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blackbeltninja
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I went to a Quiz Night fund-raiser a few weeks ago at the church my oldest mate is a member of, with a whole bunch of our friends. About half of our crowd is particularly religious, the other half range between being Christian but not really doing the church/Bible study/etc thing to being agnostic to being atheist.
Personally, I can count on two fingers the number of times I've been to a church service that wasn't attached to either a wedding, christening or funeral - I am atheist or agnostic, depending on what sort of mood I'm in. However, I share an office with several very religious people as well as a handful of a similar disposition to myself.
So I was wondering - how religious are JUBbers in general? Pick the one which describes you best, or closest, from the list above; explanantions are shown below.
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Important Notes:
-For reference, we're excluding homosexuality from being anti-church for the purposes of this discussion. Assume things like gambling, drinking, drugs, swearing, pre-marital sex, hook-ups, vandalism etc as questionable behaviour for this poll. We're assuming that no decent church exists which would cast aspersions on our sexuality (hey look - a flying pig!)
-God in this case is your god/s, whomever (s)he/they may be. The Bible in this case is anything your church would use as reference material.
-This is a non-denominational poll
-This poll is public.
Poll options:
1. Extremely religious - you do the going to church bit as well as attending things like cell groups/Bible study and pray often, trusting everything in your life to a higher power and living to worship that higher power. You are a fairly active member of the church. If you were a youth member now, you'd probably wear a promise ring and not drink alcohol. Religion in all forms is particularly important to you and everyone around you knows it.
2. Religious - you do the church bit regularly and pray and have a strong faith, but those around you who don't know you really well might not realise it. If you were a youth member you'd probably not wear the promise ring but would adhere to the suggested lifestyle.
3. Fairly religious - you have a faith and belong to a church, but are not a guaranteed regular at the services. You might engage in behaviour, homosexuality aside, which others might find questionable - pre-marital sex, drinking, smoking etc.
4. Faithful - you pray occasionally and go to church occasionally. Mentioning this to anyone would not be a surprise to them. You pick and choose which aspects of your faith you follow and allow yourself some generous leeway.
5. Faithful enough - you haven't seen the inside of a church in some time, but you pray occasionally and believe in the same tenets as anyone else from your denomination. People around you might be surprised by finding out you are religious at all. You would probably say you're anti organised religion if anyone were to question any aspect of your behaviour with respect to the teachings and guidelines of the church, but you do believe firmly in a god of sorts.
6. Spiritual, not religious - you pray, maybe. You live your life your own way and don't trust in any power higher than yourself to get you through anything, even though you do believe in a God. You hope you'll have been good enough to get into heaven, or whatever your faith has, after death.
7. Agnostic - maybe there is, maybe there isn't, not enough evidence to heavily influence you in the direction of the nearest church.
8. Atheist - enough said.
I went to a Quiz Night fund-raiser a few weeks ago at the church my oldest mate is a member of, with a whole bunch of our friends. About half of our crowd is particularly religious, the other half range between being Christian but not really doing the church/Bible study/etc thing to being agnostic to being atheist.
Personally, I can count on two fingers the number of times I've been to a church service that wasn't attached to either a wedding, christening or funeral - I am atheist or agnostic, depending on what sort of mood I'm in. However, I share an office with several very religious people as well as a handful of a similar disposition to myself.
So I was wondering - how religious are JUBbers in general? Pick the one which describes you best, or closest, from the list above; explanantions are shown below.
-d-
Important Notes:
-For reference, we're excluding homosexuality from being anti-church for the purposes of this discussion. Assume things like gambling, drinking, drugs, swearing, pre-marital sex, hook-ups, vandalism etc as questionable behaviour for this poll. We're assuming that no decent church exists which would cast aspersions on our sexuality (hey look - a flying pig!)
-God in this case is your god/s, whomever (s)he/they may be. The Bible in this case is anything your church would use as reference material.
-This is a non-denominational poll
-This poll is public.
Poll options:
1. Extremely religious - you do the going to church bit as well as attending things like cell groups/Bible study and pray often, trusting everything in your life to a higher power and living to worship that higher power. You are a fairly active member of the church. If you were a youth member now, you'd probably wear a promise ring and not drink alcohol. Religion in all forms is particularly important to you and everyone around you knows it.
2. Religious - you do the church bit regularly and pray and have a strong faith, but those around you who don't know you really well might not realise it. If you were a youth member you'd probably not wear the promise ring but would adhere to the suggested lifestyle.
3. Fairly religious - you have a faith and belong to a church, but are not a guaranteed regular at the services. You might engage in behaviour, homosexuality aside, which others might find questionable - pre-marital sex, drinking, smoking etc.
4. Faithful - you pray occasionally and go to church occasionally. Mentioning this to anyone would not be a surprise to them. You pick and choose which aspects of your faith you follow and allow yourself some generous leeway.
5. Faithful enough - you haven't seen the inside of a church in some time, but you pray occasionally and believe in the same tenets as anyone else from your denomination. People around you might be surprised by finding out you are religious at all. You would probably say you're anti organised religion if anyone were to question any aspect of your behaviour with respect to the teachings and guidelines of the church, but you do believe firmly in a god of sorts.
6. Spiritual, not religious - you pray, maybe. You live your life your own way and don't trust in any power higher than yourself to get you through anything, even though you do believe in a God. You hope you'll have been good enough to get into heaven, or whatever your faith has, after death.
7. Agnostic - maybe there is, maybe there isn't, not enough evidence to heavily influence you in the direction of the nearest church.
8. Atheist - enough said.
