanist Association, whose non-religious ceremonies, comprehensive and expert briefings in Parliament, campaigning against creationist teaching and for reform of religion in schools, assisted dying, sex and relationships education etc, and provision of thoroughly professional teaching materials on Humanism for schools might have merited some mention, especially from a magazine that is apparently "committed to the values and principles of secularism and free inquiry"!

So what about a new supplement to catch up a bit? You could call it "God-fearing Britain"!