# Religious Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137 "2009-09-22T20:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/61 "2009-09-24T02:44:26Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I mean Jesus. It’s like being in a bar and failing to notice that most people there are drinking. To be fair though, when you’re wasted you don’t tend to notice the goings on of others around you… And **RNATB** : Yeah, I know there’s a bunch of Indian Dopers on here, that’s why I’m hoping a Muslim shows up before one of you guys end up clicking the Hindu Spot. And as for practicing/non-practicing, well I meant my earlier post pretty much 100%- I consider myself several things, but if you ask me to put myself down in a classification- I’ll put down Hindu. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/62 "2009-09-24T07:12:59Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > You simply cannot be serious. There are atheists who ridicule believers. There are athiests who respect people of faith. There are even Bible thumping atheists here. I don’t get how people can be surprised that most people here are atheists, and most are modern American liberals. Just look at the pile-ons when people of faith post their witnessing, or when a conservative posts his/her political opinion. I see plenty of pile ons when someone criticises faith too. And I see no reason to assume that just because someone criticises someone else talking about their religion to assume they are atheist or agnostic; believers have never agreed with each other except at swordpoint. And conservatives tend to get piled on because they are _ **wrong** _, or just plain nasty. > [@Apollyon](#): > > These days I’ll settle for Agnostic (or Ignostic – though I think that word sounds daft). 🙂 “Ignostic? What’s that?” “I am uncertain as to the existence of Iggy.” ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/63 "2009-09-24T13:09:56Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What the heck is _ignostic_? An ignorant gnostic? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/64 "2009-09-24T13:26:31Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “I am uncertain as to the existence of Iggy.” Heretic! Iggy is God! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/65 "2009-09-24T13:39:10Z")
Count me in as another atheist Jew. A couple of years ago, I felt more strongly Jewish than atheist and would have clicked the Jewish button, but these days it’s reversed. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/66 "2009-09-24T18:01:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Heretic! Iggy is God! Who appointed you Iggy Pope? “Ignostic” was coined by [Sherwin Wine](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/us/25wine1.html), a humanist rabbi. I haven’t been able to find \*his \*definition, but others have defined it as declining to answer “Does God exist?” because the question itself is meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/67 "2009-09-25T03:24:14Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > “Ignostic” was coined by [Sherwin Wine](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/us/25wine1.html), a humanist rabbi. I haven’t been able to find \*his \*definition, but others have defined it as declining to answer “Does God exist?” because the question itself is meaningless. Or at least wanting to answer the question with a question: “What do **you** mean by _God_ when you ask whether God exists?” And not being able or willing to make an informed decision on the first question until the second is answered. (cf. [Theological noncognitivism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theological_noncognitivism)) I only came across the term [Ignostic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignostic) recently, and haven’t really looked into it very deeply. (Obligatory wiki link). 🙂 But despite my saying the word sounds a bit goofy to me, I see its position and (IMO) compatibility with weak/implicit atheism and/or agnosticism is a good description of my beliefs on religion, empiricism and verifiability. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/68 "2009-09-25T03:31:06Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Agnosticism officially overlaps into atheism, though most people use the two as mutually exclusive, which gets a bit confusing. Yes, this confusion (or possible confusion) was all I was getting at. Given a poll with a choice between Atheist and Agnostic I think there’s a good chance of getting cross-over. I’ve tended to prefer Agnostic over “weak” Atheist, but then I know people who think Agnostic = apathetic / I haven’t thought about it; which isn’t my own position, and my preference is just that, there seems little nailed down in this area. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/69 "2009-09-25T04:17:44Z")
I actually spent a good twenty seconds looking for the Catholic option, I’m so used to places breaking it out from “Christian”. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/70 "2009-09-25T06:01:43Z")
I’ve gotta say, this poll feature is REALLY cool- I find it fascinating to see the numbers and percentages so far. Only 4 more votes before 300 results come in! And I might get to be a 1:300! I REALLY thought there were more Hindus for sure, but I guess all of you guys are non-practicing? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/71 "2009-09-25T07:00:13Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > I REALLY thought there were more Hindus for sure, but I guess all of you guys are non-practicing? There’s the poster **indian** , but I haven’t seen him about recently, and not really sure that he’s Hindu though he lives in in India itself. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/72 "2009-09-25T09:29:37Z")
God Damn Independent. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/73 "2009-09-25T10:03:44Z")
Atheist from the ashes of a long discarded catholicism. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/74 "2009-09-25T10:31:18Z")
Of the choices available, Christian still describes me more closely but I do not affiliate myself with a church ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/75 "2009-09-25T17:14:39Z")
While it’s heartening to see so few Christians, I wish they weren’t so vocal that they seem like more. I guess having an agenda makes them pushy. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/76 "2009-09-25T18:23:17Z")
As a non-believer and the creator of this thread, I’d like to apologize for the above comment directed at Christians and humbly _request_ that others refrain from disparaging people of different beliefs in this thread. There’s plenty of room for that in the pit. I do think some of the comments people have made about their _own_ faith or lack thereof are fascinating, but there’s no need to insult others. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/77 "2009-09-25T19:10:06Z")
Thank you, **TWDuke**. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/78 "2009-09-26T00:16:45Z")
I picked “other.” I believe in God, but don’t believe in the Bible. I also believe in a form of reincarnation, but not the same as other religions. I would agree with someone upthread who said “spiritual, but not religious.” ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/79 "2009-09-26T01:59:06Z")
I think I’m the only _active_ Baha’i on the boards. So I checked “other”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137/80 "2009-09-26T05:42:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I vaguely remember former member and mod **xash** was a Parsee (Indian Zoroastrian), but I don’t remember why I vaguely remember that, so don’t quote me. > > There are a bunch of us no-longer-Hindus around, but only two or three practicing Hindu Dopers, AFAIK. Damn, I don’t even remember mentioning that on the boards. You have some memory. By birth, I’m half-Parsee and half-Hindu. By choice, I’m atheist. And I’m definitely not a former member 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-poll/511137.md?page=5)