elusiveat (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} elusiveat) wrote,@ 2008-04-24 17:52:00 |
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Random observations on my recent religion polls/discussions
1) Distribution of poll responses for the 10 people (other than myself) who responded to my "religion rant" as compared to the overall distributions for each question. Evidently the responders are a more representative sample of the people on my friends list than I'd initially perceived. I'd expected a stronger non-theist skew.
2) Why is it that people of multiple religions are willing to claim just about any religion other than Islam?
3) Jewish Pagans (or perhaps Pagan Jews)? Evidently there are two who responded to the polls. Interesting stuff. Hadn't heard of that combo before.
1) Distribution of poll responses for the 10 people (other than myself) who responded to my "religion rant" as compared to the overall distributions for each question. Evidently the responders are a more representative sample of the people on my friends list than I'd initially perceived. I'd expected a stronger non-theist skew.
| Category | Initial commenters Poll 1 | Initial commenters Poll 2 Q1 | Initial commenters Poll 2 Q2 | Total Poll 1 | Total Poll 2 Q1 | Total Poll 2 Q1 |
| Pagan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Christian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Muslim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Animist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Hindu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jewish | 1 | 1 (+1 inherited) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Atheist | 3 | 2 (+ 2 inherited from poll 1) | 1 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| Buddhist | 1 | 1 (+1 inherited from poll 1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Agnostic | 2 | 1 (+2 inherited from poll 1) | 0 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Pantheist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Taoist | n/a | n/a | 0 | 4 | ||
| Satanist | n/a | n/a | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bokononist | n/a | n/a | 0 | 3 | ||
| Discordian | n/a | n/a | 0 | 5 | ||
| Church of Subgenius | n/a | n/a | 0 | 2 | ||
| Church of Friendship | n/a | n/a | 0 | 2 | ||
| Willful abstention | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Mu | n/a | n/a | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nu | n/a | n/a | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tickybox x1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tickybox x2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tickybox x3 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 6 | ||
| Other | n/a | n/a | 0 | 6 | ||
| No Data | 2 | 8 | 7 |
2) Why is it that people of multiple religions are willing to claim just about any religion other than Islam?
3) Jewish Pagans (or perhaps Pagan Jews)? Evidently there are two who responded to the polls. Interesting stuff. Hadn't heard of that combo before.
