So much discussion takes place in Xanga about religion and evolution vs. creation or atheism vs Christianity etc, that I thought it would be interesting to conduct a little study. Now before anyone gets all uptight over the fact that I say Deity instead of God, it is because I don't want people coming back and saying "I didn't vote because you say God and I think their may be more than one." Here is what
Deity is defined as:
1.a god or goddess. 2.divine character or nature, esp. that of the Supreme Being; divinity.
3.the estate or rank of a god: The king attained deity after his death.
4.a person or thing revered as a god or goddess: a society in which money is the only deity.
5.the Deity, God; Supreme Being.
Now I will state right off the bat that I believe in God and many of you know that, but for the sake of this poll, we are looking for those that either believe in some form of Deity versus those who do not or are unsure.
Now some may say that my friends are mostly believers in God. True, but I also have atheistic friends who have the right to send this to as many friends as theirs as they prefer and I will make sure they are tagged in the post so they know. I am not saying either that I want this post rec'd. That is simply up to you and I could care less either way. I am simply conducting a little study and there are some underlying studies going on as well that I will share later along with the results.
Save your long drawn out comments for later when I post the results. This is not intended to be a debate post so don't use it to throw arrows at one side or the other. I will be watching the footprints to also see if there are any suspicious entry techniques going on.
So enter your answer, rec if you want and I will let everyone know when the poll is about to close later on.
Comments (25)
Yes.
Good luck with this amidst all of the M.J. hysteria.
This is useful for determining how many of your friends are willing to answer the question, not how many atheists/agnostics/deists/theists there are in the world.
Just so you know, science is harder.
@radicalramblings - Yeah I don't really care. I mean he was a genius back in the day, but unless you're his biggest fan or something what can I say? People die, even when they're famous.
@agnophilo - I am not sure why anyone would not want to answer the question. It is a blind poll and has the only 3 options really to be considered. I should have tagged you as well...I apologize. This is also limited to Xanga. I am not publicizing it on any other of my blogs etc. I guess some visitor to Xanga may see it, but my footprints will give a good picture. Not meant to be scientific
@oeshpdog2 - Some people could also lie. There are priests who are atheists who just can't bear to tell anyone.
@agnophilo - Well...if there are some on here...this is their chance at a different sort of confessional. No one will know.
@oeshpdog2 - Heh. Yeah but people might not respond anyhow.
Whatever, doesn't matter.
My deity is Hanuman but I don't worship him in the traditional Hindu since. I practice a form of Chaos Magic established by Austin Osman O'Spare developed in the early part of the 20th century. It allows me to take from any religion that I desire at any point. The bassic idea is that if even one person believs in something then it gives life to it and thus makes it some what powerful. That power can be acessed and tapped into. I like to refer to it as a thieves magic.
Simply yes.
I need a poll a lot of times. LOL funny how my vote was as interesting to me as the poll you included.
Yes would be a very broad answer...but nevertheless, the answer for me is still yes.
Because the noun "deity" is not proper, that should be "Do you believe in a diety?" but... whatever.
You certainly have interesting commentators.
I don't usually do polls, but made an exception here.
But you already know... I don't believe in 'a' diety,
I believe in The Diety.
I BELIEVE IN GOD,(OR A DEITY OF SOME SORT) BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS....I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC AND I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO. SO DO YOU HAVE A YES BUT HAS MANY QUESTIONS BOX? LOL/ J/K. GOOD POST.
@MICHELECANNON29 - Thank you for your comment and friend add and for your comment on my other post.
Oh YES!
I believe in God.
yes.. but DUH you knew that. LOL and the Michael thing.. I feel for his family/friends, but come on.. all this news coverage? When so much else is going on in the world? It's like the Pope or the President were assassinated or something.. ridiculous. He was just a human like the rest of us.. very talented musically, but beyond that a CRAZY crazy person who could not handle his fame or his life.. was accused of molesting boys not once but SEVERAL times.. had so many plastic surgeries that he appeared skeletal, and had a drug problem. What about this deserves hero worship? It's the hero worship/celebrity/media that probably killed him in the end. Couldn't handle it psychologically. Did him in. SAD.
Yes I believe, no doubt for everything that I have been blessed with and know!...........Hope you have a Great Saturday!.........In Christ's Love.......Monic
This is actually close to the actual demographic, lol. Well, not actually, if by deity you meant personal god it would be in the ballpark.
@agnophilo - Yep...that is why I included the whole definition of deity in the message and hoped people read it before just skipping to the poll.
I believe in God....Good post, good luck with your poll
I believe in God
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I took your poll, but I rarely discuss religion or politics with those who I don't know very well.