Clearly not.

Always a good idea to be suspicious of the spiritual.

@David1955 it means different things to different folks, and to me it means "religion light." please note that while i diss the idea of spirituality that does not mean i diss people who consider themselves spiritual. i think christianity is stupid; that doesn't mean every christian i ever met was stupid.

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@genessa yes I don't equate being religious with bring stupid, just delusional, and we're all capable of that.

@David1955 indeed. in fact, there are people who self-identify as, let's say, christians, and believe in christianity, whatever version, in a general sense, but cannot be said to be religious. maybe they go to church but they're not rabid or evangelical. they cannot be called delusional people just because they have this one erroneous belief, even if the belief itself can be called delusional. then there's westboro.... pence... bachmann.... ugh!

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there are theists here but in very small numbers. in addition, a good proportion of them seem to be here for nefarious purposes rather than in solidarity with, or even curiosity about, the rest of us. as for the distinction between atheists and agnostics, i'm not terribly worried.

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@genessa I don't take much notice of theists here really. In my view they took the wrong turn at Albuquerque anyway.

@David1955 haha that is what brings them to my attention! i have seen, so far, ONE theist who seemed to be honest about checking us out. every single other self-proclaimed theist i have seen here was either a scammer of some sort or a guy who figured atheist girls were sinners and therefore easy.

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@genessa yes, and I would add the odd New Ager, prattling on about the universe or whatever, more to be pittied than condemned, mostly harmless.

@David1955 don't forget vegans. some people follow a vegan diet and although i think it's unhealthy it's none of my business. others follow and promote and push a vegan diet and if you don't follow one too they either pity you (loudly) or declare that you're just not a good person and should be shunned! that becomes my business.

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Well, the site is made up of a number of groups. 17% atheist, 14% agnostic, and then others. That's kind of my point. Posters who post referring to agnostics are usually posting to the community, but as agnostics in a site unfortunately called agnostic they address the post based on their view. What is true is that majority here are non religious. That's why, as I said, I use more inclusive terms when referring to the community of the non religious.

As for believers here, frankly I don't care about them. They are here. Fine. Not my call.

No, I think that most posters are addressing the community but say agnostics. That's my point really.

In fact, 17.3% identify as atheist and 14.4% as agnostic. So, by any definition, most of the membership is not agnostic.

@David1955 I was unaware. I honestly don't even think about those things.