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<\/p>\nSomebody has put a survey up on Twitter asking people to declare what religion they belong to. \u00a0The classifications are listed below. \u00a0It’s not a brilliant graph, but you can see some sort of distribution. \u00a0I’m including this in a science flavoured blog because there seems to be an ongoing debate about science and its compatibility with religion. \u00a0I really don’t want to fire that discussion up, but I still thought this sort of direct survey on something quite personal for many people was an interesting online development.<\/p>\n
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Of course, this type of study doesn’t represent all Twitter users; it’s self selecting of those who want to be counted.<\/p>\n
I found it interesting with this survey that, if you vote, your religious affiliation gets broadcast to everybody as a tweet. \u00a0 I don’t personally care; I’m an atheist by most people’s reckoning, including mine – so there you go. \u00a0But they don’t make it obvious your affiliation will be broadcast. \u00a0I didn’t spot an opt-out, maybe I just missed it? \u00a0 Anyhow, it will still be interesting to see the result after the survey has run for a while. \u00a0It will also be interesting for individuals to see how – or whether – there friends and acquaintances voted.<\/p>\n
The Poll is here: Twitter religiousity poll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Somebody has put a survey up on Twitter asking people to declare what religion they belong to. \u00a0The classifications are listed below. \u00a0It’s not a brilliant graph, but you can see some sort of distribution. \u00a0I’m including this in a science flavoured blog because there seems to be an ongoing debate about science and its … Continue reading Religious Diversity on Twitter<\/span>