9
Feb
2009
2009
The poll results are in. The question was, “If you think of yourself as a Pagan, are you also a polytheist?”
The possible answers were:
Yes, I am a polytheist
No, I am not a polytheist
Here is how you answered:
I think the results are interesting. There are more polytheists out there than I had thought. Of course, we could narrow it down to try to find out how people define polytheism, but I’m moving on to a slightly different subject this time.
So stay tuned for a new poll!
That is a lot! I didn’t think it would be that many. I would be interested to see how many would be “hard” or “soft” polys though because to me, “soft” polytheist is another type of “mono-something* in disguise.
Personally, I don’t care what people think though. The gods will set us all straight when we begin talking with them. (:
It’s so difficult to quantify “intent” that I hesitated to even make this poll. I envisioned a dozen possible answers to capture each “shading”. Some people may not answer at all because there are only three possible answers but I needed to keep it from getting too unwieldy.
I agree with you that it doesn’t matter what people think. Our strength is diversity. We don’t have to agree and we shouldn’t worry about whether we do
LOL@tracking where the answers came from via map.
“Soft” poly = mono? No.
Yes, Hrafnkell, our diversity IS what makes us great!
Absolutely, Pom. I’m looking forward to seeing what the results of the new poll look like as well.
Pom: A lot of times, I does mean that. People who believe in one Divine that manifests in a myriad of forms are not, imho, polytheists. I’m not saying they’re wrong or anything, just my take on it.