A week or two ago, I created a poll to see where RF's theists stood on their ideas of who/what God is and how he/she/they operated. I want to share the results of that poll here, in a separate area, and invite any and all to discussion on this.
I am curious to hear responses on whether or not people are surprised about the results, or if this is about what they expected.
First off, the largest group of us is those who feel God is infinite, and not fully knowable by our finite minds. 88.5% of us who took the time to take the poll believe this. 34.6% of us believe in God as a concrete being outside of ourselves. There is a bit of overlap here. Personally, I voted for both, as I feel God is infinite, but partially incarnates in finite forms occasionally(but never fully, because the infinite cannot be contained by the finite). I'd be curious to hear from others who voted for both('cause obviously, some did).
69.2% of us believe God is one. 30.8% of us believe God is many. (I voted both, because while I believe God is one, he/she/it appears in many forms).
76.9% of us believe God can relate to us in a personal manner. 19.2% believe God does not interact with humanity at all.
46.2% of us believe God lays out the basis for morality. That's less than half of us. Based on frequent threads I see on RF questioning the morality of God by nontheists, I am curious if non theists are surprised by this statistic, or if its about what they would expect from fellow theistic RFians.
30.8% of us believe God is a part of nature or the laws of science. I admit, I was surprised by this one. I thought there would be more of us who held this belief.
And for the last set of statistics, 73.1% of us believe that the ways to reach God are many, while only a small amount of us(19.2%) believe in one exclusive path.
Any thoughts on this?
I am curious to hear responses on whether or not people are surprised about the results, or if this is about what they expected.
First off, the largest group of us is those who feel God is infinite, and not fully knowable by our finite minds. 88.5% of us who took the time to take the poll believe this. 34.6% of us believe in God as a concrete being outside of ourselves. There is a bit of overlap here. Personally, I voted for both, as I feel God is infinite, but partially incarnates in finite forms occasionally(but never fully, because the infinite cannot be contained by the finite). I'd be curious to hear from others who voted for both('cause obviously, some did).
69.2% of us believe God is one. 30.8% of us believe God is many. (I voted both, because while I believe God is one, he/she/it appears in many forms).
76.9% of us believe God can relate to us in a personal manner. 19.2% believe God does not interact with humanity at all.
46.2% of us believe God lays out the basis for morality. That's less than half of us. Based on frequent threads I see on RF questioning the morality of God by nontheists, I am curious if non theists are surprised by this statistic, or if its about what they would expect from fellow theistic RFians.
30.8% of us believe God is a part of nature or the laws of science. I admit, I was surprised by this one. I thought there would be more of us who held this belief.
And for the last set of statistics, 73.1% of us believe that the ways to reach God are many, while only a small amount of us(19.2%) believe in one exclusive path.
Any thoughts on this?