Exaltist Ethan
Bridging the Gap Between Believers and Skeptics
I made this poll awhile back that asked the lovely people here at RF if they were a "believer" or a "skeptic", and there was a healthy amount of replies from both groups of people. In the end, however, believers slightly outnumbered skeptics 20-17. The thread was so famous that @The Hammer offered his own version of it, allowing people to answer "both/other" that ultimately dominated the poll the section with seven believers, nine skeptics and and whopping' 21 people answering "both/other".
I liked both of our polls very much so. I answered "believer" on both, and from what I truly gathered from it is that this community is divided pretty much evenly on this topic. So now I'm offering another poll, similar to the first, but worded slightly differently. Instead of the standard believer/skeptic divide, I want to do one based on religiosity and spirituality. Now, I know by now that both of these terms are completely loaded, and perhaps there is more substantiation using the terms believer/skeptic instead, but believers themselves can be divided into those who are religious or those who are spiritual. Maybe there is even a skeptic or two who considers themselves spiritual? I don't know.
What I do know, as for myself, as someone who identifies as a cultural omnist in his overall social view of religion, I'm probably part of that crowd that is spiritual but not religious. Even my theological views would agree - the 'spiritual naturalist' type. So, both of my religious identities focuses on the spiritual but not religious side of the equation.
This poll will have five options, hopefully so everybody who is reading this can answer. There will be the religious and spiritual, the religious but not spiritual, the spiritual but not religious, neither religious nor spiritual, and for those who have a different view point, I'm going to be offering an other stance option for those types of people as well. I figure with five different choices nobody will be dissatisfied with the option they decide to choose.
And this is a typical Exaltist Ethan poll, which will allow anyone to change their vote, votes will be displayed publicly and of course I will allow people to see results without voting. And the poll will remain open indefinitely. However, you will only be able to choose one of the options listed, unlike the other polls I typically create.
So have at it. Do you consider yourself religious, spiritual, both or neither? Let us know what you think by voting and telling us why you voted that way below.
I liked both of our polls very much so. I answered "believer" on both, and from what I truly gathered from it is that this community is divided pretty much evenly on this topic. So now I'm offering another poll, similar to the first, but worded slightly differently. Instead of the standard believer/skeptic divide, I want to do one based on religiosity and spirituality. Now, I know by now that both of these terms are completely loaded, and perhaps there is more substantiation using the terms believer/skeptic instead, but believers themselves can be divided into those who are religious or those who are spiritual. Maybe there is even a skeptic or two who considers themselves spiritual? I don't know.
What I do know, as for myself, as someone who identifies as a cultural omnist in his overall social view of religion, I'm probably part of that crowd that is spiritual but not religious. Even my theological views would agree - the 'spiritual naturalist' type. So, both of my religious identities focuses on the spiritual but not religious side of the equation.
This poll will have five options, hopefully so everybody who is reading this can answer. There will be the religious and spiritual, the religious but not spiritual, the spiritual but not religious, neither religious nor spiritual, and for those who have a different view point, I'm going to be offering an other stance option for those types of people as well. I figure with five different choices nobody will be dissatisfied with the option they decide to choose.
And this is a typical Exaltist Ethan poll, which will allow anyone to change their vote, votes will be displayed publicly and of course I will allow people to see results without voting. And the poll will remain open indefinitely. However, you will only be able to choose one of the options listed, unlike the other polls I typically create.
So have at it. Do you consider yourself religious, spiritual, both or neither? Let us know what you think by voting and telling us why you voted that way below.
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