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You misunderstand the religious argument. It's not about how many people are working but about the relationship between each individual and their own income, with income not coming from work being, well, sinful.
That might be oversimplifying their stance just a little bit, but I'm illustrating how the statistical or fiscal arguments don't address the complaints.
But the point of it all is that there are lots of reasons UBI hasn't raised broad consensus of the public needed to begin actually implementing it.
You can say if they don't want it it must be good, but that doesn't change that their not wanting it is a roadblock, whether it's good or not.
Until the broad consensus can be raised, the idea can't move forward, again for better or worse.
@volkris @cjammet I don't agree with your response at all.
Few people are going to go along with a refusal to accept a UBI on the basis of "you must work first", when lack of money and/or ability to train, are the reasons they cannot work, and when the number of jobs to work in continues to fall, and there isn't enough paid work to do.
Democracy does not rely on consensus. It relies on majorities. Dumb minority views do not hold the power to stop this. You give undue credence to such nonsense.