its good to see that the campaign by atheist groups had some affect, but I still reckon there would have been many who chose fake religions such as jedi or pastafarian. or many people who were christened into a certain religion they don't follow, but still chose that religion. In other words, I reckon its a fair bit higher than 29.6%.
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I had three middle aged women at my work put down their religion as Catholic despite actually identifying as no religion.
They all believed if they were to put down no religion, that Islam would show on the census as the most popular religious form, and therefore it would allow Islam followers to force Australia to become a Sharia Law country.
It's probably the only time in my life I literally did not know where to begin. It didn't matter what I said, they knew knew better than I.
They all believed if they were to put down no religion, that Islam would show on the census as the most popular religious form, and therefore it would allow Islam followers to force Australia to become a Sharia Law country.
It's probably the only time in my life I literally did not know where to begin. It didn't matter what I said, they knew knew better than I.
Agreed.Ian4 said:
People who put down Jedi or Pastafarian or Richmond as their religion are put into "not applicable" category. There is a criteria as to what constitutes a religion. So yes, if they put down NR it would be more than 7 million.
tigertim said:
Why wouldn't that apply to other religions? I know Jews who don't believe. Hindus that don't care too much for any of their ten thousand gods. I am surprised at the high Budhist numbers..,are they primarily from a particular ethnic group or an Aussies who went backpacking in Asia and wore those loose draw string pants for a few weeks?
22nd Man said:
When you've been indoctrinated from birth you don't always realise it has infected your language.
5 years on and the the percentage of the population who identified as “no religion” rose again, from 29.6% to 39%!Census data released today. Best news was that those who identified as "no religion" how up to 29.6% up from 16% in 2001 and 0.8% in 1966!
Our aim should for 100%....
First time in the history of census in the Australia that the majority of Australians have not identified as Christian. Only 44% now.
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There is some growth in Islam and Hinduism but the major move is as you say, to no religion at all.
Yeah, for all the paranoia from some quarters, in the media and some political parties, muslims and hindus are a remarkably small proportion of the population.
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