Faith, or being religious described in the article didn't sound like faith at all though, it was more like wishful thinking. And that's how people generally think of Christian faith as well I suppose.
The following paragraph from the report shows clearly that what most people hold as faith is nothing but a wishful thinking.
Some beliefs seem to be contradictory. While 56 per cent of people believe in heaven, only 38 per cent believe in hell, and belief in God is much more popular than faith in the devil, with only 37 per cent of respondents believing in Satan.
One should mark the Archbishop Peter Jensen's comment on the findings.
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, said the poll results showed the religious instinct was universal.
"That faith is important or very important to at least half of the population is what we have always suspected - an 'iceberg effect' that people may not necessarily speak up about their faith but it is very significant to their lives," he said.
The fact that the Christian faith was in the clear majority among believers was "no cause for triumphalism".
"I would reflect rather on why this is not translating into church membership."
There was no denying that increased numbers of people described themselves as non-believers, but this was no boon to the atheist cause, he said.
"The decline of Christian faith does not lead to lack of religious belief; it just opens the way for superstition."
Read the article here.
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