Australia is about to conduct its latest census, and the topic of religion has become an issue. The question for them is whether people should choose “no religion” as a designation...
The graphic at left is a plea from the Atheist Foundation of Australia to choose “no religion” rather than “Jedi”. They say that if people choose Jedi, it’s classified as a “Not Defined” religion instead of “No Religion,” and that matters because it makes Australia seem more religious than it actually is, and would encourage the government to give more money to religious-based organisations than they otherwise would.
At the moment, some 61.1% of Australians chose some sort of Christianity, and a mere 22.3% chose “no religion”.
The problem here is that “no religion” doesn’t necessarily mean literally no religion: It often simply means no particular religion...
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