July 28, 2012 04:00 PM UTC

Religious/Spiritual practices of Polsters?

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• by: parsingreality

As a long time student of religion, even to the point of getting a Masters degree in the same, I’ve also been fascinated by the intersecting of political with religious beliefs.  What little research has been done that I can find shows that a given psychological bent is the common ground of typically matching the political and religious world views.

Certain pairings seem inevitable.  The Republican/Conservative side of things is almost exclusively “conservative” and often fundamentalist Christian. Add a few Mormons. The Democratic/Green/Socialist types are all over the map: liberal Christian (United Church of Christ and most Quakers, for example), atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, assorted Earth/Nature worshipping types, Unitarian-Universalists, and for all I know a Deist or two.

I don’t want to get into writing a thesis or citations to support my observations, I just want to have some figurative beers around the table and have fun like we are so good at.  

Since this is America, the Land of One Thousand Faiths, or None, I know that you may or may not find a handy category to place yourself.  Try to match, and then feel free to amplify as you wish in the comments.

See ya in church!  JOKING.

NOTE: If I understand and did this right, you can answer more than one heading. I know I’ll miss something, or someone will take issue, but I don’t have the luxury of an editor or peer review.  

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