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| How do you identify yourself? |
| Christian |
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28% |
[ 44 ] |
| Buddhist |
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1% |
[ 3 ] |
| Islamic |
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1% |
[ 3 ] |
| Hindu |
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0% |
[ 1 ] |
| Taoism |
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1% |
[ 3 ] |
| Shinto |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Wiccan |
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1% |
[ 2 ] |
| Pagan |
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5% |
[ 9 ] |
| Judaism |
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4% |
[ 7 ] |
| Atheism |
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28% |
[ 45 ] |
| Agnostic |
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18% |
[ 29 ] |
| Scientology |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Sikhism |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Other (smaller religions such as Jainaism or Tenrikyo) |
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7% |
[ 11 ] |
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Vyn
Sea Gull
Joined: Oct 19, 2009
Age: 22
Posts: 236
Location: Classified
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 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: What religion or non are you? |
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Basically, wondering what a glance at religious or non-religious denominations are prevalent among aspies/auties (NT's please answer for those you're here for, such as your children/studens/SO's). I have some estimates, but I'm just curious if any of them coincide with actualities.
(PS, I'm not sure if there is a thread on this yet, but as there isn't a real search function and browsing through hundreds of pages of topics sounds like a lot of a work and this is much easier, I decided to do this instead.)
UPDATE [29 Oct]: I can't edit the original poll, so the option for Secular Humanism (as identified in pages 1-4) I apologize for not placing into the poll.
UPDATE [29 Oct]: These were my original estimates (guesses) as to what I would see with this. NOTE these are just my personal guesses and are quite likely (most likely in fact) quite wrong. The entire reason I did the poll was to see how correct, if correct at all, my guess would be.
Christianity: 33%
Buddhism: 7%
Islam: 1%
Hindu: 1%
Taoism: 0%
Shinto: 0%
Wiccan: 2%
Pagan: 3%
Atheism: 30%
Agnostic:20%
Scientology: 0%
Sikhism: 0%
Other: 3%
And so far my guesses are wrong ^_^
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Aurore
Dingo Lycanthrope
Joined: Dec 07, 2007
Age: 18
Posts: 1346
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: What religion or non are you? |
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| Vyn wrote: | Basically, wondering what a glance at religious or non-religious denominations are prevalent among aspies/auties (NT's please answer for those you're here for, such as your children/studens/SO's). I have some estimates, but I'm just curious if any of them coincide with actualities.
(PS, I'm not sure if there is a thread on this yet, but as there isn't a real search function and browsing through hundreds of pages of topics sounds like a lot of a work and this is much easier, I decided to do this instead.) |
Cool idea! I'd love to see the results for this.
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pat2rome
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 30, 2009
Age: 19
Posts: 364
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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I'm Christian, more specifically, Episcopalian.
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Myrridias
Butterfly
Joined: Aug 26, 2009
Age: 17
Posts: 10
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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I am a slave of Yeshua-Ben-YHWH.
"Denomination" has very little importance to me. Although I would prefer the order of more ritual based orders, such as the Church of Rome. |
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Vyn
Sea Gull
Joined: Oct 19, 2009
Age: 22
Posts: 236
Location: Classified
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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I classify the Roman Mythology under Paganism myself. I'm sorry I didn't specify the defintion of Pagan. Basically any of the former major religions of the world that were stamped out by the current major religions. Such as animism, roman/greek/egyptian/norse/incan/mayan/celtic mythology, and any combinations of such.
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CyclopsSummers
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 22, 2008
Age: 22
Posts: 370
Location: Mokum, the Netherlands
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'm an atheist, but preferred to define my belief negatively as 'NOT believing that there is a god', but rather 'believing that there is no god'.
Of late, however, while I still call myself an atheist, I have wondered if that which others refer to as God or gods isn't something that in fact is present in my world and my experience of the world as well, but which maybe I call by another name. But I don't have a lot of people I can talk to about religion or philosophy and I'm ill-equipped to discuss it on-line because of my long-time lack of interest in the subject, so until I expand on my social interactions, my ideas about how the world around me ticks, are in beginning stages.
Also, Vyn, there's a subforum dedicated to religion and philosophy, somewhere toward the bottom of the main forum page; as you're relatively new here, you might have missed it. But it's okay to have this topic in the general autism forum, it's not out of place or anything.
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akwime1290
Hummingbird
Joined: Jun 14, 2009
Age: 18
Posts: 18
Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I suppose I am a Christian because the rest of my family is Catholic and I do practice the main Christian holidays. Honestly though I feel I am more spiritual than religious. I believe in a higher power and that something does happen to us after death, I just don't really identify or practically practice any specific religion. |
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Vyn
Sea Gull
Joined: Oct 19, 2009
Age: 22
Posts: 236
Location: Classified
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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I'm aware Cyclops. The reason I chose this forum instead is because I see it more as a general ASD question.
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leejosepho
Phoenix
Joined: Sep 15, 2009
Age: 59
Posts: 640
Location: 100 miles east of Chicago
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Religion, n. relij'on. (Webster)
[L. religio, from religo, to bind anew; re and ligo, to bind. This word seems originally to have signified an oath or vow to the gods, or the obligation of such an oath or vow, which was held very sacred by the Romans.]
1. Religion ... includes a belief in [itself] ... |
... and I do not offer oaths or vows “to the gods”, and neither do I practice believing *in* things. So, I have no religion.
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drowbot0181
Phoenix
Joined: Dec 02, 2008
Age: 28
Posts: 667
Location: Broken Arrow, OK, USA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I am an atheist in the pureset definition of the word. I, thus far, have rejected every god claim I've come across. I believe in nothing supernatural, either. |
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poopylungstuffing
doh-skoh-bee-doh
Joined: Mar 09, 2007
Age: 34
Posts: 6405
Location: Super Happy Fun Land, TX
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Ambivalence
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 09, 2008
Posts: 609
Location: PEEuhLEE
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject: Things lying around were left for us to take. |
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None of the above. I believe in God, but am strongly against organised religion, and there isn't really a category there appropriate.
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Vyn
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Age: 22
Posts: 236
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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The options for the abrahamic religions weren't organized, but a belief. Otherwise I would've put such like Catholicism or Suuni. So, if you believe in God, I'd assume you to be Judaic, if it didn't include Jesus Christ. It doesn't mean you follow the Jewish institution, but simply follow the God of Abraham.
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Tim_Tex
Bunnies!!!
Joined: Jul 03, 2004
Age: 29
Posts: 30768
Location: To Be Determined
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Christian, Lutheran to be specific.
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Roman
Phoenix
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Joined: Mar 18, 2005
Age: 29
Posts: 1098
Location: Bangalore, India
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I am from a Jewish family but I decided to become Christian, on my own. I did not tell my family about that. But I still consider myself a Christian, although I continue to keep the Jewish practices as well, so probably Hebraic Christian/ Messianic Jew is even better description. |
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