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retroaugogo said:
With these increases in different religions I was just wondering if any of the articles mentioned whether the increase comes from immigration or Australians converting?
Scott
retroaugogo said:The three fastest growing religions in Australia are still minorities in a country mostly composed of Christians and atheists.
... in the five years to 2001 ... this was the last official census
The number of Buddhists had increased by nearly 80 per cent, to 357,000 people.
The growth among Hindus was 42 per cent, reaching a total of 95,000 people.
The number of Muslims had grown by 40 percent, reaching 280,000 people.
The Australian population as a whole only grew by 5.7 per cent in the same period.
The next census is expected to show roughly the same increases due to our immigration policies.
So you're much more likely to see a buddhist temple appearing than a mosque.
Julia said:Hi Snake:
Interesting post. In (6) above you say: "younger women love to shop. It is all they like doing" etc etc.
There is that same group of rather vapid, silly young women here also but I doubt they are the majority.
Does it apply in Japan, as here, that there are probably more young men and women whose intelligence and general application towards their future prompts them into a university education with clear aspirations for a fulfilling career to follow? Or are you saying that Japanese women's main aim in life is to marry and have babies?
I guess the above is entirely possible, given the intense focus on the apparent need for a male heir to the throne in Japan!
Cheers
Julia
Bobby said:Nightmares for me are religious Zealots.
Bob.
Happy said:Came past info a while ago, that humans after discovering death were too upset to live, hence different inventions of life after death were introduced.
Snake Pliskin said:Maybe religion should be outlawed and replaced with societal values and an understanding for what is really happening in this universe.
Think back to Gallileo and how he was jailed because he discovered things.
:sleeping: This is most religions.
:bigun2: This is fundamental religions.
eg in Christianity, the 'societal values ' that it espouses are 'love your neighbour as you'd would like them to love you'... and then the Ten Commandments... the other religions also preach on ways to live, which in the most part, have common themes....
Happy that story on -today tonight - I missed it but was told it was about some muslim bloke setting up different homes with so called wives to breed kids & all contrived to rip off social security !Happy said:Frightening and democracy ties up hands, will be interesting to see the development.
Strange segment shown on 'Today Tonight' yesterday, how ‘stupid’ Aussies pay for multiple wives and scores of kids accommodated in housing commission houses.
But if in their countries multiple marriages are allowed, this is only normal that they will bring their customs with them and with single mother with children status being supported by the government, will be impossible to stamp out.
If nobody scratches their head now, I would b e surprised, but probably sweeping under the carpet will be preferred solution, after all they only run 3 years at the time, why worry?
Happy said:Yes, Muslim bloke 2 wives several kids in 2 housing commission houses few hundred metres apart on single mother with children benefit and in a process of opening veggie business.
Bloke on invalid pension and his first wife was captured on hidden camera saying that she will breed as many kids as she can until menopause (suppose she did not hear about invitro, so we might be up for some correction to plan).
She blatantly said, Government at least will feed and educate them.
Also there were voiced suspicions that this is not isolated case, well they were let in and we forgot to tell them what local rules are, now too late all we can do is be spectators.
Snake Pliskin said:Maybe religion should be outlawed and replaced with societal values and an understanding for what is really happening in this universe.
Think back to Gallileo and how he was jailed because he discovered things.
:sleeping: This is most religions.
:bigun2: This is fundamental religions.
Julia said:I've been trying to remember who it was who said:
"If religion didn't already exist, human beings would have to invent it".
Perhaps there could be a philosophical connection with Thoreau's observation: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."?
There were some thoughtful comments on this whole topic of religion etc. on another thread a couple of months ago, I think called: "Serious question - do you believe".
Julia
anon said:Voltaire said that.
You can see the logic behind that thinking. It led to development of morals and an orderly development of societies.
Lenin said "Religion is the opium of the people." That sort of thinking led to extermination of millions of people.
anon
Happy said:There was followup on Today Tonight last night and it even gets bit better.
How about this- Australian Government does not allow poligamistic arrangements.
Centerlink on the other hand, Government run department caters for such arrangements quite openly.
Appears on ‘humanitarian grounds’ but nevertheless allows.
So, anybody interested in running harem or studrem will get Centerlink blessing, and with many many partners and children one can make a fortune too and control quite a slab of public housing all government funded.
And if practice is widely spread, quess which religion will double every so often?
If you ask my opinion, one word - JOKE
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