this is very important because many people think that new zealoand is still unihabitaed and that people still run around in grass skurts but beleive it or not there are actually 4 million people living in new zealand!
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there are parts of NZ that people do still run around in grass skirts .... \n our Pm is helen clarke - sex undecided - \n ahah and out of that 4 million  1/3 of them live in auckland
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I read an article not so long ago to the effect that the USA stands outamong developed nations for its high rates of belief in religion. The USA has third-world levels of belief, I cant remember the source, or the exact figures. Australia is a more typical developed country, where religion is the concern of a minority. Much fewer Australians attend church than in the USA. Chrisitanity is still the biggest religion in Australia, but other religions are growing faster.\n\n..............................................................................................\n\n"Based on the 2001 NCLS, it is estimated that around 1.5 million people attended services at participating Anglican, Catholic and Protestant denominations each week in 2001. In addition there were another 137,000 people attending small Pentecostal and Protestant denominations and groups, based on 1996 estimates. Assuming that this remnant figure hasn't changed much since 1996, weekly attendance in 2001 would be about 1,660,000 for Anglican, Catholic and Protestant churches. This equates to 8.8% of a population of 18,769,249.\n\nIt should be noted that the weekly attendance estimates discussed here are conservative when it comes to evaluating the proportion of the population that attends church frequently. The reason for this is that people who attend less than weekly will tend to be undercounted in an estimate based on attendance in a typical week. The actual number of Australians attending church say over a month would be expected to be higher, particularly in the larger mainstream denominations.\n\nThere is evidence here that the proportion of the population present at church in a typical week has declined since 1996. In 1996, NCLS Research estimated that there were 1,759,000 people present in a typical week in all Anglican, Catholic and Protestant churches (Kaldor et al, 1999, p.15). This equated to 9.9% of the then population of 17,752,829 (Bentley and Hughes, 1998, p.10). Weekly attendance as a proportion of population has thus dropped markedly from 9.9% in 1996 to 8.8% in 2001. This change is due to two factors:\n\n    * a decrease in church attendance over this period\n    * an increase in the size of the Australian population by around 6% over the same period.\n\nThere is other survey evidence that the proportion of the population attending religious services has decreased over the period. The 1998 Australian Community Survey found that 20.0% of the population claimed to attend religious services at least monthly or more often. The 2002 Well-being and Security Survey found that this figure had dropped to 18.6% of the population."\n\nhttp://www.ncls.org.au/default.aspx?docid=2278\n\n..............................................\n\nA survey in the 1980s indicated that 30% of Australians believed in creationism, 40% in the scientific account, with 30% unsure.\n\nperiod.http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/2ndcoming/skepticism
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Hello again :-)\n\nI think this question can be answered in the same way as the one on illegitimate rule. New Zealand supports democracy and all legal efforts to globalise it.\n\nSo as I said previously, New Zealand, as a supporter of democracy, does not support the concept of unconstitutional or undemocratic governments. However, it also firmly believes in the rule of law (both domestic and international) and so does not support the use of unilateral non-UN sanctioned action to topple undemocratic governments. It believes that the UN/Commonwealth is the appropriate vehicle through which sanctions or other actions should be channelled. To the best of my knowledge New Zealand supports and complies with every UN mandated sanction.
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I would guess at least 5 billion. How could you get a number anyways. I know there is census, but there are just way to many people to count like that, especially in places that are remote. Now I am curious lol.
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Yep.\n\nNot just them, \nthere is just too many people now. We (we as in all)are destroying this land.  No more Northern Woods. We are depended on others (countries) to feed us-couldn't grow enough for all our own if we had too. They say more farms what they don't say is we purchase a hundred acres farm and used 60 acres for development  and divided it into smaller farms so the count looks good. Our water supply is short unless you want to drink the lakes. Wildlife has been limited in many areas. Its like no one sees the long term effects-------shortsighted.  If they themselves don't feel it -they don't see it. Then you get those I see plenty of land-well if everyone who lived here (cities included) wanted it divided how much do you think it per each would it come out too? Every see Japan's crowed areas would everyone like that?\n\nNo easy solutions. But how many people can United States of America hold and still be beautiful?\n\nJust look Wikpedia says 298.217,215 people/ land is 3,000,00,000 sounds good now if you take away the deserts,mountains,swamps, ect it brings it down less than 1/3 of a lot. Also consider some is used for businesses and commercial and service (hospitals, fire, police,schools, parks ect). Gee I don't think anyone can come till our kids stop populating like rabbits.
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It is just too stuped to be true! If there is somethig that this people can help is to wake up to see taht the world is for everybody, you don´t own this peace of the world just because you are an ingnorante north-american. Wake up for life, you fool!
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I've never met a Maori from New Zealand. I expect it would be much the same. \n\nA new culture and a new way of thinking.\n\nI embrace that.\n\n(As big as the universe is. Not believing in civilizations apart from ours is naive and deluded.)
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I believe it is because so many questions come from USA where most people are religious, go to church and are puzzled by what information they receive there.  Clearly their concerns are not answered by their priest etc.  In Australia only 1% of the population attends church regularly so there is not the concern about religious matters, and therefore not the steady flow of questions of this type
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Maybe Adam and eve were not the only people. Outside of garden eden there were other people. Dont forget alot of the ancient information was taken out of bible, so maybe we are missing information.
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I know the LDS church openly says they have something like 12 million members.  If you're doing a paper or something (which it sounds like you are), you should search for a newspaper article that came out a while back.  It said that there are offically 12 million members, but most of them are inactive or have left the church--the article estimated that there are around 4 million members instead.
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Their are no counry but there might be some countries!!!!
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It is very cool that in our modern day world there are still parts of the are is still unexopled with many undiscovred plants and animals. I reminds me alot of Sir Colon Doyle's lost world. This must have how it been when europeans founded the amazon and reported back to europe.  I just hope they keep it nice and not let to many people go into it and explore it. Because if they they will probably destroy it or deminishing it's beauty and that would be a crying shame. I will cross my finger and watch joyfully to new developments.  With bad news around every bend it is good to hear something that will uplift my spirts.
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i think it is in the millions...i dont no...but its a lootttt
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Well, the Census department forgot to take that into account. It can be otherwise understood as the number of christians living in US, as Christians believe in Creation (Correct me if I am wrong). According to the following link, about 75% of the US population would fall under this category :\n\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm
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It isn't the size of the building or the congregation that counts. It is the presence of God to the people gathered in his name. Whether it be 5,000 people gathered in the Hills of Galilee, or a hundred gathered on a winter day in Nebraska, it is all about God, and that people gather in His name.
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4 billion nine million and two.ow wait. someone else stopped believing, his wife died, he blames it on God, and hates him and denies him.so subtract one from that number, ow wait someone just became a Buddhist, add one to that, ow wait..... .I read once that there was a study in the states and about 90% believed in some sort of higher power...that has no bearing on me at all.I don't care in  the least what people believe , I rely on the spirit of God for most all of my guidance.I could be the only person who believed, I have SEEN many miracles.
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Just because Bible doesn't mention other humans prior to or alongside Adam and Eve does not mean other people didn't exist.\nIt makes sense for others to be there.  \nI know this opens a whole other can of worms but it is an interesting thought.