• nieminen@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        No, he said that he would probably be COUNTED as Protestant on some survey, those are rarely polled largely enough, and it’s certainly not a census.

        I still have records in the Mormon church, but I’m definitely not a Mormon any more. Would I be counted as one in those stats? Probably.

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          9 months ago

          Studies don’t randomly guess if someone is religious or not, they ask people directly if they are religious.

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            9 months ago

            Yeah, but these are taken as sample. I’ve never once been asked, but I’m certain my existence in a particular geographic area has been counted one way or the other. Was the sample statistically significant? Who knows.

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            9 months ago

            Counted as affiliation of by culture ,studies are as said not a census. I was born into something . My belief may be something else. Then also not all religions are equal in my book . The desert variations are at one end. Others Sikhs , Buddhism, variations of different polytheists and are more on the other end…

            One end is more prone to blow shit up just for who beliefs in what skydaddy.

            Am I religious? No . Am I spiritual? sure but I would never trust a hippie. And my worldview is more based around material reality than idealistic wishing. Where do I end up in the stats?

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              9 months ago

              Where do I end up in the stats?

              Depends on your answer to the question “do you believe in God” or “what religion are you”.