Why is religion a profile category?

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• DA

  DanandJanette

  Sep 12, 2010

  Good question. Right up there with asking one's sexual orientation.

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• NU

  NudeInNewJersey

  Sep 12, 2010

  Why does anyone care how much I weigh?

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• ME

  Member

  Sep 12, 2010

  So we can send the proper presents at the proper time.

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• CO

  

  Curt, or Cowboy

  Sep 12, 2010

  Oh, fer Krisss-sake !!!
  If you don't want to answer that one, ( or any one ) then don't !!
  It's merely "something" to establish a commonality, or fitness of purpose. ( why are you here )
  If you're here for "dating" then sexual orientation might be important. If that's not why you're here, it's probably irrelevant.
  If religion and fundamental beliefs are important to you, then that category may have some bearing on the friends you choose. If not, it's probably irrelevant.
  And so on.....

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• JA

  

  JackNeilson

  Sep 12, 2010

  [quote]Moreover, there are so many permutations within a particular religion that it's simply meaningless and irrelevant to say "Christian" or "Catholic" or "Protestant" or "Muslim."[/quote]   I would prefer an open reply block to a pull down menu such as we have here. I am Pagan but not Wiccan (the only Pagan permutation here and much like replacing Christian with only the choice of one particular denomination). I am therefore limited to answering Other under religious preference. If Christian was replaced with for example Roman Catholic what choice would a Baptist have than to answer Other, thus denying his Christianity.

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• NU

  NudeInNewJersey

  Sep 12, 2010

  [quote]Oh, fer Krisss-sake !!! If you don't want to answer that one, ( or any one ) then don't !! It's merely "something" to establish a commonality, or fitness of purpose. ( why are you here )  If you're here for "dating" then sexual orientation might be important. If that's not why you're here, it's probably irrelevant. If religion and fundamental beliefs are important to you, then that category may have some bearing on the friends you choose. If not, it's probably irrelevant. And so on.....[/quote] I love having things explained to me.

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• OA

  

  oakparkerOriginal Poster

  Sep 12, 2010

  [quote]Christians like hanging out with other Christians. Married couples prefer the company of married couples.  Single men like the company of single women - it's all to do with the law of attraction.  Different people like different things, and the same can be said within the nudist movement.[/quote] You make very broad generalizations.  Fundamentalist Christians are not likely to have any affinity based on religion with professed Christians from liberal theological traditions.  And the statement about single men liking the company of single women is heterosexist.   Like many of the comments posted here, I don't find particularly useful the information that's restricted to lists in drop down windows.  I do appreciate the open-ended fields in the background and interests section of the profile.  If more people took the time to complete that section, we'd know a lot more about each other!

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• IN

  

  interested81940

  Sep 13, 2010

  I chuckle at the implication that protestants and Catholics are somehow differentiated for Christians!  Don

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• GE

  

  Gerry-4

  Sep 13, 2010

  Gerry turned his computer on, logged into this site, saw the topic thread, read the original post and the replies, cried out, "Not again!", sighed heavily, and moved on...

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• GB

  

  Greg Brannan

  Sep 17, 2010

  Birds of a feather flock together.  Almost every other social networking site has that category.  I might like to search for others with similar religious background to myself.  If you aren't religious, or don't want pigeon-holed, then leave it blank.

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