Poll
Poll #1840790
Which teacher are you most likely to take seriously
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 28
Several spiritual teachers teach on the internet. Which one do you take most seriously?
| One who teaches at a real life building, church, temple or whathaveyou. |
   25 (92.6%) |
| One who solely teaches on the internets. |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| One who who teaches out of his or her living room. |
| 1 (3.7%) |
| One who teaches out of a rented space. |
| 1 (3.7%) |
Several spiritual teachers have students on Twitter. Which one do you take most seriously?
| One who mostly has students who've met him or her in real life. |
| 26 (96.3%) |
| One who mostly has students who haven't met him or her in real life. |
| 1 (3.7%) |
| One who has entirely online students who haven't met him or her in real life. |
| 0 (0.0%) |
Several spiritual teachers have blogs. Which one do you take more seriously?
| One who teaches various similar faiths (example, several different forms of Buddhism). |
| 6 (23.1%) |
| One who teaches one specific faith. |
| 18 (69.2%) |
| One who teaches various historically unrelated faiths (for example, Islam and Buddhism). |
| 2 (7.7%) |
Several spiritual teachers do outreach on the internet. Which are you more likely take seriously?
| One who runs charitable organizations (animal rescue, feed the poor, prison outreach, etc.). |
| 21 (84.0%) |
| One who does not run charitable organizations. |
| 2 (8.0%) |
| One who periodically aims his or her online followers to help a specific individual. |
| 2 (8.0%) |
Several spiritual teachers have collected followers online. Which do you take most seriously?
| One that has had the same RL students/members/followers for more a long period of time (a decade or more). |
| 26 (96.3%) |
| One that has sporadic RL students/members/followers for brief periods (two years or less). |
| 1 (3.7%) |
| One that has solely online students/members/followers. |
| 0 (0.0%) |
Several spiritual teachers of the same faith are on the internet. Which do you take more seriously?
| One that claims no spiritual ability and has no formal or official credentials in the faith they teach (whether education or acknowledgement of authorities of the religion).. |
| 1 (3.8%) |
| One that has confirmed formal credentials in the faith they teach from the religious tradition they represent. |
| 22 (84.6%) |
| One that has educational credentials through a university. |
| 3 (11.5%) |
| One that claims formal acknowledgement of authorities of the relgion but these cannot be confirmed. |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| One that announces a spiritual realization with no formal or official credentials in the faith they teach (whether education or acknowledgement of authorities of the religion). |
| 0 (0.0%) |
Several spiritual teachers present their own writings on the internet. Which spiritual teacher do you take most seriously?
| One that solely has blog posts containing their teachings. |
| 3 (11.5%) |
| One who has published books containing their teachings. |
| 22 (84.6%) |
| One who has self-published books containing their teachings. |
| 1 (3.8%) |
Several spiritual teachers on the internet know of political controversies within their traditions. Which spiritual teacher do you take most seriously?
| One that regularly criticizes other spiritual traditions and leaders. |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| One that refuses to discuss any political content or criticize other spiritual traditions or leaders. |
| 3 (11.1%) |
| One that takes a personal stand but does not criticize any other spiritual tradition or leader. |
| 24 (88.9%) |