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The little village where I come from has one pub and one church. The pub's doing fine, but the church is in decline. People don't go any more, so the collection plate doesn't see much.
As a younger, belligerent, atheist, I felt delighted to see all the churches around shutting down, becoming clubs, pubs, and warehouses, and finally serving some useful purpose. But I wonder what we'll do without the big building in the heart of the village. Where do you hold a funeral, if not in a church? Perhaps in the pub?