tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065968951126437299.post7310355716584455355..comments2019-10-20T02:04:30.028-07:00Comments on Secular Buddhism Australia: An idea whose time has comeLenore Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198578246111178870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065968951126437299.post-58895213410247423462012-06-21T06:50:08.000-07:002012-06-21T06:50:08.000-07:00Religion is just a label. I wonder how many&#39;s ...Religion is just a label. I wonder how many&#39;s awareness is the same, regardless of the label, or the words!!anandavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065968951126437299.post-38452777511367973542012-06-25T04:11:25.000-07:002012-06-25T04:11:25.000-07:00It&#39;d definitely be interesting to have a natio...It&#39;d definitely be interesting to have a national measure on awareness, yes! However I&#39;m not sure I agree that religion is &#39;just a label&#39;. It tends to indicate certain meanings although I suspect there are many. <br><br>What is more interesting to me is the growing number of people who are specifically indicating &#39;no religion&#39;. The article showed that it tended to be most prevalent in the 15-34 year age group. What this suggests to me is continuation of a trend from my own generation (the next one up in years) which saw many begin declaring &#39;no religion&#39; but also many that in reality were of &#39;no religion&#39; if you look at their lives but they keep a notional connection to their family of origin&#39;s religion. I&#39;ve found this is either to keep the parents happy, to give them a greater sense of meaning at their wedding/ children&#39;s baptism, or simply something to identify with. So perhaps it&#39;s that trend just continuing where the sentimental and perhaps obligatory identification with the religion of origin has weakened.Lenore Lamberthttp://www.secularbuddhism.org.aunoreply@blogger.com