View Poll Results: What is your belief system?

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  • Christianity

    129 45.58%
  • Islam

    3 1.06%
  • Atheist

    51 18.02%
  • Agnostic

    36 12.72%
  • Satanist

    2 0.71%
  • Buddhist

    13 4.59%
  • Hinduism

    1 0.35%
  • Other

    41 14.49%
  • Judaism

    7 2.47%
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    This has been extraordinary!!! Thank you all who replied and/or voted!
    I'm looking forward to seeing more!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by joesixpack View Post

    I agree with Kasperitis about having two "Christian" catagories. Protestant and Catholic may have been better. But hey, who am I to complain?
    But that leaves out the Christians east of Poland, south of Hungary, and around the southern Mediterranean basin....the Orthodox.

    (Not orthodox Jewish - I get that a lot - but the Christianity with its origins in Constantinople.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by WireBeard View Post
    But that leaves out the Christians east of Poland, south of Hungary, and around the southern Mediterranean basin....the Orthodox.

    (Not orthodox Jewish - I get that a lot - but the Christianity with its origins in Constantinople.)
    Good point. I forgot about those guys. I guess because I know so few Orthodox Christians

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    That would have put me out in the cold as well. Mormonism is neither protestant OR catholic. So I agree with Christian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joesixpack View Post
    Good point. I forgot about those guys. I guess because I know so few Orthodox Christians
    Orthodox churches are more centered in ethnic communities, than say Catholic churches. The various Orthodox churches are distinguished by their cultural origins. You'll see a Catholic church in your neighborhood, but you may not be able to tell the ethnic make up of the congregation based on the church's name. Orthodox churches distinguish themselves in their names, or in the case of the generic "Orthodox" church, by a lack of ethnic distinction. This is mainly due to the fact that there is no Orthodox "pope" - each church has a patriarch and all are treated as equals, with the Patriarch of Constantinople being considered the "first among equals" by virtue of Constantinople being the origin of the Eastern Churches. All are welcome, regardless of the ethnic branch of the church...but you may not be able to understand the sermon. I guess a high-level distinction between the Roman and Greek churches is:

    "Culturally, the Greek East has always tended to be more philosophical, abstract and mystical in its thinking, whereas the Latin West tends toward a more pragmatic and legal-minded approach. (According to an old saying, "the Greeks built metaphysical systems; the Romans built roads.")

    Some stats: 1.5 billion Catholics worldwide, 250 million Orthodox

    Here is an interesting link with some facts about Orthodoxy (with a touch of humor):

    http://www.frederica.com/12-things/



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    I was baptised Catholic, but spent my childhood being raised an Anglican. There was much consternation on my mother's part about registering us at a Presbyterian church when I was 10. Like many post modern people I probably went to childhood Sunday School about a dozen times and formal adult service half that number of times. By the time I was 14 I had a friend who explained his Agnosticism to me when I brought up the topic of belief and realised that it was where I sat. I sat there for decades. Sometime in the last decade, after countless hours of philosophical reading, discussion and contemplation, I came to the conclusion that it was better to take a stand against the mysticism and fuzzy thinking that religion can engender and declared myself an atheist which is how I voted.
    I hang my hat on Humanism today because I feel it's better to be identified with what I stand for than what I stand against.

    I invite non-theists of all stripes who may be feeling beleaguered in society or even just in need of an ear, to contact me for information or support.

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    I was wondering when we would hear from you Sir X! Thanks for posting, but no proselytizing please! You can do that on your own time!

    I wonder if the member who voted Islam in the poll would be willing to PM me as I thought to be a strict follower you were not to shave! Please explain if you are willing. Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMS View Post
    I was wondering when we would hear from you Sir X! Thanks for posting, but no proselytizing please! You can do that on your own time!

    I wonder if the member who voted Islam in the poll would be willing to PM me as I thought to be a strict follower you were not to shave! Please explain if you are willing. Thank you!
    This poll is a trap! Watch out!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMS View Post
    Thanks for posting, but no proselytizing please!
    Who me?

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    Probably Fideism for me, in terms of how I view organised religion and why people believe what they believe.

    Personally, I'd probably fall into the "agnostic with a hint of theism" category in terms of my own religious beliefs.

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