Manovsteele t1_itp70gt wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:37 AM

Reply to comment by LanewayRat in Top sources of meaning across different countries by PaulHasselbaink

And there's nuance to that too. I'm sure a high percentage of British people still identify as Christian, as that's how they were brought up, but an incredibly small percentage are active.

LanewayRat t1_itpqiw4 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Not sure why that’s relevant? British people are less than 1 in 25 Australians. There are many many more Asian born people here in Australia than British. This is a mainstream trend not an immigration thing though. But yes the Anglican Church here is loosing people faster than the Catholic Church is.

Manovsteele t1_itpr6tx wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:36 PM

I was just imply that putting a religion down on a census and actually being religious are two very different things, that often can't be picked up on surveys etc.

LanewayRat t1_itps0a1 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:43 PM

No mate this is real and has moved on from that. Once Australians did tend to report “Christian” in the census when they only went to church for weddings, funerals and Christmas when grandma made them go, but nowadays these people of all ages report “no religion”. The default culture is not Christian and so people (generally) don’t feel the need to say they are that when they aren’t.

Manovsteele t1_itpsp5i wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:49 PM

Yeah I'd say it's probably the same with my generation here in the UK, but wouldn't be surprised if my parents and their generation would still put Christian on a census despite not being in a church for 10 years!