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BBF religious matrix

Poll: BBF religious matrix (79 member(s) have cast votes)

I believe there is a God / Higher Being

  1. Strongly believe (13 votes [16.46%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.46%

  2. Somewhat believe (7 votes [8.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.86%

  3. Ambivalent (8 votes [10.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.13%

  4. Somewhat disbelieve (11 votes [13.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.92%

  5. Strongly disbelieve (40 votes [50.63%])

    Percentage of vote: 50.63%

My attitude toward those that do not share my views is

  1. Supportive - I want there to be diversity on such matters (9 votes [9.28%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.28%

  2. Tolerant - I don't agree with them but they have the right to their own view (57 votes [58.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 58.76%

  3. No strong feeling either way (17 votes [17.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.53%

  4. Annoyed / Turned off - I tend to avoid being friends with people that do not share my views, and I avoid them in social settings (7 votes [7.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.22%

  5. Infuriated - Not only do I not agree with them, but I feel that their POV is a source of some/many of the world's problems (7 votes [7.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.22%

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Posted 2012-December-22, 11:42

 kenberg, on 2012-December-22, 09:20, said:

That's what I understood the posted claim to be, yes, that 60% of Amreicans attend church weekly, and I understood the evidence for this was the poll. If the claim is only that 60% of Americans say they attend church weekly then we have no disagreement. The number sounds right.

I read the post to say that 60% of people who attend church weekly believe the biblical creation story.
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Posted 2012-December-22, 11:53

 Antrax, on 2012-December-21, 05:37, said:

How is the speed of light a theory? It's been measured. If you accept sensory input, you should also accept the speed of light as a fact.

That it's a universal constant is a theory (although a quite well documented one).
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Posted 2012-December-22, 12:06

 gwnn, on 2012-December-22, 11:53, said:

That it's a universal constant is a theory (although a quite well documented one).


In addition, the important part of the comment in the post was that you cannot travel faster.
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Posted 2012-December-22, 23:25

Very interesting poll of bbo posters:


15 believe God exists
43 dont or other
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Posted 2012-December-22, 23:38

 mike777, on 2012-December-22, 23:25, said:

Very interesting poll of bbo posters:


15 believe God exists
43 dont or other


And some didn't vote. It is apparently not possible to answer the first question without answering the second, but as others have noted, there is a difference between a believer who keeps his opinion to herself and one who wants laws etc to be decided in order to conform with the requirements of his religion. An answer in the middle is not at all accurate.
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Posted 2012-December-22, 23:40

 PassedOut, on 2012-December-22, 11:42, said:

I read the post to say that 60% of people who attend church weekly believe the biblical creation story.

Correct.

More specifically, they believe that God created humans sometime in the past 10,000 years.

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Posted 2012-December-22, 23:52

 barmar, on 2012-December-22, 23:40, said:

More specifically, they believe that God created humans sometime in the past 10,000 years.


Maybe she did, and perhaps these people just blended in with the people already living on earth. After all, Cain, a member of the first family God created, went away and settled in another town.
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Posted 2012-December-23, 00:01

"An answer in the middle is not at all accurate."


An answer with so much wisdom beyond its words in so many areas of life as I am learning.

NOT THAT I WANT TO HIJACK THE THREAD!

so i will take 15-43 vote for active posters...a lot of votes for any thread....

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Posted 2012-December-23, 00:14

 Vampyr, on 2012-December-22, 23:52, said:

Maybe she did, and perhaps these people just blended in with the people already living on earth. After all, Cain, a member of the first family God created, went away and settled in another town.

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke: I went to a convenience store late at night, and the manager was closing up. I asked why, and pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". He replied "Not in a row!"

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Posted 2012-December-23, 00:24

 barmar, on 2012-December-23, 00:14, said:

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke: I went to a convenience store late at night, and the manager was closing up. I asked why, and pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". He replied "Not in a row!"


Steven Wright is god..small g :)


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Posted 2012-December-23, 00:29

 gwnn, on 2012-December-22, 11:53, said:

 Antrax, on 2012-December-21, 05:37, said:

How is the speed of light a theory? It's been measured. If you accept sensory input, you should also accept the speed of light as a fact.

That it's a universal constant is a theory (although a quite well documented one).

And not a universally accepted theory, at that:

http://en.wikipedia...._speed_of_light


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Posted 2012-December-23, 04:40

 barmar, on 2012-December-22, 23:40, said:

Correct.

More specifically, they believe that God created humans sometime in the past 10,000 years.


Sounds horrible.

Does anybody has any details- f.e. what was/were the question(s)?
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Posted 2012-December-23, 08:24

 barmar, on 2012-December-23, 00:14, said:

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke: I went to a convenience store late at night, and the manager was closing up. I asked why, and pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". He replied "Not in a row!"


At the risk of wandering off topic, this reminds of a cartoon I saw many years ago Joe's coffee shop, open 24 hours a day. A very haggard looking Joe is saying "I am seriously thinking of taking on an assistant."
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Posted 2012-December-23, 20:11

I voted ambivalent and supportive. Why would anyone feel strongly on a matter of belief?

A plea for reason and a good way to avoid upvotes? :D
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Posted 2012-December-23, 21:31

 mike777, on 2012-December-23, 00:24, said:

Steven Wright is god..small g :)

thanks for post

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Posted 2012-December-23, 21:32

 Codo, on 2012-December-23, 04:40, said:

Sounds horrible.

Does anybody has any details- f.e. what was/were the question(s)?

I posted the link to the Gallup website, it has all the details.

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Posted 2012-December-23, 21:34

 kenberg, on 2012-December-23, 08:24, said:

At the risk of wandering off topic, this reminds of a cartoon I saw many years ago Joe's coffee shop, open 24 hours a day. A very haggard looking Joe is saying "I am seriously thinking of taking on an assistant."

Well, if the thread on Newtown can morph into a thread on religion, why can't a thread on religion turn into a thread about jokes?

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Posted 2012-December-24, 06:41

I have an ex-girlfriend who felt sorry for me because I was going to go to hell. That might've had something to do with the fact that she is an ex-girlfriend. Worst thing about it was that she played bridge as well.
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Posted 2012-December-24, 09:10

A friend of mine once asked "what's so bad about going to Hell? All my friends will be there!"
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Posted 2012-December-25, 00:27

 mr1303, on 2012-December-24, 06:41, said:

I have an ex-girlfriend who felt sorry for me because I was going to go to hell. That might've had something to do with the fact that she is an ex-girlfriend. Worst thing about it was that she played bridge as well.


Played bridge? Aren't playing cards the Devil's tramtickets?
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