Following on from the previous post about Pastafarianism, apparently there was a recent movement in Australia by the Australian Church of the FSM, to use the 2006 Census to raise awareness about His Supreme Noodliness (I made that term up, I don't know if it is actually used by anyone else). So the website of the Australian Church of the FSM (which is a blog, and strangely enough, they have provided a link to their blog in their blog! Go figure...) urged all Pastafarians to record their religion in the Census form as 'Pastafarian'. The idea being, presumably, that an overwhelming response would result in some media publicity and therefore increase awareness. I highly doubt that the Australian Bureau of Statistics would recognise Pastafarianism as an actual religion. Then again, they just might. You never know.
The census date this year was on the 8th of August. It'll be interesting to see what the outcome of this is.
Back in 2001, there was a big hue and cry when several people in Australia, New Zealand and few other countries recorded their religion in the census form as 'Jedi' or 'Jedi Knight'. Apparently, there was an overwhelming response. This was seen as a huge practical joke, and the responses were declared as being unofficial, but if they were, the second biggest religion in New Zealand would have been Jedi! Hilarious. You can read about it here.
On another note, I'm pretty sure I remember one of the choices listed in the Census form under 'Religion' was 'Salvation Army'. Is it just me, or does that not make any sense?
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