Thread: Is there a God?

Interesting. Sixty-five percent of Australians call themselves Christians and yet forty-seven percent of Australian Land Rover owners would appear to be atheists.

We all own the devils machines

Its an amazing human need isnt it..

To believe theres a reason for everything...

To have a reason to accept life as it is.... And that something better comes later...


From a book written 3rd hand, by blokes living in the Opium capital of the world.....


"Wow Man (inhales joint) that bush just caught fire... Write it in the book dude!!!"

I actually envy the people who get so excited over their religious beliefs, considering the closest thing to religion is insurance, can you imagine someone knocking on your door in the early hours of a Saturday morning (read 10am) to share you the good news and benefits of their new GIO policy?

Originally Posted by wally

Interesting. Sixty-five percent of Australians call themselves Christians and yet forty-seven percent of Australian Land Rover owners would appear to be atheists.

Actually fifty-six percent at present, although this figure of course changes as people vote. But there was a news item in the last few days commenting that the sixty-five percent figure is partly an artifact of the way the census form is written - it has the option of "no religion" last, whereas logically it should be first. Many people filling in the form will go down the list until they get to the first one that is familiar, which is often the one they were brought up to, not necessarily their present belief.

Perhaps more telling is that regular church attendance in Australia is by some accounts down to single digits.

Bearing these comments in mind, it is likely that the figures for Landrover owners are, in fact, typical for Australians, despite the likely higher than typical proportion of foreign born members.

John

Just a small point of which I'm sure you're all aware.







This poll is meaningless, interesting but meaningless.

The problem with this type of poll, phone polls and every other type of non-compulsory poll is that you really only get a vote from those who have, for whatever reason, a compulsion to vote.

ie. The poll has had 89 voters to date, of the 5168 AULRO members and countless guests.

The only real thing gained from the exercise is the demonstration that good manners have prevailed (so far) and there's been no arguments!

Interesting that there were 50 self confessed Darwinians, 1 scientologist, 11 having a bet each way (This is not Flemington you know!), 4 Americans and 23 of the faithful.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Its an amazing human need isnt it..

To believe theres a reason for everything...

To have a reason to accept life as it is.... And that something better comes later...


From a book written 3rd hand, by blokes living in the Opium capital of the world.....


"Wow Man (inhales joint) that bush just caught fire... Write it in the book dude!!!"

the bible would be a good read if it had plenty of " dudes " " far out's " and " totally awesome " ....... and he parted the sea ...... mate that blokes fully sick lets cross it ..

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Just a small point of which I'm sure you're all aware.







This poll is meaningless, interesting but meaningless.

The problem with this type of poll, phone polls and every other type of non-compulsory poll is that you really only get a vote from those who have, for whatever reason, a compulsion to vote.

ie. The poll has had 89 voters to date, of the 5168 AULRO members and countless guests.

The only real thing gained from the exercise is the demonstration that good manners have prevailed (so far) and there's been no arguments!

Interesting that there were 50 self confessed Darwinians, 1 scientologist, 11 having a bet each way (This is not Flemington you know!), 4 Americans and 23 of the faithful.

It's one of the things I love about this forum. Good manners do prevail. It's frequented by interesting and well-mannered grown-ups (which sums up Land Rover owners generally). I suspect, though, that there are a few who are having to exercise considerable restraint.