Powerful post by Solon here :
Message 15849884
and the "Good News" for Modern Man in the world today ?
----->There are more Buddhists in Australia now than Baptists!(halleleujia, thank you Jesus .)
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Buddhism Gains Popularity in Australia
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AUSTRALIA, June 18,2002: There are now more Buddhists in Australia than Baptists. The latest census figures show that all main Christian denominations are in a continued decline. Eastern religions are growing, with immigration factors accounting for much of the increase, most notably with Islam and Hinduism. There are now more Australian Hindus (.50 percent) than Australian Jews (.44 percent). Not even migration patterns can account for the growth in Buddhism. In 1996 just under 200,000 people identified themselves as Buddhists. That number has risen to 360,000, outnumbering Baptists by more than 50,000. The president of the Baptist Union of Australia, the Rev Tim Costello, said that the figures were not surprising. "The Christian churches' failure to deal with sexual abuse has enormously damaged their credibility, and that's where I think Buddhism has gained the edge," he said. "Buddhism is personal, not collective, it doesn't have a heavy institutional framework -- at least not in Australia -- so on the surface it's probably much more appealing today."
** and Albert Einstein was the last Prophet of God !
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