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SecretMethod70 · 02-13-2006, 01:24 PM

Significantly religious and significantly liberal. And, btw, Ustwo is right. It makes a difference how you define "religious." I tend to agree with Ustwo's definition, but if you define it by "how often do you go to church/temple" that means an entirely different thing.

Based on the results so far, it seems as though there is no correlation amongst TFP members who frequent Tilted Philosophy between their religiousness and political leanings.

Religious liberal votes/total votes: 7/11 - 64%
Non-Religious liberal votes/total votes: 15/21 - 71%

Perhaps this is best for a different thread (and, tbh, it's more rhetorical than anything because I don't think a worthwhile discussion can really be had on the topic), but how is something like Zen Buddhism detrimental to society? I suppose one could argue that a good Buddhist would be detrimental to capitalism due to the lack of attachment to material things...but I'm not so sure that's a worthwhile argument to be made anyway.

02-13-2006, 01:24 PM	#28 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Significantly religious and significantly liberal. And, btw, Ustwo is right. It makes a difference how you define "religious." I tend to agree with Ustwo's definition, but if you define it by "how often do you go to church/temple" that means an entirely different thing. Based on the results so far, it seems as though there is no correlation amongst TFP members who frequent Tilted Philosophy between their religiousness and political leanings. Religious liberal votes/total votes: 7/11 - 64% Non-Religious liberal votes/total votes: 15/21 - 71% Perhaps this is best for a different thread (and, tbh, it's more rhetorical than anything because I don't think a worthwhile discussion can really be had on the topic), but how is something like Zen Buddhism detrimental to society? I suppose one could argue that a good Buddhist would be detrimental to capitalism due to the lack of attachment to material things...but I'm not so sure that's a worthwhile argument to be made anyway. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 02-13-2006 at 01:26 PM..