Religion Down Under

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A snotty SMH article by Adele Horin nonetheless contains some interesting facts: recent surveys reveals that only about half of young Australians believe in God. Confusingly, at the last census five years ago, 71% of Australians identified themselves as having some religion (the vast majority of whom said they were Christians). Horin makes a very good point that Australian politicians who chase votes via religion are unlikely to succeed, but she doesn't address an obvious fact: if 80% of Australians support stem-cell research and are pro-choice, and 68% of Australians are Christians, then much (if not most) of the support for stem-cell research and choice must be coming from Christians. By muddling together Christianity, conservativism, and religion generally, Horin is alienating progressive allies because we don't share her beliefs - a commonplace atheist blunder.