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Wikipedians by religion

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Wikipedia has users from all over the world, so naturally there are many religions represented by those users.

The following is a list of Wikipedians classified by religions (and non-religions), which should not be taken too seriously. (Some people, indeed, disklike the very idea of such a classification.)

Users are invited to self-identify (use the tilde key ~ three times) with the category of their choice, and to add their own if it is not listed. Feel free to subcategorize as appropriate (i.e., Protestant vs. Catholic, Lutheran vs. Methodism, Reform vs. Orthodox, etc.) with respect to sectarian differences. Please keep the list formatted consistently and try to keep it alphabetic. This is an experimental project and may well not last, but let's see how it goes. I'm not even sure what this could hope to accomplish, maybe I was too tired when I thought it up.

Table of contents

1 Religions 1.1 Buddhism 1.2 Christianity 1.2.1 Protestant 1.2.2 Anglicanism 1.2.3 Baptist 1.2.4 Catholicism 1.3 Discordianism 1.4 Hinduism 1.5 Islam 1.6 Jainism 1.7 Judaism 1.8 Taoism 1.9 Universal Life Church 2 Non-religions 2.1 Agnosticism 2.2 Atheism 2.3 Materialism 2.4 Polytheism 2.5 Secular humanism 3 Unclassified 4 Cults / Other 4.1 Jedi 4.2 Omega point 4.3 Robotology 4.4 Katology

Religions

Buddhism

• Hyacinth
• Mahaabaala

Christianity

• Chris Jefferies (I don't do denominations)
• Karl Wick yeah c'mon Jesus
• Geoffrey - Methodist if you want to be picky
• Joshua Bowman
• Wesley

Protestant

• Zanimum

Anglicanism

• Tb

Baptist

• hoshie (Southern Baptist)

Catholicism

• Todd W. Smith (until my brain kicked in at age 6, unlike many people's)
• Toby Bartels (until age 12)
• FvdP (until he gradually left between ages 16 and 25)
• Jimregan
• Harris7
• GUllman

Discordianism

• Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick A place holder, something to offer in situations like this.
• Toby Bartels (dilettante only)
• Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story)

Hinduism

• mkweise (born agnostic)
• Paddu
• Ranjith Ranadheeran

Islam

• Usedbook reverted to Islam in 2003. Was a devout Buddhist as a young adult. An atheist and agnostic in my youth.

Jainism

Judaism

• LittleDan Born Jewish, now secular humanist
• Nahum - Ultra-Orthodox

Taoism

Universal Life Church

• Jimregan Minister since 1998 or 1999. (College was a blur)
• Logotu Minister since 2000 (but see also...)

Non-religions

Agnosticism

• Dante Alighieri, there are, quite simply, some things that are unknowable. Well, I'm also an implicit atheist I suppose, but I'm gonna stay up here.
• Neolux I used to called myself multi-denominational, then I called myself non-denominational. Basically, I beleive people need faith in something, and whatever they choose is fine with me, just don't try to convert me. I always keep an open mind, and look into what each religion offers and choose my own path from there. I cannot subscribe to particular system of belief at this time, so I guess I'm hedging my bets in this regard.
• Koxinga: this is a too difficult and pointless question... I will see when I will die. And proselytism is bad ;o)
• Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story)

Atheism

• Wapcaplet, an implicit atheist, generally considers religious questions to be less interesting than non-religious questions.
• Eloquence, in spite of substantial attempts of religious indoctrination; also a secular humanist.
• Hyacinth
• John Owens, a weak atheist bordering on agnostic
• Jan Kelly
• Toby Bartels (in a weak sense)
• FvdP "freedom over faith". Sort of a "practical atheist": there is probably no God, but there are more important questions than that; many answers are probably the same regardless of God's existence. I strongly refuse to be guided (driven...) by any religion.
• Webkid I am not sure if there's someone high above in the sky watching us.. I would say simply that I don't believe in prehistoric fabrications.
• Rednblu I wonder how many "atheists" would continue to proclaim political independence from the Creator if she dropped onto Constitution Avenue and demanded that every man bow to her. That is, is atheism a defiant politics of freedom as well as the non-religion that it is?
• Vudujava I am a "devout" atheist as the concept of god makes no more logical sense to me than people falling for a 419 scam.
• Sabbut For me God is like some sort of Santa Claus for adults. The thing is, he doesn't seem to give presents ^_^
• Stet god is only something to fill sunday morning, as cricket is only something to fill sunday afternoon
• Ryan Cable Strong
• Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story)
• Feedmecereal weak
• Secretlondon devout

Materialism

• FvdP one of my strongest convictions.

Polytheism

• User:Fonzy (yep more than one, him up there and me ;-))
• Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story)

Secular humanism

• Toby Bartels
• LittleDan but born Jewish
• Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story)

Unclassified

• Taku
• Mbecker, I think that categorizing oneself by religion is as bad as categorizing oneself by race. It shouldn't matter (even though I don't care if people know what [lack of] religion I am).
• Shizhao,chinese
• Formulax
• Logotu (but see me under other categories here too :-9 )

Cults / Other

• MyRedDice - Church of the Die,
• Modemac - Church of the SubGenius (We're hypocrites and we're proud to say so!)

Jedi

Omega point

• Vroman heaven is a giant computer

Robotology

• Rambot 10 SIN, 20 GOTO HELL

Katology

• Oliezekat, don't forget your ronron-prayer before sleeping :op

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