2021 Census and Religion
This article interested me as it relates to the issue of the difference between what i call the functionally religious (practising) and the notionally religious ( just religion in name only ) -- essentially recording real religiosity.
As it says,
"While 60 per cent of Australians indicated a religion in the 2016 census, other research suggests that, when expressly asked if they belong to their religious organisation, 62 per cent of Australians say they don’t."
Personally i think a question like, " Are you really religious in a practising sense or just say that out of habit - yes or no?" would be revealing, but that'd be too much to expect.
There's a reference to the ABS conducting another survey to determine real religiosity. That'd be interesting.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Still, it would be nice to know the consensus on whether or not the number of angels that can dance on the point of a needle is inversely proportional to the number that can dance on the head of a pin.
Given the mass hysteria and svengaliesque mesmerism it's amusing to contemplate the implications for political beliefs, ethical perspectives, economic systems and anything involving an opinion (like this).
waitingforgodo
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Aug 20, 2021
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I was deliberately slow out of the barriers in answering this question because while I wanted to record atheist, I didn't want to have the tally disappear into "other".
No religion is both a statement of belief and a protest.
If individual belief was explored in an extensive survey then it's 13 to 8 on that the ethereal "higher power" would be god.
waitingforgodo
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Aug 19, 2021
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Yes, I don't think there's a single question format that would please everyone, and in any case the purpose of the general census is to measure the degree of non religious people in the country, and a more specific religion survey would be needed to determine the complexity of a country's religiosity. Even then, given the mass of labels that people have adorned themselves with, and the complexity of the subject itself, designing a perfect questionnaire instrument would be difficult and some people would not be happy. In particular, what is a definition of a religion? Just getting a consensus on that is hard.
I'm not happy that this question is optional.
What is the person's religion?
Top of the list : No religion
This belief is set to top the polls cf. 30% in 2016.
Worship of the great No has been climbing ever since arses pointed down.
The wording of questions can influence response.
Do you really, truly ruly believe in fairy stories?
waitingforgodo
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Aug 2, 2021
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Yes I really want to indicate atheist, but then you get agnostics complaining, and then ignostics, and then agnostic-atheists, and all the rest of the label factions. So, I guess they figured no religion would cover it.
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