Since 1986 the proportion of biology students who believe that God had no hand in evolution has risen from 25 percent to over 60 percent. The study was set up 32 years ago at the University of New South Wales by Mike Archer.
In the first year 10 percent were creationists. They were adamant that their figure would rise over the years. Unfortunately, their confidence was not well founded: now it has fallen to 4 percent. Time changes everything.
To get another perspective, the number who felt that God guided the evolution of humankind fell from half to a quarter of respondents. All this is bad for those of a religious persuasion. Despite the push by religionists, non-believers are winning out.
Anyone with a rational mind can see there is no one God and there certainly are no multiple Gods. The gods of ancient Egyptians disappeared when Rome decreed that Christianity was the state religion throughout the Roman empire.
There is a tendency for new religions to adopt many of the norms of previous ones. They may appear to be different, but all religions are much the same. They all concern debate about life after death and rule by God/s. Science goes on its merry way without any of these encumbrances.
Number Australian Anglicans falls 580,000 five years: Census 2016. "No Religion" marked nearly third Australians 2016 Census. twitter. Chris Shearer. Nearly third Australians identify religion, number Australian Anglicans fallen nearly 600,000 five years, according 2016 Census. figures, released yesterday, show million Australians, 30.1 percent population, identify religion, 4.8 million (22.3 percent) 2011’s Census.
Anglicanism saw greatest Christian denomination faith 2011 2016, 3.1 million Australians (13.3 percent) identifying Anglicans 2016, 3.7 million (17.1 percent) 2011. loss 579,000 adherents double Anglican Church lost 996 2011. Anglicans Australia 991-2016. Source: Australian Bureau Statistics. Australians identifying Catholic ‘other Christian’ fell numbers, national population growing 8.8 percent 2011. overall percentage Australians identifying form Christian fell 61.1 52.1 percent time.
Religious affiliation. Source: Australian Bureau Statistics. Archbishop Philip Freier, Primate Anglican Church Australia, TM declining numbers Christian faiths, religion remained important Australian society. note religion significant majority Australians number majority identify Christian. latter figure surprising given far people participate actively local church community. diminishing number identifying Anglicans same trend, highlights challenge church faces re-engaging people Christian tradition.
Dr Freier Anglican Church declined others recent years due number factors, singling culture that longer ‘carries’ Christianity. Once people felt Christian country Australian citizen member church. Australian culture used affirm people Christian identity not. decline shows powerful secularisation forces Australia. Anglican Church initially largely populated English people English member Church England. clearly decline cultural adherence Anglicans arguably less Christian churches.”
Dr Gary Bouma, Anglican priest professor sociology Monash University, dramatic number Australian Anglicans due increasingly ageing demographic. Our death rate caught us TMA. simple that. You’ve got huge clump 55 70… coming lower figure. Even keep those, lower figure comes church, that’s lower figure. Dr Bouma added young people increasingly moving away church variety reasons, differing values social issues played large part.
His comments echo made former director Christian Research Association Dr Philip Hughes last year. Anticipating Tuesday’s figures, Dr Hughes TM August 2016 Christianity facing crisis confidence thanks perceived moral rigidity, sexual abuse scandals, rise self-centered consumerism called “Axial Age”. “It’s Age important feel relation God; experience God,” “ nature worship changing too. moving something rational something experiential.”
Age would describe themselves “spiritual religious”, Dr Hughes added; important consideration rise “no religion” 2016 Census, Dr Bouma. Young people religion they’re anti-religious,” “30 percent religion mean 30 percent anti-religion. certain percentage people religion religious experiences, meditate, sorts spiritual stuff. wouldn’t call themselves religious accept word spiritual. religions surveyed 2016 Census saw modest increases overall numbers, Judaism showing moderate decline 97,300 2011 91,000 2016. Hinduism grew faith 2011 2016, increase 65,000 believers 275,500 2011 440,300 2016. Islam grown strongly 2011, rising 475,000 adherents 2011 604,000 2016.
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