MORE than four in 10 Australians who do not consider themselves “born again”‘ still believe Jesus rose from the dead, while one in 10 does not believe he existed.
These were two of the surprising results from an independent survey of 2500 people, said noted author and church historian John Dickson, the co-director of the Centre for Public Christianity in Sydney.
The survey, to be published today, found that out of the 85 per cent who did not identify as born again – including those of other religions – 45 per believed in the resurrection.
“Christian beliefs still strong Down Under, says survey”
The former is the title of this article and the latter statement:
“Nevertheless, the effects of living in a de-Christianized society continue to make themselves felt.” Is from this article.
Father John Flynn on Zenit: Gambling Excesses [in Australia]
So, In two articles one is presented with very different views.
[b]Correlation[/b]?
I can’t resist – Elves, please feel free to delete if this is way out of bounds – but on the way home I heard this story on the radio:
[url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25290859-36398,00.html]40 per cent of Australian women wear a bra with a cup size DD or bigger[/url] [warning – pictures of women in lingerie.]
;-P
Dr. John Dickinson is cool. He has a video series on the search for the historical Jesus, called [url=http://www.thechristfiles.com.au/ ]The Christ Files[/url]. A very fun sample:
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/media/video/football_history/
I actually bought the videos which were in the Australian region dvd’s, but I have a program that can read them. One can also get region-free dvd players.