Religious Diversity In Australia Essay

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Religious diversity is the only ways Australia can move forward with the rest of the world. Australia is seen as a “multi-cultural” nation, and part of this is due to the diverse culture and customs. Australia as a nation doesn’t discriminate against other nations; one example of this is our prime minister. Spiritual diversity in Australia is undisputedly evident. Religious diversity in Australia is a great thing, because religions give back to the community and form things like: youth groups, clubs and charities. Australia’s charity system is almost entirely run by different religions, and a high percentage of these are Christians like the Salvation Army.
The number of Australians who stated they had no religion in the census grew from 8.3 percent in 1976 to 18.7 percent in 2006, yet the numbers of Christian and Islamic schools are …show more content…

This means that unlike other countries like France Australia cannot ban the burka, it is law like banning the burka that prohibit and restrain certain religions from practicing their beliefs, and doing so can cause tension. Fortunately Australia accepts different religions and this allows us to move forward as a nation.
Religious celebrations in Australia’s multi-cultural society are very important, because they all celebrate important parts of life. These could be: weddings, funerals, rites of passage and other celebrations, as what was said before if these religions couldn’t celebrate their birthdays a lot of tension will then be caused as well which can lead to abuse/violence. For example for if us Christians couldn’t celebrate Easter, Christmas etc. it would cause Christians a lot of tension and would also cause drama so allowing these other religions to enjoy their celebrations we are saving arguments, abuse and

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