(July 14, 2012 at 4:06 am)KnockEmOuttt Wrote:(July 14, 2012 at 4:02 am)Justtristo Wrote: Australia is a much less religiously observant country than America. To give an example a Christian organisation (Olive Tree Media) in their Australian Communities survey reported that 50% (18% of that were spiritual but did not identify with a religion) of Australians did not identify with a religion, compared to less than 20% in the United States. In contrast Evangelical Christians are around perhaps 5% of the population.
http://www.olivetreemedia.com.au/resourc...ry-web.pdf
Well of course. Land of the free, home of the brave, and dumping ground for Europe's puritans. Besides that, the christians here are far more militant about it. It's like this constant battle to keep America christian.
I know of Christians here in Australia who are just as vocal and strident of those you encounter in America. However there are far fewer (in both numbers and proportionally in the population) of them in this country.
Thus a lot of Australians don't really encounter this sort of Christianity in their day to day lives. At most the sort of Christianity they encounter is really watered down in comparison. When many Australians encounter that sort of Christianity you and I are familiar with, they are honestly deeply shocked.
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