# Religion Poll **URL:** \ **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:** 8
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/141 "2004-05-25T19:45:02Z")
Theravada Buddhist ---
**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:** [May 25, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/142 "2004-05-25T20:08:47Z")
I believe that spirits exist, and that they can interact in limited ways with this world, and that when our bodies die, our spirits can continue to ‘live.’ I believe that every religion on this planet has got it sooooo wrong. Some are sincere, but most of it is power trips. I believe that although individual spirits seem to be discrete entities, that in some way they are all connected, and are in fact a part of a greater whole. That unity is the closest thing that I come to for “God.” (“Thou art God” - “So, who isn’t?”) My above attempt to explain it is pathetic; there are no words in English to describe what it _really_ is. Oh yeah, I used to say, “There’s no mistakes in the Universe,” meaning that what happens is what was supposed to happen, but upon introspection I think it’s more like, “There’s no accidents in the Universe,” meaning that we are a part of the Cause. There’s no name for this belief, and I don’t proselytize, but I will discuss via email. ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/143 "2004-05-25T20:14:42Z")
Christian (independent, fundamental, evangelical are some terms that could be used to describe the church of which I’m a member) - converted from a position that wavered between pantheism and agnosticism. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/144 "2004-05-25T20:25:08Z")
Athiest. (has anyone compiled the results?) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/145 "2004-05-25T20:36:36Z")
Athy, athier, athiest. 😉 Hard as diamond. I do, however, have extremely well-diluted soap. All-one! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/146 "2004-05-25T21:25:17Z")
UU Deist. Raised Catholic ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/147 "2004-05-25T21:35:44Z")
I’m an indepedent-minded Methodist. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/148 "2004-05-25T21:40:32Z")
Buddhist (the psychological/philosophical aspects only, I don’t buy any of the supernatural stuff from Buddhism or any other religion). ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/149 "2004-05-25T21:47:35Z")
Atheist (soft) ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/150 "2004-05-25T21:50:44Z")
Christian - specifically Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/151 "2004-05-25T21:56:54Z")
Atheist. ---
**Author:** ![CalH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@CalH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalH)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/152 "2004-05-25T22:01:11Z")
I believe in the absolute and infallible power of Hulkamania ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/153 "2004-05-25T22:15:20Z")
Here’s the current stats: Atheist: 53\* Agnostic: 17\*\* Christian: 44\*\*\* Deist: 11\*\*\*\* Judaism: 2 Buddism: 2 Wiccan: 4 Other: 8 Self-worship: 1 Baha’i: 1 Hulkamania: 1 - There seems to be a slight prevalence toward soft atheism among those who explained further \*\* A couple of these were judgement calls on my part. \*\*\* Here’s the denominational breakdown: Catholic: 15 Anglican: 1 Methodist: 2 Morman: 4 Episcopalian: 4 Baptist: 2 Church of Christ: 1 Presbyterian: 1 Lutherian: 3 Assembly of God: 1 Quaker: 1 Fundamentalist: 1 \*\*\*\* I counted the UU’s as Deists. This may not be entirely accurate, but I tried. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/154 "2004-05-25T22:18:34Z")
A touch of agnosticism, a pinch of atheism , a wee bit ‘o’ amorphous “spirituality” that has nothing to do with any organized (or disorganized) religion I’ve ever encountered…and all this is mine, and mine alone. There is no possible way that any other individual could possibly share in it with me, or anyone else. Such stuff is as unique to each individual as each individual is unique. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/155 "2004-05-25T22:50:32Z")
atheist ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/156 "2004-05-25T22:51:17Z")
Raised variously under Seventh Day Adventist, ex-Roman Catholic New Age, Lakota (Sioux), old Scottish\*, and Eckankar. Currently somewhere between multicultural pagan and agnostic, although I do celebrate Jewish holidays with my wife. \*I mean really old. My stepfather was born in the 20s. His father was born in the 1850s. _His_ father was born in the 1780s. They followed a sort of druidic tradition, passed down from father to son. Plus, they tended to have their sons very late in life. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/157 "2004-05-25T22:57:57Z")
Religiously Inert Atheist. ---
**Author:** ![Curate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/158 "2004-05-25T22:59:13Z")
Episcopalian ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/159 "2004-05-25T23:15:39Z")
Lapsed Catholic; now a deist, wobbling between christianity and agnosticism. (I took a web-based religion identifier: answer a list of moral/theological questions, and it puts you in a denomination. Turns out I’m a Quaker. Who knew?) ---
**Author:** ![YiBaiYuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f475e1/32.png) [@YiBaiYuan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YiBaiYuan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-poll/246936/160 "2004-05-25T23:41:17Z")
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