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Poll Question: With which of the following do you idenify yourself?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
27 [21.43%]
13 [10.32%]
2 [1.59%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [1.59%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [1.59%]
2 [1.59%]
71 [56.35%]
7 [5.56%]
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2004 at 13:08
I follow Jesus, making me none of the above.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2004 at 12:46
I´ll probably shock everyone by saying that I´m 99% Atheist and 1 % Humanist 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2004 at 12:22
I was raised Church Of England, but do have approx one quarter Jewish on my mother's side (my wife maintains it is that quarter which controls my wallet, and I've been asked by friends if that means I have a threeskin!).

As I've grown older however, I'd not say that I became dissilusioned with the church, as it was never a great part of my upbringing; however, of the choices above, I would say I'm 75% Humanist, 24% Pagan & 1% Devout Christian/Jewish/Muslim/Hindu/whichever deity can save me in times of danger - let's face it, even the most devout atheist will call on a deity when a 20 ton truck is rolling toward him/her

Good thread, by the way, but I totally agree with your caveat:

Originally posted by Sweetnighter Sweetnighter wrote:

I have a fear that this thread has the potential of being riddled with proselytizing and arguing, but I kindly ask all of you to refrain from that


Let's keep this civil, people

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2004 at 12:18

Perhaps you should have separated Atheism and Agnostic - the two have different meanings and very different connotations.

I am an agnostic, in the sense that I feel there is not sufficient evidence to believe either that there is or isn't a god.

Atheists, on the other hand, are confident that there is no god. I think it should be important for people to specify which they belong to, and why.

Oh, and I know little about Humanism. Could someone care to tell me more?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2004 at 11:23

I'm a Humanist I think.

I'm not really an atheist, nor a gnostic, so I think you should have separated the choice possibility.

I was raised Catholic, spent some time learning about Jewism, and other religions. Basicaly I believe in the good parts of bible's torah's and everything, but only as a moral/ethical guide to how one should live their lives in accordance with the people around us. I ignore the things I don't like, or think to be false.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2004 at 10:55
My father is Catholic and my mother is Jewish, and since my parents got a divorce when i was three I was raised as a Jew. I went to Jewish parochial school from kindergarten to sixth grade, from where I transferred to a different school after my mother and I became dissatisfied with the former school's administration. In roughly eight grade, I began to get a hold of Ayn Rand's literature, and I found that I agreed with her ideas far more than those held in the religious doctrine I had been exposed to. I briefly went through a period of having interest in Buddhist teachings, having read the Dhammapada, but eventually found most satisfaction in Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. So, I'm putting down my vote for atheist, since that best describes it.

I have a fear that this thread has the potential of being riddled with proselytizing and arguing, but I kindly ask all of you to refrain from that. I made this poll more with the intention of seeing what the religious spread is here on the board and hearing other people's stories about how they came to believe what they do.
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