My mother,who is 83 today, is the only member of my immediate family who is religious. Mum is what I call "a pragmatic Catholic". Devout,but tends to ignore the pope and his minions whenever they say anything especially stupid, such as say forbiding condoms to prevent AIDS.
Everyone else with whom I mix is either atheist or simply indifferent. I live in Australia not the US. Here religion is not something usually discussed in polite company. Many Australians are distrustful of people who wear their religion on their sleeves and generally loathe proselytizers.
Overall, I think it's fair to say,that generally speaking, Aussies have a healthy contempt for certain members of the criminal classes; EG politicians, clergy, TV journalists, car and real estate sales people,child molestors etc.
We have had several non religious/ atheist Prime Ministers, and currently many in federal parliament.So far no militant atheists. .
Everyone else with whom I mix is either atheist or simply indifferent. I live in Australia not the US. Here religion is not something usually discussed in polite company. Many Australians are distrustful of people who wear their religion on their sleeves and generally loathe proselytizers.
Overall, I think it's fair to say,that generally speaking, Aussies have a healthy contempt for certain members of the criminal classes; EG politicians, clergy, TV journalists, car and real estate sales people,child molestors etc.
We have had several non religious/ atheist Prime Ministers, and currently many in federal parliament.So far no militant atheists. .
