Jedi the 5th most popular faith

[JonRB]

According to the 2001 census.



The God-botherers in all their many forms are still in number 1 spot though.

{Source: Telepgraph)

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[shirley temple]

may the force be with you, never under estimate the power of the dark side

[v15ben]

More Jedis than Jews, who'd have thought it!!

[FourWheelDrift]

My religion is at number 2

I do like the sound of "The Free Church of Love" though, better than paying £40 nightly

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[shadowninja]

FourWheelDrift said:

My religion is at number 2 I do like the sound of "The Free Church of Love" though, better than paying £40 nightly >> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 13th December 21:57

i'm surprised there are so many christians tbh. I think we have 2 on PH.

[shirley temple]

blasphemers!! Get to church!!

[D_Mike]

I remember having a bit of a debate with myself as I wanted to slightly mess up their census and write jedi, but I also wanted to say to them I'm not religious and write none... I think in the end the silly side won.

[dern]

Why did they seperate atheism from 'none'?

Mark

PS. I'm astonished that 37 million people in this country consider themselves christians.

>> Edited by dern on Monday 13th December 22:19

[YarisSi]

Me and my dad are jedi. So don't start.

Thats what happens when mum goes on holiday.

[FourWheelDrift]

shirley temple said:

blasphemers!!:

"Do you understand?! Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say 'Jehovah'

[D_Mike]

I suppose not having a religion is distinct from actively not believing in a supreme being who absolves you of responsibility and makes you feel a little bit better about yourself and less totally insigificant.

[JonRB]

I'd say that "none", "agnostic" and "well, I don't really know" are all roughly equivalent. (Edit: as already postulated by D_Mike)

However, "atheist" is probably akin to standing outside in a thunderstorm, wearing copper armour, shouting "all the rain gods are bastards".

As for 37 million Christians, this encompasses the whole spectum of Christian beliefs from laying on hands / speaking in tongues / etc. right down to only attending church at Easter and Christmas, or even bell-ringing or arranging the church flowers but not actually attending the service, or indeed believing in God, the trinity or the resurrection.
In other words, some people consider themselves Christians even though they hold few of the beliefs or fulfil few of the accepted criteria for "Christianity".
For some, a wooly belief in some kind of God and attendance of church on an occasional basis seems to suffice for them.

And don't forget that "Christian" emcompasses Roman Catholicism too which, like Judaism, seems to be something you're born into. How many "lapsed Catholics" have you met? And how many more might put down "Christian" on the census simply because they were brought up that way rather than due to any firmly held belief?

Sorry, getting a bit deep there.

Cheers
Jon
ex-Christian, born again Atheist.
All the rain gods are bastards.

>> Edited by JonRB on Monday 13th December 22:52

[v15ben]

Athiest - I prefer "free thinking"

[shirley temple]

does "Jedi" fit in with Von Danikens "Chariots of the Gods"?

"take me to your Lizard" (Douglas Adams)



ST

[condor]

i'm not surprised by the poll

I consider myself essentially a Christian : as I lead a Christian life)..primarily brought up in the Catholic doctrine...though a massive believer in beings from another dimension

To my mind...being a Christian doesn't stop me believing other things...is just a way of how you live your life

[riveting]

shadowninja said:

FourWheelDrift said: My religion is at number 2 I do like the sound of "The Free Church of Love" though, better than paying £40 nightly >> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 13th December 21:57 i'm surprised there are so many christians tbh. I think we have 2 on PH.

Make that 3, I class myself as one, and I do believe in God.

[JonRB]

condor said:

I consider myself essentially a Christian : as I lead a Christian life)..primarily brought up in the Catholic doctrine...though a massive believer in beings from another dimension To my mind...being a Christian doesn't stop me believing other things...is just a way of how you live your life

I rest my case.

[condor]

not actually

Christianity is very much about how you behave in society ...or how you're supposed to behave

Wheareas beliefs in the supernatural...alien beings etc are more a mind thing.

So people can say they're Christian...because they lead their life by Christian values....even though they might hold beliefs in the supernatural

[sirtophamhat]

JonRB said:

However, "atheist" is probably akin to standing outside in a thunderstorm, wearing copper armour, shouting "all the rain gods are bastards".

That would be me then

[Pigeon]

riveting said:

shadowninja said: FourWheelDrift said: My religion is at number 2 I do like the sound of "The Free Church of Love" though, better than paying £40 nightly >> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 13th December 21:57 i'm surprised there are so many christians tbh. I think we have 2 on PH. Make that 3, I class myself as one, and I do believe in God.

And me.