# Religion Poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 25, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936 "2004-05-25T03:49:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/281 "2004-06-06T21:51:13Z")

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Agnostic, Secular Humanist, Social Darwinist.

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**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/282 "2004-06-06T22:32:59Z")

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Hindu

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**Author:** ![Little\_Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@Little\_Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Cloud)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/283 "2004-06-06T23:36:15Z")

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Agnostic Episcopalian ( I have been told by an Episcoplaian priest that this is neither unusual nor contradictory.) :dubious:

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/284 "2004-06-07T00:17:31Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Hard-boiled atheist.

I’m an atheist and a United Methodist. So I suppose that makes me a soft-boiled atheist.

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**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/285 "2004-06-07T00:56:53Z")

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Athiest (soft)

Raised: Methodist

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**Author:** ![Lilairen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lilairen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilairen)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/286 "2004-06-07T04:02:23Z")

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Independent Kemetic (Egyptian reconstructionist pagan, for those of y’all who wanted an _informative_ response). With various leanings, none of which are simple, and thus none of which qualify for purposes of this poll. 😉

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**Author:** ![chrisn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chrisn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisn)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/287 "2004-06-07T04:13:11Z")

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Atheist (raised by apatheists).

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**Author:** ![SpasmicChaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SpasmicChaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasmicChaos)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/288 "2004-06-07T04:46:44Z")

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Atheist (soft)

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/289 "2004-06-07T04:49:34Z")

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My beliefs were summed up by Lucretius:

“If the Gods exist, they are far away”

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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/290 "2004-06-07T14:36:01Z")

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Raised Episcopalian, now atheist.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/291 "2004-06-07T15:26:24Z")

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“High Church” Anglican/Episcopalian.

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/292 "2004-06-07T15:30:23Z")

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Atheist.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tom\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_P)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/293 "2004-06-07T17:52:57Z")

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Atheist, raised Methodist

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**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/294 "2004-06-07T23:09:37Z")

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Protestant.

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/295 "2004-06-08T02:53:31Z")

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> [@InternetLegend](#):
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> I’m an atheist and a United Methodist. So I suppose that makes me a soft-boiled atheist.

Wow! Me too! (But I think I’m more “half-baked.”)

(All that time reading the thread and wondering how I would explain this, and all it takes is a “Me too!” Go figure.)

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/296 "2004-06-08T03:08:21Z")

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Oh, yeah…

> [@](#):
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> When I clicked on your link, I was greeted by this message:
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> Quote:  
> “Sternvogel, of the Cafe Society board ye may read freely, and of the General Questions board, and of all of the other SDMB boards and features, save for this one, to which access is forbidden to all save those deemed worthy by Cecil, whose Word is Law.”  
> Okay, not that exact phrasing, but in that spirit.

Me too!

What’s up with that thread?

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**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/297 "2004-06-08T05:46:12Z")

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Atheist.

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**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/298 "2004-06-08T07:59:48Z")

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> [@Alan Smithee](#):
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> Oh, yeah…  
> Me too!
> 
> What’s up with that thread?

**Inquiring minds want to KNOW!**

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**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/299 "2004-06-08T08:06:33Z")

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It’s right inbetween [“Is chirac a criminal”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257927) and [“Please help identify this film”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257925) - so, what IS IT???

Probably something personal about… oops, better keep my keyboard shut.

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**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/300 "2004-06-08T08:07:45Z")

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> [@Snakespirit](#):
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> **Inquiring minds want to KNOW!**

Can we invoke the freedom of information act?

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