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To: Banjoguy

I am surprised that 13% said God was not involved at all. The numbers I have seen for atheist/agnostic show them to be only about 3-4% of the population. Alot of those "no religious preference people" must be atheist but don't want the label.


4 posted on 12/05/2004 2:49:09 AM PST by armordog99
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To: armordog99

I don't think the question of 'religious preference' necessarily relates to the issue of atheist vs agnostic. Some belief systems support a non-interference, dynamic, but not an institutional approach to doing so, and concomitantly, no worship requirement.


5 posted on 12/05/2004 3:05:55 AM PST by Banjoguy ("The business of the Church is business"......)
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To: armordog99
Alot of those "no religious preference people" must be atheist but don't want the label.

There are plenty of people who believe in God (like, for example, Einstein) who don't believe in a God who intervenes in the material world: deists. Those people aren't atheists.

42 posted on 12/17/2004 2:14:15 PM PST by FredZarguna (Vilings Stuned my Beeber: Or, How I Learned to Live with Embarrassing NoSpellCheck Titles.)
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To: armordog99

I am surprised that 13% said God was not involved at all. The numbers I have seen for atheist/agnostic show them to be only about 3-4% of the population. Alot of those "no religious preference people" must be atheist but don't want the label.

Maybe those who think visiting aliens planted life on earth (or gave it one or more big nudges) make up some of the difference.

114 posted on 12/18/2004 10:31:53 AM PST by ml1954
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