How religious are you?

[Young Conservative]

Which choice best fits you?

[Frodo]

What's the difference between 'no' and 'not really'?  Can you define these terms for us?

[DC Al Fine]

What's the difference between 'no' and 'not really' 'extremely' and 'devout'?  Can you define these terms for us?

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'm in a weird spot because, while I don't have any sort of faith, I'm growing increasingly fond of some philosophical systems derived from religion. Is there a name for this?

Voted no.

[Santander]

Very religious

[Lachi]

Atheist

[DavidB.]

I'm in a weird spot because, while I don't have any sort of faith, I'm growing increasingly fond of some philosophical systems derived from religion. Is there a name for this?

Voted no.

At the risk of triggering BRTD, wouldn't this be an aspect of "cultural Catholicism" (or any other religion)?

Answered "somewhat", but I guess I'm somewhere between "somewhat" and "very".

[DC Al Fine]

I'm in a weird spot because, while I don't have any sort of faith, I'm growing increasingly fond of some philosophical systems derived from religion. Is there a name for this?

Voted no.

Godfearer, was a term applied pre-Christ to Gentiles who liked Jewish morality and monotheism, and sometimes went to synagogue, but never actually joined the religion. That might be a good term for your views.

[afleitch]

Not. I'm philosophical though, pensive and reflective. My family are drifting away, mostly, from the last vestiges of Catholicism so even the social aspects of that are diminishing.

[Antonio the Sixth]

At the risk of triggering BRTD, wouldn't this be an aspect of "cultural Catholicism" (or any other religion)?

In a way, yes (I'd be at least somewhat "culturally Catholic" and working my way toward some degree of "cultural Orthodoxy" and "cultural Protestantism" and hoping that some day I might find the time gain some basic notions of "cultural Judaism", "cultural Buddhism" and "cultural Hinduism" ), but I don't think it's how most Americans would think of that term.

Godfearer, was a term applied pre-Christ to Gentiles who liked Jewish morality and monotheism, and sometimes went to synagogue, but never actually joined the religion. That might be a good term for your views.

That's very interesting. I had no idea such people existed in significant numbers.

The term itself kind of reminds of Pascal's wager ante litteram though, doesn't it? Pascal's wager is not one of the Christian ideas I find of much interest.

[LLR]

Somewhat

[DC Al Fine]

Godfearer, was a term applied pre-Christ to Gentiles who liked Jewish morality and monotheism, and sometimes went to synagogue, but never actually joined the religion. That might be a good term for your views.

That's very interesting. I had no idea such people existed in significant numbers.

I felt the same way when I discovered it. They died out pretty quickly after the resurrection though, as they made up much of Christianity's first converts.

The term itself kind of reminds of Pascal's wager ante litteram though, doesn't it? Pascal's wager is not one of the Christian ideas I find of much interest.

It sounds like it, but I'm not so sure. What was the state of Jewish views of the afterlife at the time? It wouldn't really apply if they believed mainly in Sheol, since Sheol doesn't really discriminate That's beyond my knowledge though.

I never really dealt with Pascal's wager tbh. It's impossible under Reformed sotieriology anyway so I never really thought about it.

[Vern]

I'm not religious at all. I hate religious acts. I have a relationship with Jesus and God, I do what I do not because of religion but because of my love for them.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

In between extremely and very. Voted extremely.

[Antonio the Sixth]

It sounds like it, but I'm not so sure. What was the state of Jewish views of the afterlife at the time? It wouldn't really apply if they believed mainly in Sheol, since Sheol doesn't really discriminate That's beyond my knowledge though.

I'm pretty sure I know far less than you do about pre-Christ Judaism, but didn't it already espouse the belief in a Final Judgement that would bring eternal blessing to the virtuous and eternal damnation to the impious? If so, Sheol would be seen as a temporary condition and not the real point of the afterlife, wouldn't it?

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I mean, Pascal's wager is incompatible with any remotely rigorous Christian soteriology (and I'm sure our Christian posters of any denomination would agree), but the fact that Reformed thought rejects it so categorically is certainly a point in its favor. Though as you know I have fundamental issues with it.

[Santander]

In between extremely and very. Voted extremely.

Doesn't "extremely religious" imply... well, extremism? That's why I voted "very religious" instead of "extremely religious".

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

In between extremely and very. Voted extremely.

Doesn't "extremely religious" imply... well, extremism? That's why I voted "very religious" instead of "extremely religious".

I read that as 'extremely devout'. No connection to those who contort my faith.
What made me iffy was the fact I am inconsistent with some aspects. For instance, I don't read the Quran every day.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Neither spiritual nor religious, atheist.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Extremely Religious; Somewhat (maybe Not Very??) Spiritual. Split the difference and call it Very.

[SWE]

I'm not

[RI]

I voted very.

I'm not religious at all. I hate religious acts. I have a relationship with Jesus and God, I do what I do not because of religion but because of my love for them.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Neither spiritual nor religious, atheist.

[NerdyBohemian]

Atheist who considers himself culturally Roman Catholic. I wear a saint medal, have religious art and celebrate religious holidays, goes to mass on holidays and when a mass is offered to deceased relatives but I do not believe.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

AGNOSTIC, certainly spiritual. Tragedies happen to all of us and I am glad the universe have gotten me past them.  But, the very nature of them of having happened to me calls into question the existence of a superior being. 


I prefer to believe in 'what goes around comes around'

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

It sounds like it, but I'm not so sure. What was the state of Jewish views of the afterlife at the time? It wouldn't really apply if they believed mainly in Sheol, since Sheol doesn't really discriminate That's beyond my knowledge though.

Sheol was a very widespread belief, most common among the Sadducees. Other beliefs that also appeared included resurrection at the eschaton among the Pharisees (the very very earliest Christians now often being classified as a subsect of Pharisees in historiography of the early Church) and Neoplatonic-style immortality of the soul among the Essenes.