...only about half of young Australians believe in God.
...five years ago, 71% of Australians identified themselves as having some religion... (the vast majority of whom said they were Christians).
One possible conclusion (though more research would be required) is that significant numbers of people have a religion without believing in God.
While some religions don't have a God, the next bit
...(the vast majority of whom said they were Christians).
leads me to suspect that many of these people "have" a religion that does have a God (in this case Christianity) but they don't actually believe it. They "have" this religion in the sense that they grew up with it and it's comfortable; it's "theirs", but they don't really believe.
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Date: 2006-08-19 03:08 am (UTC)...five years ago, 71% of Australians identified themselves as having some religion... (the vast majority of whom said they were Christians).
One possible conclusion (though more research would be required) is that significant numbers of people have a religion without believing in God.
While some religions don't have a God, the next bit
...(the vast majority of whom said they were Christians).
leads me to suspect that many of these people "have" a religion that does have a God (in this case Christianity) but they don't actually believe it. They "have" this religion in the sense that they grew up with it and it's comfortable; it's "theirs", but they don't really believe.
It might all be in the phrasing.