Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#1

Post by smallegan » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:19 AM UTC

After seeing the top post related to OneBody the open source Church project I found myself curious as to how the rest of hacker news identified themselves spiritually. Sometimes 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. So....

How do you identify yourself spiritually? (Please comment if you choose Other.)

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#2

Post by Ardeof » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:26 AM UTC

I believe in knowledge, does that count? Seems to be quite the rarity around these parts called... "Earth"

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#3

Post by designNERD » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:29 AM UTC

You 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 is not the "I'm not really sure" category people have made it to be.

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#4

Post by ChikkaChiChi » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:30 AM UTC

I don't identify myself spiritually nor do I use it as any sort of litmus test in any community I am a part of.

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#5

Post by SoftwareMaven » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:31 AM UTC

So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#6

Post by SamReidHughes » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:32 AM UTC

designNERD wrote: post #3

You 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…

That's not what agnostic means. Most people who believe in God wouldn't say they can prove God exists, and they aren't agnostic.

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#7

Post by aroman » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:32 AM UTC

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #4

I don't identify myself spiritually nor do I use it as any sort of litmus test in any community I am a part of.

So, "Other"?

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#8

Post by geophile » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:32 AM UTC

ZERO Jews? I'm surprised. (Disclaimer: I'm an atheist, born Jewish, and currently Jew-ish.)

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#9

Post by sillysaurus3 » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:32 AM UTC

Sometimes 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'd make their fonts extra huge so they'd still be able to read HN.

Re: Poll: How religious is hacker news?

#10

Post by qiqing » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 1:33 AM UTC

designNERD wrote: post #3

You 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…

You can also be an Atheist Buddhist.