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What Is Your Religion?

What Is Your Religion?

  • Buddhism

    Votes: 4 5.4%
  • Christianity

    Votes: 13 17.6%
  • Hinduism

    Votes: 12 16.2%
  • Islam

    Votes: 4 5.4%
  • Judaism

    Votes: 2 2.7%
  • Neopaganism

    Votes: 3 4.1%
  • None/Agnostic/Atheist

    Votes: 15 20.3%
  • Other (Please Specify)

    Votes: 21 28.4%

  • Total voters
    74
  • Poll closed .

Saint Frankenstein

Wanderer From Afar
Premium Member
Iowa's known for being Christian, but in my metropolitan area, most of what you meet is atheists and agnostics, with a smattering of cultural Christians(don't believe in the religion, but like the cultural security claiming such gives). You do meet religious people here and there(of various affiliations), but there's not a whole lot.
Columbus, OH has a vast array of religious groups here. We have a huge diversity of churches here - from backwater fundie Protestant churches (there was a Puritan church here I recall seeing, too), megachurches, tons of Catholic parishes, old mainline Protestant and Episcopal churches, liberal and LGBT churches, to a surprising array of Orthodox churches (Oriental and Eastern Orthodox, and we have a Greek Orthodox cathedral here), Buddhist temples, a bunch of mosques (Somalis have basically taken over the area I grew up in here), a Spiritualist church, UU churches, Mormon churches, a few Jewish synagogues, Pagan meeting places, etc. But we also have a large immigrant community from places all over the world and it's not weird to hear people speaking a bunch of languages from all over the world at any moment. I certainly do at work. It's a weird city for its diversity, especially for the Midwest.

As for organized atheists, I'm not sure. They would exist here, too, probably at OSU. Lol. I've still never met a Baha'i irl, though. :D
 

mangalavara

सो ऽहम्
Premium Member
This is a very nice thread, and I love seeing what everyone wrote. I've been a Hindu since March 2021. In my spiritual life, I often find myself turning to Viṣṇu as the Supreme Being, and I enjoy knowing him as Rāma. I would call myself a Vaiṣṇava (a follower of Viṣṇu), but I have too many shortcomings.
 

loverofhumanity

We are all the leaves of one tree
Premium Member
You know, me either!

Hindus never cease to amaze me. We have this Hindu friend who is the wife of a local GP and she often drops in with bread, chocolates and just to see if we are ok. And a nephew overseas just got a job in a chemist owned by a Hindu and he is treated so, so well.

My Hindu friends are such kind, loving and humble people and so pure hearted.
 

loverofhumanity

We are all the leaves of one tree
Premium Member
Columbus, OH has a vast array of religious groups here. We have a huge diversity of churches here - from backwater fundie Protestant churches (there was a Puritan church here I recall seeing, too), megachurches, tons of Catholic parishes, old mainline Protestant and Episcopal churches, liberal and LGBT churches, to a surprising array of Orthodox churches (Oriental and Eastern Orthodox, and we have a Greek Orthodox cathedral here), Buddhist temples, a bunch of mosques (Somalis have basically taken over the area I grew up in here), a Spiritualist church, UU churches, Mormon churches, a few Jewish synagogues, Pagan meeting places, etc. But we also have a large immigrant community from places all over the world and it's not weird to hear people speaking a bunch of languages from all over the world at any moment. I certainly do at work. It's a weird city for its diversity, especially for the Midwest.

As for organized atheists, I'm not sure. They would exist here, too, probably at OSU. Lol. I've still never met a Baha'i irl, though. :D

Very glad to meet you.
 

mikkel_the_dane

My own religion
Catholic zen Buddhist this morning, mostly.

Well, this morning. Grumpy old man hitting some posters with words to the effect of that big thing between your ears is there to learn to think. Now since you claim you can do it, I hold you responsible to that standard, because you claim you can. Yeah, that is not nice, I know. ;) :)
 

RestlessSoul

Well-Known Member
Well, this morning. Grumpy old man hitting some posters with words to the effect of that big thing between your ears is there to learn to think. Now since you claim you can do it, I hold you responsible to that standard, because you claim you can. Yeah, that is not nice, I know. ;) :)


Well, the actively thinking mind, being closely linked to the ego, is not the highest self. Indeed, it can be a barrier to true realisation.

The condition of no-mind, not thinking but being, is a nobler aspiration sometimes, than the desire to understand. Getting mind, body and spirit in harmony, that is the best trick, I believe.
 

Secret Chief

nirvana is samsara
Well, the actively thinking mind, being closely linked to the ego, is not the highest self. Indeed, it can be a barrier to true realisation.

The condition of no-mind, not thinking but being, is a nobler aspiration sometimes, than the desire to understand. Getting mind, body and spirit in harmony, that is the best trick, I believe.
Aspiration is a barrier to no-mind. 15 all. :p
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Wow! We're (the religious) in trouble! "None/Agnostic/Atheist" seems to be in the current lead. I'm going to have to do some ritual crap now to keep this trend at bay. :D

At the time i checked there were 10 None/Agnostic/Atheist. Leading in the options. But all othere options are religious so that makes 24 identifying as religious.

So no need for the ritual stuff (pretty please ;-)
 
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