Religion, who cares?
The poll is so poorly worded that it hardly leaves anybody who is serious about his religion a choice.
You could as well have asked: "do you vote to be considered stupid by me or not?"
Usually the formulation of polls like this - we've had more - characterizes the knowledge and objectivity of the author more than anything else. Calling "Zionism" a religion just proves that point.
Were the question: "Religion, who cares?" I would have voted: "Yes!".
I am a convinced (Protestant) Christian and aware of the cultural luggage it provides me with. I stand in a Western European 'Judeo-Christian' tradition of which I am proud. I am also very aware that humans are by definition religious creatures anyway. I accept the limitations of the human mind to understand the whole creation. I also recognize the challenge for us humans to learn, educate and think...
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