iNow Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 Okay. Empiricism is our friend. There was a disagreement in the thread "Do you believe in God" and I'd like to clarify. If you voted in that thread, please vote here. When casting your vote about your belief in god in that other thread, were you referring to an Abrahamic/creator God (like Yahweh or Allah), a Greco-Roman god (like Zeus, Apollo, or Thor), or something else entirely (please explain)? My contention is that people at this site voting in that thread were implicitly referring to the monotheistic creator god based on abrahamic religions, and I wonder if the data will bear this out. Thanks.
SkepticLance Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 This question is only relevent to those who stated they were believers (11 people, last time I looked). Atheists do not believe in any god, and agnostics refrain from final judgement for any god, Abrahamic or otherwise.
Mr Skeptic Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 Your poll is meaningless for the purpose it was intended. The question "Do you believe in X?" is not the same as "Is X a god?"
iNow Posted February 1, 2009 Author Posted February 1, 2009 It would have been better had I put a first option as "Any god concept, they're all the same to me," making a total of four choices. Oh well, that's what I get for rushing up a poll to make a point.
ydoaPs Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Okay. Empiricism is our friend. There was a disagreement in the thread "Do you believe in God" and I'd like to clarify. If you voted in that thread, please vote here. When casting your vote about your belief in god in that other thread, were you referring to an Abrahamic/creator God (like Yahweh or Allah), a Greco-Roman god (like Zeus, Apollo, or Thor), or something else entirely (please explain)? My contention is that people at this site voting in that thread were implicitly referring to the monotheistic creator god based on abrahamic religions, and I wonder if the data will bear this out. Thanks. I chose "other" since my "no" referred to all god concepts of which I am aware.
npts2020 Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I believe in defining god as being anything greater than myself (that would make me an athiest or heretic in many if not most widely practiced religions).
chitrangda Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 i voted for others.. i strongly feel that there is presence of almighty controlling our actions.
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