[Lnc-business] Feedback on LP religion poll / tracking?

Fri Dec 15 19:16:55 EST 2017

I think "Deist" was the most mentioned options that was not included in 
the poll.

Here's some of the feedback we receive by email (I didn't include all 
the Deist comments):

 1. Could you please add "Two House Messianic Judaism" on the next poll?
 2. I was raised as a Christian Scientist, but am now agnostic.
 3. Interesting poll. I would have chosen nontheistic if it was available.
 4. Well, I took the survey, but I noticed a missing group, Congregational.
 5. I am a Deist, which is not a choice on your poll.
 6. You did not include Quakers 'Society of Friend's
 7. I would like to see "None" as a choice. "None of the Above" implies
    a religion is still followed, but is just not listed.
 8. Not to make a big deal out of it, but why only one choice on
    religion?  I'm a Jewish Atheist
 9. Correct. “Congress shall [not]." Technically, the states can.
10. You did not list secular humanist.
11. Our founding fathers were largely Deist, as am I, yet it is not a
    choice.
12. My specific religion was not explicitly listed on the poll, which is
    Christian Science, or Church of Christ, Scientist.  I selected the
    "other Christian" for the poll.
13. "Pentecostal" is misspelled as "Pentacostal."
14. None of your business. Am I being detained?
15. Atheism and agnosticism aren't religions. Where did you get that
    idea--from an old Star Trek episode?
16. I know that the philosophical / religious matrix of Thelema is a
    very obscure tradition and that a certain personality in the LP may
    have soured it's taste in a lot of our mouths, but as a
    long-standing member of OTO--a Thelemic organization with roots in
    Freemasonry--
17. I consider myself an agnostic Christian so I checked "Other Christian."
18. I’d like to request that you add Scientology to your list.  I think
    it’s the fastest growing religion these days.
19. You need to add "Non-religious" as a choice.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
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On 12/15/2017 7:06 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>
> Elizabeth, I don't know why you didn't receive the email. That fact is 
> frustrating.
>
> Please let me know if it reaches you later on. It will contain the 
> content that you can see here:
>
> https://www.lp.org/what-religion-are-libertarians/
>
> The religion poll email was sent around 1:17 PM eastern.
>
> An email with subject "Limiting government power, freedom . . " was 
> sent a 5:29 PM eastern.
>
> Email deliver-ability is a constant challenge.
>
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232,wes.benedict at lp.org
> facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at:http://lp.org/membership
> On 12/15/2017 6:55 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, I didn't get an LP email today, and am curious as to what the 
>> poll looks like.
>>
>> (Starchild, I get a regular news feed from http://transhumanity.net/
>> You might check them out : )
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Elizabeth Van Horn
>> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
>> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
>> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
>> http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>>
>>
>> On 2017-12-15 18:43, Starchild wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Wes,
>>> When I attempted to click through from today's Libertarian email to 
>>> the poll on religion, I got an error page indicating there was a 
>>> tracker being used:
>>> chrome://ublock0/content/document-blocked.html?details=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vY2xpY2suaWNwdHJhY2suY29tL2ljcC9yZWxheS5waHA/cj04NTUzMDAzNyZtc2dpZD02MDg4MjUmYWN0PThCQkkmYz0xMTE1MTA4JmRlc3RpbmF0aW9uPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubHAub3JnJTJGd2hhdC1yZWxpZ2lvbi1hcmUtbGliZXJ0YXJpYW5zJTJGIiwiaG4iOiJjbGljay5pY3B0cmFjay5jb20iLCJkbiI6ImljcHRyYWNrLmNvbSIsImZjIjoiWzAsNjIsXCJpY3B0cmFjay5jb21cIl0iLCJmcyI6Inx8aWNwdHJhY2suY29tXiJ9
>>> What type of tracking are these emails employing? I do not think we 
>>> should be tracking people's clicks without their consent.
>>> On the poll itself (I went directly to LP.org <http://LP.org> and 
>>> found it there at 
>>> https://www.lp.org/what-religion-are-libertarians/), I have a 
>>> recommendation for an additional response category – *Transhumanist*.
>>> This may not ultimately be the most precise term for my own 
>>> religious views, which also encompass non-aggression and 
>>> decentralism/individualism, but as a "none of the above" respondent, 
>>> I feel it would fit me better than any of the terms currently 
>>> listed, and suspect there may be a few others who feel similarly. 
>>> For anyone curious about the religious aspects of transhumanism, 
>>> this page has some good material:
>>> http://www.metanexus.net/essay/toward-transhumanist-theology
>>> Finally, I would also urge that the poll response choices be listed 
>>> in alphabetical order (with the exception of leaving "Decline to 
>>> state" and "None of the above" at the bottom), rather than all the 
>>> Christian options being listed first.
>>> Love & Liberty,
>>>                                    ((( starchild )))
>>> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>> RealReform at earthlink.net <mailto:RealReform at earthlink.net>
>>>                                (415) 625-FREE
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