What Australians Really Think About Religion

Disclaimer: this is a journalist's analysis of a self-selected online survey by the ABC. It is intended as a start to a conversation, not as a declaration of absolute fact.

What Australians really think about religion

Read the article for the statistics, but here are some key points. Each of these is a direct copy from the article:

• Australians firmly believe that religious people are subjected to discrimination in this country. But all the same, we'd rather the godly kept their views to themselves.
• Australia is not a country in which religious belief is the dominant determinant of identity, social status or indeed even social activity.
• Intermingling between religious groups is commonplace in Australia; 84 per cent of respondents said they mixed socially with people of different beliefs to themselves. But there are some subjects probably best avoided at such ecclesiastically-mixed gatherings.
• Overall, Australians are not looking for more religion. Only 15 per cent of respondents thought the country would be better off if more people were religious. And one of the survey's most striking findings is the poor esteem in which religious leaders are held.

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