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| − | [[File: | + | [[File:Australia location.png|thumbnail|200px|An Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) report indicated that 20% of Australians drink at levels putting them at risk of lifetime harm.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-20/alcohol-to-blame-for-one-in-eight-deaths---report/5102594 One in eight deaths of young Australians attributable to alcohol: National Council on Drugs report] By Jane Mower, Updated 19 Nov 2013, 7:28pm</ref>]] |
''See also:'' [[Godless Australia and alcoholism]] and | ''See also:'' [[Godless Australia and alcoholism]] and | ||
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After WWII, Australia has become a very secular country.[3]
According to the Sydney Morning Herald:
| “ | Australia is one of the least devout countries in the Western world, although two-thirds of its population identifies itself as Christian, an international survey comparing religious expression in 21 countries has found.
Religion does not play a central part in the lives of many Australians: 48 per cent of Australians surveyed said they did not partake in personal prayer and 52 per cent said they rarely attended a place of worship for religious reasons.[4] |
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In the 2011 Australian census, 22.3% of Australians (or 4,796,787 people) identified themselves as having "no religion" which was more than 3 percent higher (and 1,090,232 people more) than in the 2006 census and was the second largest category.[5] Another 2.014 million (9.4%) were in the "not-stated or inadequately-defined" category: thus more than 31% of Australians did not state a religious affiliation in the 2011 census.[6]
Australia's national IQ is 98.[1]
Australia's declining national IQ
The Daily Mail reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined in the last decade."[7]
Godless Australia, alcoholism and brain impairment
See also: Godless Australia and alcoholism and
At least 100 studies suggests religion has a positive effect on preventing alcohol-related problems, researchers Christopher Ellison, Jennifer Barrett and Benjamin Moulton noted in an article in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion on “Gender, Marital Status, and Alcohol Behavior: The Neglected Role of Religion.”[9] See: [[Atheism and alcoholism
In November 2013, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation indicated:
| “ | ANCD chairman Dr. John Herron says the report shows more work needs to be done to tackle the problem.
"The level of alcohol-related damage occurring in our communities is simply appalling," he said. "The health, social and economic costs associated with alcohol use simply cannot be allowed to continue at the current level." The report found 20 per cent of Australians are now drinking at levels that put them at risk of lifetime harm from injury or disease. ANCD report key findings: Almost 1 in 8 deaths of people aged under 25 is due to alcohol 60% of all police attendances (including 90% of late-night calls) involve alcohol One in 5 hospitalisations of people under 25 are due to alcohol 20% of Australians drink at levels putting them at risk of lifetime harm Almost two thirds of 18-29 year olds drink "specifically to get drunk" One in four Australians reported being a victim of alcohol-related verbal abuse.[10] |
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Alcoholism, binge drinking and brain damage
See also: Atheism and the brain and Atheism and intelligence
Alcoholism causes cognitive impairment.[11]
A 2012 study suggests that a habit of binge drink risks serious brain damage including increasing memory loss later in adulthood.[12][13]
Currently, there is a downward trend in intelligence scores in secular countries (see: Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries).
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WORLD RANKING OF COUNTRIES BY THEIR AVERAGE
- ↑ Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak, Daily Mail, 2014
- ↑ Stephanie Painter, Vivienne Ryan and Bethany Hiatt, (15 June 2010). "Australians losing the faith". Newspaper. West Australian Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2010
- ↑ God's OK, it's just the religion bit we don't like
- ↑ 2011 Census QuickStats. Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 October 2012). Retrieved on 2013-02-25.
- ↑ Irreligion in Ausralia
- ↑ Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak, Daily Mail, 2014
- ↑ One in eight deaths of young Australians attributable to alcohol: National Council on Drugs report By Jane Mower, Updated 19 Nov 2013, 7:28pm
- ↑ The Doubled-Edged Sword of Religion and Alcoholism
- ↑ One in eight deaths of young Australians attributable to alcohol: National Council on Drugs report By Jane Mower, Updated 19 Nov 2013, 7:28pm
- ↑ Cognitive impairment in alcoholism by Ilia Theotoka, Annals of General Psychiatry
- ↑ http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/binge/a/aa000818a.htm
- ↑ http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20121022/koob.html