Monday, June 25, 2012

Australian belief in the stats and in the courts

Well atheism is alive and looking very healthy according to the census.  The number of people reporting 'No Religion' has grown in leaps and bounds in a decade -- a nanosecond in religious time.   From 15 per cent of the population in 2001 to 18.7 per cent in 2006 -- and the number is now 22.3 per cent in 2011 -- on my rudimentary arithmetic that is an increase of 50 per cent in a decade. This is a highly significant moment in Australian godlessness -- OMG!

MORE: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/blogs/godless-gross/australian-belief-in-the-stats-and-in-the-courts-20120622-20shq.html