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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 12:42 PM
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Poll question: Religion Poll
Edited on Sat Oct-04-03 01:36 PM by Terwilliger
(1)Under god I am combining all mystically grounded beliefs. I consider (rightly or wrongly) all beliefs where the prime mover is some otherworldly entity.

(2)no god or non-corporeal beings

(3)Agnosticism

(4)A theistic feeling where the beauty of the faith is enough to believe

(5)Evident

(6)Recall!
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einsteins stein Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 12:46 PM
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1. I wonder if being the first to vote for God...
is like a kick for my karma, or maybe a pre-paid ticket to paradise.

I could sure any help available, so God, take note..I'm behind ya, Big Guy/Girl/Other!
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 12:48 PM
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2. Guess? n/t
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 12:49 PM
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3. I'm sorry...guess?
:shrug:
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bhunt70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 12:51 PM
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4. don't care.
I thought this was a big issue as I was pursuing a philosophy degree, then I realized it doesn't really matter.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 12:58 PM
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5. Skewed poll: (3) is wildly misleading
"Maybe" is not an accurate summation of this; it makes one seem to be actively considering it, when most who'd call themselves agnostics are very much leaning toward non-existence. A more appropriate version would be "no proof either way, generally presuming non-existence".

Whether intended or not, the net effect of this poll is to skew toward more believers, therefore I'm voting (2), even though it's also unproven.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 01:17 PM
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6. who knows? who cares?
would have likely been more accurate. ;-)

Julie
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 01:35 PM
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7. ok, I can accept that...but I have to add it in addition
you shouldn't have voted
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 01:42 PM
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8. RENT THIS SPACE
give me another question! All comers! 4 slots left!
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 01:48 PM
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9. too late
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 01:48 PM
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10. And then, further,
if you do believe in God, which (if any) religion do you feel most accurately describes God? I'd be interested to know the religious make-up of DU - how many Christians, Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, atheists, agnostics we have here. (Of course, we must also take account also of theists who nevertheless feel no established religion properly matches their own feeling).
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 01:51 PM
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11. if there's a better poll, it should be done
Just trying to get a sense
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 02:04 PM
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12. What's the Question?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 02:05 PM
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13. Do you believe in God, as far as I can tell n/t
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janekat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 02:06 PM
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14. My answer is "probably/hopefully"
n/t
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 02:18 PM
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15. This is just a god-ungod poll -- where are all the *real* options?
Polytheism

Animism

Pantheism and entheism (and various other world-soul and cosmic consciousness philosophies)

Non-theistic mysticism

Pragmatic occultism (the who-care-if-it's-real-as-long-as-the-ritual-works school)

And many more that are even less definable than those.
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 02:25 PM
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16. Yes, existence of God
I think the Kalam argument shows something exists separate from the universe as a causitive agent.

I call that something, God.
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