I thought it would be interesting to see what percentage of people on this forum are actually religious.
I didn't participate in the poll because my answer doesn't fit a simply yes-no format.
I don't believe in God (or gods). I'm not a formal member of any religious denomination. I consider myself a religious agnostic. That all seems to justify a 'no' answer.
But... I've always, for as long as I can remember, felt that the universe around me is profoundly mysterious. I feel surrounded by mysteries at every moment. So I guess that I have a very strong sense of the transcendent dimension of existence. What's more, I'm very interested in early Buddhist practice, so I've paid quite a bit of attention to the Pali literature, canonical, paracanonical, and the commentaries. That seems to justify a 'yes' answer.
If you aren't religious, please give an explanation for why you choose to spend time on a religious forum.
Well, I suspect that much of religion is psychologically motivated by feelings of transcendence not unlike what I happen to interpret as a sense of mystery.
That's why I often feel more kinship with religious people than with atheists.