<p>I'm Jewish.</p>
<p>Agnostic - 4.5
Atheist - 6
Don't Care - 1
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2
Buddhist -1
Wiccan - 1</p>
<p>SECOND Buddhist! YEAH!</p>
<p>Agnostic - 4.5
Atheist - 6
Don't Care - 1
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2
Buddhist - 2!
Wiccan - 1</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I said I was Christian, but I meant to say Catholic.</p>
<p>atheist.</p>
<p>Agnostic - 6 (dont care is a category of agnosticism see apathetic agnostic)
Atheist - 7
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2
Buddhist - 2
Wiccan - 1</p>
<p>You know whats cool. On a forum full of smart college bound students there is a much much higher representation of atheists as opposed to other forums i have seen similar polls of religion where atheists were low in number. (gaming, racist, nascar, etc). I believe there is a correlation between intelligence and religious view point. You people know what I mean.</p>
<p>Sorry, just to correct the standing. </p>
<p>Agnostic - 6 (dont care is a category of agnosticism see apathetic agnostic)
Atheist - 7
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 1.5 (Somebody rounded up? Lol)
Buddhist - 2
Wiccan - 1</p>
<p>Agnostic - 6
Atheist - 7
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 1.5
Buddhist - 2
Wiccan - 1
Pastafarian - 1</p>
<p>Agnostic - 6
Atheist - 7
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Buddhist - 2
Wiccan - 1
Pastafarian - 1</p>
<p>Anunnaki .</p>
<p>Agnostic - 6
Atheist - 8
Christian - 10
Muslim - 4
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Buddhist - 2
Wiccan - 1
Pastafarian - 1</p>
<p>I tend to go go back and forth between Agnostic and Christian (I'm a bit indecisive), so I added a vote to each. I also added Russel7's vote for Scientology. </p>
<p>Agnostic - 7
Atheist - 8
Buddhist - 2
Christian - 11
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Muslim - 4
Pastafarian - 1
Scientologist - 1
Wiccan - 1</p>
<p>percentages so far... (greatest to least)
28.6% Christian
20.8% Atheist
18.2% Agnostic
10.4% Muslim
6.5% Jewish
5.2% Buddhist
2.6% Hindu
2.6% Pastafarian
2.6% Scientologist
2.6% Wiccan</p>
<p>I was one of those kids who had a book of illustrated bible stories (gift from grandma) and a book of illustrated greek mythology stories (gift from mom), and thought they both were pretty much fairy tales. I think I assumed, until I was around ten, that everyone else knew the idea of god(s) was ludicrous too. It was rather difficult for me to understand why people took those "fairy tales" seriously. It isn't now, but still...</p>
<p>Agnostic - 7
Atheist - 9
Buddhist - 2
Christian - 11
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Muslim - 4
Pastafarian - 1
Scientologist - 1
Wiccan - 1</p>
<p>I believe in a soul and in a god, but not in Christian dogma/the Bible. For the lack of a better term, I'll just put it under "spiritual."</p>
<p>Agnostic - 7
Atheist - 9
Buddhist - 2
Christian - 11
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Muslim - 4
Pastafarian - 1
Scientologist - 1
Wiccan - 1
Spiritual- 1</p>
<p>Agnostic - 8
Atheist - 9
Buddhist - 2
Christian - 11
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Muslim - 4
Pastafarian - 1
Scientologist - 1
Wiccan - 1
Spiritual- 1</p>
<p>Agnostic - 8
Atheist - 10
Buddhist - 2
Christian - 11
Hindu - 1
Jewish - 2.5
Muslim - 4
Pastafarian - 1
Scientologist - 1
Wiccan - 1
Spiritual- 1</p>
<p>I added myself as atheist.
Conditions apply.
-I have a leaning to Pastafarianism, but I have not openly spoken about it. It might be a decent weapon in large groups but in intimacy it seems like a useless insult.
-I have a leaning to logic, but I am sceptical that the universe can be described through a mechanism that was chancily adapted into human intelligence.
-I do not think that I believe anything. In particular, I do not think I believe that no god exists.
-I do not grant equal credence to the statements "God exists" and "God does not exist." My preference is obviously to the latter, and given my open recognition of the potential limitation of human thought, I am compelled to describe this ideological propensity as a bias.
-I acknowledge and use several religions. There are copies of the Old Testament, the Holy Qur'an, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayan, the New Testament, some of the Vedas and other religious materials in my house. As Christianity, Islam and Hinduism are so popular in my community activities, I end up praying and singing their works. I do not intrinsically dislike it; prayer can be meditation (and I am a "practicing Buddhist" if there is such a thing)...
-From the above, I have a relationship with Bokononism.
-I still would prefer to do away with many parts of most prominent religions; I will ignore any comment on this particular statement.
-I more-or-less completely deny spirituality other than a neurological effect.
-I more-or-less completely deny religious mythological text insofar as it is not the religion of Me-ness. That said, I worship my volition and ambitions for the future, for I am either the one true god or the lone contender. This is not a thoroughly well-thought-out statement, but it is no joke. I might be a Trinity, but nobody knows (?).
-Scientology is copyrighted. W..?
-"Proof" exists in Mathematics, and in all its coherent subset frameworks like philosophy, logic and differential topology. It exists in a some applications, but this list of locations is otherwise exhaustive.
-This deserves a second round: My atheism is not a religion. I have granted great plausibility to many things, many of them quite stupid things, but I do not think that I believe anything.</p>
<p>Agnostic. </p>
<p>Both atheists and theists are dogmatic and arrogant enough to think that they, personally, or humans, as a whole, can know something as utterly unknowable as the existence of anything outside the realm of the physical world. "Is there a god?" is the philosophical equivalent of asking "who let the dogs out?".</p>
<p>Reply to CCC88' (#56)</p>
<p>Not all atheists or all theists have a firm (absolutist) conviction. For example, even with those qualifications in post #55 I say I'm an atheist for simplicity's sake. It is just a label. The same thing may go for a doubtful theist, or one who opposes evangelical attempts for reasons that they might not be able to explain. Relatively few people think about it so much as to be able to elucidate it as we are doing here. (This is CC.) Thus judgment might be a bit unwarranted if the preferred label is the only information one has. Of course it might seem useful at a glance but how many people fit your definition of a given category exactly?</p>
<p>Edit: I shall not blindly or arrogantly accept your small-scale analogy as proof that the datum sought is indeed unknowable. I merely acknowledge that I myself do not now have absolute certainty, and I shall not evangelize you to 75% atheism. Please similarly withhold forceful phrasing or present proof. Pwease.</p>
<p>GeekNerd:</p>
<p>What, then, is the difference between a non-absolutist atheism and agnosticism?</p>
<p>I don't think there is an inherent difference, but it may be another thing completely to actively believe that the info is unknowable.
(This could serve as a difference between non-absolutist atheism and absolutist agnosticism.)</p>
<p>Remark: Pyro
This remark will go unexplained.</p>
<p>Why even have different degrees of atheism? The definition of "theism", "atheism", and "agnosticism" are pretty cut and dry, with atheism being the opposite of theism, and agnosticism being the rational middle ground between the two. Splitting hairs.</p>