VGC Poll: Religion

[Soleron]

epsilon72 said:

Soleron said:

mrstickball said:
Soleron, they're called denominations.

I know.

@Everyone

The beliefs of each denomination do contradict the others,so it's probably still best to list people under the labels they give. Even if you're certain they would be OK with being listed under Christian, you'd otherwise still be deciding their group for them.

 

That's like saying it would be bad to call someone "human" because they might not belong to a specific race.  None of them will say "I'm not a Christian".

 

Genetically, there is more variation within "races" than between them. Just as with religion, membership of race is solely based on whether the person identifies with that label. Otherwise, it is a worthless concept.

To put all e.g. people who have responded "Baptist" under Christian is wrong not because they aren't Christian but because they haven't chosen to put "Christian" in their response. Why would people say "Baptist" if they don't want to be listed under Baptist?