What group does your faith belong to?

[jasonwill2]

This is, for simplicity, grouped into essentially the family of beliefs that any one religion belongs to. No reason for 30 options when comparatively the demographics and number of active users on the site makes it hard to compare with a range of options too large for the sampling size.

 

[Iti oj]

Hahah I fit 3 of them,

 

[The Sum of Awe]

LHP covers it quite a bit, but not completely. I can't really say, it's possibly just its own thing.

 

[jasonwill2]

Hahah I fit 3 of them,

You sincerely believe in three groupings, or use their beliefs as tools? You are a Chaos Magican, so I know you just use beliefs for tools as you have said so. I think that would put you in Left Hand Path. But if you really do fit into three then you would be I would think Syncretic. *shrugs*

LHP covers it quite a bit, but not completely. I can't really say, it's possibly just its own thing.

I think in the OP, not the poll question I said which group your beliefs best fit into.

 

[Quintessence]

I like polls that allow "check all that apply"

 

[Gjallarhorn]

LHP Occult Dharma, or Syncretic for short.

 

[jasonwill2]

I like polls that allow "check all that apply"

I think that would put you in "Syncretic"

 

[Quintessence]

Not in my mind, because Paganism is inherently syncretic in the first place, especially Neopaganism.

 

[jasonwill2]

Not in my mind, because Paganism is inherently syncretic in the first place, especially Neopaganism.

Then go with neo-pagan?


Ok... guys, is this your way of telling me the poll options suck? If I put 20 options the number of people who vote won't give any meaningful comparison of the options. We need more people for a poll with that many options.

 

[Revoltingest]

I wanted to check <the empty set>, but had to settle for <irreligious>.

 

[Quintessence]

Then go with neo-pagan?


Ok... guys, is this your way of telling me the poll options suck? If I put 20 options the number of people who vote won't give any meaningful comparison of the options. We need more people for a poll with that many options.

If you're asking me, no I don't think the poll sucks. Any poll asking for religious affiliation is going to have problems with it, because it is attempting to map a bewilderingly large and diverse landscape. The best you can do is think about how you want to use the data and what they are for, then tailor things in a way that makes sense for the intended purpose. For this site, it makes most sense to make the options reflect the DIR forums, perhaps? That scheme has flaws also, but it bears relevance for the site. I wouldn't lump "New Age" under Neopagan, for example.

By and large, I prefer religious identification polls that allow you to check all that apply. That's one of the things I didn't like about the original one.

 

[jasonwill2]

If you're asking me, no I don't think the poll sucks. Any poll asking for religious affiliation is going to have problems with it, because it is attempting to map a bewilderingly large and diverse landscape. The best you can do is think about how you want to use the data and what they are for, then tailor things in a way that makes sense for the intended purpose. For this site, it makes most sense to make the options reflect the DIR forums, perhaps? That scheme has flaws also, but it bears relevance for the site. I wouldn't lump "New Age" under Neopagan, for example.

By and large, I prefer religious identification polls that allow you to check all that apply. That's one of the things I didn't like about the original one.

New age and Neo-Paganism are in different options. I wanted to compare hard-and-fast groups of thoughts with seeing what beliefs were most dominant per person, meaning that choosing multiple choices messed with that data to scan population-wise. Also this was partially based off our DIR's

 

[Jainarayan]

For those who appreciate and require a full taxonomy:

Domain: Theist
Kingdom: Monotheist
Phylum: Panentheist
Class: Ekam sat
Order: Hindu
Family: Advaita
Genus: Vaishnava
Species: Bhakti

 

[Flankerl]

(x) Indigenous Religions

 

[Iti oj]

Im left neo and ir

 

[Iti oj]

For those who appreciate and require a full taxonomy:

Domain: Theist
Kingdom: Monotheist
Phylum: Panentheist
Class: Ekam sat
Order: Hindu
Family: Advaita
Genus: Vaishnava
Species: Bhakti

Haha I love how you set this up. Its also quite clear

 

[Jainarayan]

Haha I love how you set this up. Its also quite clear

It's a jab at another thread's subject.

 

[crossfire]

Perhaps the option of "Eclectic" is what everyone who is dissatisfied with the choices is looking for?

 

[Breathe]

I picked Syncretist, as I fit into a few.

 

[Amechania]

Interesting that in the original poll Christianity and Atheism were neck-and-neck, well outdistancing other beliefs. In this poll, syncretism has jumped out to an early lead. Do you suppose this reflects a change in the make up of the board, a change in indetification in response to the new terms, or simply that not enough people have yet responded?