Census - other Religion option?

meghatronic · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:53

Castiel said:
Indeed I did, and I will reply later in the week when I have the time and attention it deserves. It was very interesting indeed.

Gay pr0n!

SexyGreyFox · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:59

Last time I put Jedi but this time I put 'No religion'.
Am I becoming mature?

Castiel · 27 Mar 2011 at 19:00

meghatronic said:
Gay pr0n!

You wish..... :eek:

Castiel · 27 Mar 2011 at 19:00

dmpoole said:
Last time I put Jedi but this time I put 'No religion'.
Am I becoming mature?

Heaven forbid!

Destination · 27 Mar 2011 at 19:05

dmpoole said:
Last time I put Jedi but this time I put 'No religion'.
Am I becoming mature?

Nope, its just you no longer believe in midichlorians, and thus they have deserted you.

Robbo · 27 Mar 2011 at 19:06

They government aren't stupid, if the people sorting out the Censuses see Jedi, they'll probably just ignore it and put the results through as blank.

Overslop · 27 Mar 2011 at 19:26

You've got to feel sorry for the saddos putting down Jedi on the census. It was cool the last time but not again guys! This time I put Sith.

Reaper 392 · 27 Mar 2011 at 22:15

i was sorely tempted to put down 'troll' as my religion, but in the end i put no religion, because of that other thread saying it might get more money going to fund religious stuff

trigger-happy · 27 Mar 2011 at 22:16

why don't we put ourselves down as OCUK'ers? there is a lot of us btw.

meghatronic · 28 Mar 2011 at 09:44

Castiel said:
You wish.....

jcb33 · 28 Mar 2011 at 10:16

Oops forgot about this... Best fill it out and get it posted...

As for Jedi well nearly everyone I have spoken to has put it down, I however will not be!

Jcb33.

meghatronic · 28 Mar 2011 at 10:24

jcb33 said:
As for Jedi well nearly everyone I have spoken to has put it down, I however will not be!

Get new friends!

Mr Jack · 28 Mar 2011 at 10:25

Castiel said:
It simply gets ignored as part of the statistics. It isn't included in the Religion or No-religion figures. It is the same as if you spoiled your ballot paper, it is simply discarded and as such is a pointless thing to do, you may as well ignore the question as I and some others have done.

Actually, they put in a code for 'Jedi' in the last census because enough people gave that answer. It doesn't mean it's taken as a religion or anything, though.

bitslice · 28 Mar 2011 at 11:16

Greenlizard0 said:
. In order to claim a person to be religious he'd have to actively partake in it. This includes attending at least fairly regularly.

disagree
If someone believes in a God and more strongly identifies with Christian ideals, then they are a Christian.
Turning up at church doesn't mean anything, it's expected but not a requirement in the bible.
Practically, the UK will normally identify with Christian ideals because of our culture.

Funny how non Christians are so keen on deciding if people are Christian or not, one might think you all have an agenda

meghatronic · 28 Mar 2011 at 11:20

bitslice said:
Funny how non Christians are so keen on deciding if people are Christian or not, one might think you all have an agenda

Quite. Further strengthens my agnostic/'don't care'/skipping question method.

Glaucus · 28 Mar 2011 at 11:39

Greenlizard0 said:
This includes attending at least fairly regularly.

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This simply is not the case, as going to church is not needed for religion. It is not essential to do.

Diesel · 28 Mar 2011 at 11:42

I selected 'No Religion' because I have no religion. I don't believe in Gods, flying bowls of spaghetti, Jedi's or any of that nonsense so none of the others apply.

Glaucus · 9 Jun 2011 at 20:26

When do the census stats get released? Is it months, years?

steve-h · 9 Jun 2011 at 20:32

meghatronic said:
I ignored it - purely as I believe myself to be agnostic. Saying "no religion" is a tiny step too far for me.

No religion != Atheist, it just means you don't follow a religion, so it's not really a step to far at all?

vicisthebest · 9 Jun 2011 at 21:45

steve-h said:
No religion != Atheist, it just means you don't follow a religion, so it's not really a step to far at all?

Atheist means that you don't believe in God doesn't it? So it was a step too far because he's agnostic, no sure about there being a God, not a member of an organised religion but not actually a non-believer?