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Interesting survey of Australians religious views
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RE: Interesting survey of Australians religious views
(November 22, 2011 at 4:04 am)5thHorseman Wrote: I don't think Aussies should be allowed views.

But why does the Australian government suck off religious minorities??

I'd say mainly because they're the loudest and appear to represent the majority, and nothing tickles a politician's fancy more than appeasing the majority.

They base a lot of policy decisions on figures from the Australian census, which asks the leading question, "What is the person's religion?" (with the answer "No religion" at the very bottom of the list) and as of 2006 more than 60% answered some kind of xtian. Whether or not those figures are the most accurate they can be is irrelevant, because all the government sees is 60%.

I'm looking forward to the results of the 2011 census because there was a big campaign run by the Atheist Foundation of Australia to encourage people to give more consideration to their answer, rather than simply marking the religion they figured they probably belonged to. Hopefully we'll see a marked improvement in accuracy when the results come out.
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RE: Interesting survey of Australians religious views - by Kree - November 22, 2011 at 7:23 pm

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