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Just out of curiosity, what belief/religion do you consider yourself to have? And what about your SO? Choose the option from the poll and list your denomination, if any, below. I apologise if I have left any out, I have put in an 'other - please state' option in the poll.

I will start - I am a die-hard athiest, with my SO being a deist. But my family and my upbringing are Hindu, whilst his is Christian. It makes for some very interesting discussions!

@meow402: Ah, see. Some people consider that a branch of Christianity, but would you rather I left it a separate option? I probably should...

EDIT: Done :)

@zippylef: Yup, just made the two poll options! Thanks for the information, I was always unsure on that, some people consider them the same thing whilst others consider them different. 

Both FI and I are atheists. He was raised Catholic and all of his family (except one of his brother) is very religious. He stopped going to church during high school. I was raised Christian, in the United Church of Christ church. I actually really liked the experience I had - I was involved in youth group, mission trips, and other volunteer activities. I love how open the UCC church is. Ultimately, after lots of research into other religious and lots and lots of reading, I decided that my beliefs boil down to atheism. 

I am technically Protestant, which I believe is a form of Christianity, I was raised as such and my parents attend a Protestant Church. If people ask then I will say I am Protestant.

For this poll I voted other because while I believe in God I do not believe in religion and church and never attend services. SO is Catholic.

Wonderful to hear from fellow Atheists. I'm lucky my parents are ok with it (kind of) but I definitely could NOT tell other family members about it... I know SO's mum is a little iffy and doesn't like me being atheist (she didn't find out until a few weeks ago) but I think she's over it now. 

@newenglandgirl: That would be a Deist then. My SO is a Deist - he does not believe in religion or worship, but he does believe in the existence of a higher power/God.

I am Lutheran (I chose Christian).  Although, I don't got to church anymore.  I grew up going to church, surprisingly on my own.  My family stopped going when I was young, I continued to go until I got to college.

@LemonLavender: Haha, that makes complete sense and is probably one of the more 'rational' choices. Empirical evidence always makes for a strong case...

@HappilyEverAfter54: I do understand they are, but I didn't know you could make more poll options until later... 

For people who have converted to other beliefs/religions here - what prompted you to adopt that belief system/religion? For me, it was when I started questioning why I was saying my prayers, WHY I had to go to these religious functions... I found out that the more questions I asked, the fewer answers people had. I then read up more on atheism, and genuinely felt more 'at peace' with myself, having found the belief system that I consider the most compelling for me personally. Since then I have been a die-hard atheist, to put it one way haha.

@NehaPrasad92: That's interesting. I have actually never heard that term before. I want to look into that more, it makes me feel less weird forlooking at it that way.

DH and I are both Lutheran, specifically WELS which is a pretty conservative group. DH grew up WELS and I was a part of a non-denom church growing up. Faith, religion, church etc are all very important things to us.

@newenglandgirl: Learn something new every day! There are so many options for non-religious people, it's amazing really!

@jillmatt: That's actually really interesting! I don't know what it's like being raised in a non-religious family (mum and dad and the whole family on my end are very devout Hindus... for the most part lol). 

@HappilyEverAfter54: That makes sense. I'm not very well informed on the Wiccan way of life (saddening really, I like to know about these things) and I've honestly never met someone with a Wiccan background until today.

@MissPumpkinPie: A deist is a person who believes in the presence of a higher power, but does not hold affiliation to a religion or something similar. 

@CorgiTales: I like that mindset. That's the same type of mindset my mother holds - even though she is a Hindu. She thinks God is more appreciative of a good person who has done good deeds than someone who follows a certain rule, or someone who does X but not Y, etc.

@PitBulLover: Of course they're not the same thing. But I didn't know about the different poll options until later (I thought I was limited to 5 options only originally!)