# SDMBer religion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454 "2005-12-20T14:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kelvinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@kelvinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelvinator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/1 "2005-12-20T14:39:27Z")
This has probably been asked before but after going through [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=350196&page=2) I get the impression that the majority of SDMBers are either athiests or agnostics. In many other threads I see a disproportionate number (as compared to national percentages) of people who are denouncing a creator. I would appreciate a poll of what everyone’s religion is. I’m not asking for your reasons why you don’t believe or why you switched from Zen Buddhism to being the head priestess at the temple of Loki, I am just wondering what your current religious state is. From what I have been seeing so far, I would bet that over 30% of SDMBers are atheist, as opposed to the [reported 10%](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html) . What this has to say about the people who make up the SDMB, I won’t venture to guess. Thanks for your time. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/2 "2005-12-20T14:46:10Z")
> [@kelvinator](#): > > From what I have been seeing so far, I would bet that over 30% of SDMBers are atheist, as opposed to the [reported 10%](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html). That could well be the case, and in part because the SDMB isn’t by any stretch a wholly-American group. The reported figure for the UK is [15%](http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=954), and I always strongly suspect that these statistics tend to underestimate the true level of agnosticism, if not of atheism. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/3 "2005-12-20T14:47:53Z")
Doing a count down to when this will be moved to IMHO: 5 4 3 2 1 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/4 "2005-12-20T14:55:27Z")
Weak atheist. Very similar to agnosticism, except that we get free mugs. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/5 "2005-12-20T15:05:54Z")
Strong atheist emotionally. But, as I can’t back that up, weak atheist logically. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/6 "2005-12-20T15:12:32Z")
Atheist as in I don’t believe in any god, supernatural entity or occurrence. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/7 "2005-12-20T15:12:32Z")
Deist, but no great commitment (SP?) beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/8 "2005-12-20T15:13:11Z")
I’m somewhere between protestant Christian and Taoist. I gotta buy my own mugs. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/9 "2005-12-20T15:14:10Z")
> [@kelvinator](#): > > I would appreciate a poll of what everyone’s religion is. _ **None** _. Atheism is **not** a religion. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/10 "2005-12-20T15:16:18Z")
I was brung up Roman Catholic, but now consider myself Agnostic. (None of this “weak” or “strong” qualifier) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/11 "2005-12-20T15:17:24Z")
Practicing Catholic here. Practicing Catholic in IMHO also. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BlueLine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@BlueLine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueLine)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/12 "2005-12-20T15:20:09Z")
I’m a dyselexic insomniac agnostic. I frequently sit up all night long wondering whether there really is a Dog. /bad joke //really agnostic, not atheist ///no real basis for believing that there really must be some sort of God/Creator/Original purpose, which is why it is called faith ---
**Author:** ![Tevildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/13 "2005-12-20T15:25:43Z")
Anglican (Church of England). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/14 "2005-12-20T15:27:49Z")
Oh, forgot to say: Devout atheist, born-and-bred ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/15 "2005-12-20T15:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, forgot to say: Devout atheist, born-and-bred _Devout_ athesi? Is Nothing sacred? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/16 "2005-12-20T15:34:48Z")
Since I’m in the neighborhood, I’ll slide this thread over to the In My Humble Opinion forum. IMHO is the place for polls and such like. The GQ forum is for questions with factual answers. bibliophage ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/17 "2005-12-20T15:35:36Z")
> [@BlueLine](#): > > I’m a dyselexic insomniac agnostic. I frequently sit up all night long wondering whether there really is a Dog. I love that joke. I know, it says a lot about me, but I love that joke. ---
**Author:** ![roshia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@roshia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roshia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/18 "2005-12-20T15:37:57Z")
None. Agnostic. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/19 "2005-12-20T15:41:13Z")
Strong atheist, although it would have been nice to be born in a universe ruled by the old Greek deities. Zeus! Now that’s my idea of a god - horny, hot-tempered and handy with a thunderbolt. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454/20 "2005-12-20T15:43:28Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258023&highlight=religion) is a poll **Czarcasm** did over a year ago. (Don’t post to the thread, it’s a zombie thread.) I’m Pagan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmber-religion/336454.md?page=2)