[Poll] What do you consider yourself to be religiously?

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Sure we can decide what happens to our body, but you know what I mean. We know what happens during death, but not after. Do we go to a afterlife? Is it just nothingness? Who knows.

What happens after we die? Well, we're dead.

We return to the state we were before we were born, nothingness that is.

All that talk about afterlife and stuff like that is just our survival instincts talking.

Rational Deist. I voted my former indoctrination so I could see the results.

I'm intellectually agnostic (in the fairly strong sense that I'm capable of entertaining religious philosophy without spewing projectile vomit from every orifice, in sharp contrast to atheists per se).

What is a Semite?

Someone who speaks a Semitic language, e.g. an Arab, an Akkadian, an Amhar. etc.

twoshots's definition fits the bill. <.<

Interesting results so far. The top religious beliefs (or non-religious beliefs) are Christian (Protestant), Agnostic, Atheist, and Spiritual but not religious. If you combine Agnostic and Atheist, you have 48% of those polled, which is 3 x. the amount of Christian (Protestant).

I hypothesized that the results would predict that most aspies were either a.) Atheist or b.) Agnostic. It looks like my prediction was correct, even though it was a small sampling (52 people). It may not be indicative of ALL aspies, however, it does make sense.

Now, there has to be a reason for why the majority of those who voted were either agnostic or atheist, and I'd like to understand why. I have my own guesses why, but I'd like to hear what you have to say.

I have three reasons to go by. My first reason is that several aspies are atheist or agnostic because of their negative experiences with autism. I think that a lot of aspies have dealt with people who were rude, hateful, or cruel to them, and they wonder how God could ever let such things happen to good people. They might see much hatred and anger in the world, and they wonder how God could be present in such a world, where they have troubling understanding and socializing with others.

My second reason is that many aspies were not brought up in a religious environment, and therefore don't have a belief in a certain deity or religion. It is simply a matter of living day to day with them, without any religious significance.

My final reason is that agnostic or atheist aspies have heard of different religions, but they have no interest in them because they doubt religion and consider it nothing more that a medieval belief
that doesn't compare with scientific approach to what the world is and how it was made. Either that or these aspies had a religious upbringing, and were burned out on it after a while, and decided to become atheist/agnostic.

Your sample is not good; if you had posted, e.g., in GA your results would have been different probably. This is a philosophy phorum with an established community which is hostile to religion and drives them away (although, wait, 52 people? We don't have that many people who actually post here, do we?). Hence, the sample would be expected to represent non believers disproportionately.

Although nothing is openly stated in that direction there is an implication that there is something uncomfortable about having a majority of non-believers.

Being Aspie or autistic is rather unusual and leads people to analyze their differences in detail and question how and why the world is the way it is. It is most likely that religious people who accept many of the conflicting and rather unconvincing beliefs offered by religion because they choose not to think very deeply about them. Doubt is something not welcome in religion and doubt is one of the basic foundation stones of a questioning and curious and scientific attitude. Most religions cannot withstand deep questioning of their fundamentals so it is reasonable to assume a group which has a tendency to question commonly accepted beliefs would end up as non-believers.

In my post? It was certainly not intended.

OK. Sorry. I misunderstood.

Doubt and unbelief is as welcome as Banquo's ghost at the dinner tables of the Believers. The True Believers measure the correctness of their beliefs accord to how well they impose their own beliefs on others. Hence, evangelicals score them selves on how many people they convert. Never mind that the attempt to alter other people's thinking uninvited is a kind of mental assault. They "reason" as follows: I must be right since so many think as I do. And if I can get someone else to change that just proves how right I am.

ruveyn

I'm christen... but I am open to other beliefs and it's my view that most religions worship the same god or diffrent parts of that god.

God is a divine equation and
advaita vedanta

Oxymoron.