The idea of religious engineers has always been one that fascinates me.
Poll: How religious is hacker news?
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#32Sometimes we make assumptions about a particular group of people and this poll seems like a great way to challenge those assumptions and take a closer look at who makes up the hacker news community. HN polls haven't been trustworthy for years. Too many people giving too many false results. Pg noticed this when there was a poll asking about the age of HNers and a bunch of people responded with "Over 80." He mentioned…
> He mentioned he'd make their fonts extra huge so they'd still be able to read HN.
Shit, I'd be happy about this on mobile. HN on mobile Chrome is just painful :'(
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#33Having grown up in the church, I have honestly never found a good replacement for the sense of community and support that a church offers. Its a shame that no other non-religious organizations have been able to replicate it.
Might want to try a humanist gathering.
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#34ZERO Jews? I'm surprised. (Disclaimer: I'm an atheist, born Jewish, and currently Jew-ish.)
I put 'Other' for a different reason, but my mother is 100% Ashkenazi Jew.
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#35Having grown up in the church, I have honestly never found a good replacement for the sense of community and support that a church offers. Its a shame that no other non-religious organizations have been able to replicate it.
I humbly suggest that you simply haven't found them yet.
As an example, I understand that AA meetings foster a very supportive community atmosphere.
My local Linux User Group meets regularly and has a very friendly homely feel where you can bring in whatever problem you're working on and people are always happy to at least hear you explain it even if they can't help.
Meetup.com is a very good place to find meet-ups in your area which is a great place to start :)
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#36So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.
Mormons are Christian in the same way that Muslims are Christians and Christians are Jews, though.
That's really not true. The official title of the Mormon church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Christ is central to the religion, and is certainly not viewed merely as a prophet.
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#37You can be an Agnostic Atheist. Agnosticism is about whether you believe you can prove the existence of God or not. Atheism and Theism is about actual belief in God. One can be an Agnostic Atheist or Agnostic Theist. Agnostic atheist= I don't know whether we can prove God exists but I don't believe in God Agnostic theist= I don't know where we can prove the God exists or not but I do believe in God. Being an agnostic…
Deist might be a more useful alternate choice than Agnostic then.
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#38So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.
One of the key differences between Christianity and Mormonism is their classification of Jesus. Where a Morman would say that Jesus is the son of God, a Christian believes that Jesus is God incarnate.
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#39"I used to be an atheist until I realized I was god." - J. Krishnamurti
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#40Now just waiting to do an analysis on what to do with this data?