Oaksong's Nemeton

QotD (the Sordid Finale of Crackergate)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:58:16 GMT

Nothing must be held sacred. Question everything. God is not great, Jesus is not your lord, you are not disciples of any charismatic prophet. You are all human beings who must make your way through your life by thinking and learning, and you have the job of advancing humanity's knowledge by winnowing out the errors of past generations and finding deeper understanding of reality. You will not find wisdom in rituals and sacraments and dogma, which build only self-satisfied ignorance, but you can find truth by looking at your world with fresh eyes and a questioning mind.

--PZ Myers (in the post "The Great Desecration")

For those of you who remember my mention of it before, here is PZ's promised desecration of a communion wafer (with pages from the Qur'an and The God Delusion thrown in for good measure):

QotD

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:35:27 GMT

"Singing is the universal language, along with being on fire."

--Joss Whedon (from this interview, via hitchhiker)

QotD

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:02:09 GMT

My pancreas attracts every other
Pancreas in the universe
With a force proportional
To the product of their masses
And inversely proportional
To the distance between them

--Alfred Matthew Yankovic

Meme. Questions. Below.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:27:41 GMT

Should be reading textbook... tried... too tired... dozing off... meme instead...

(Via mactavish)

1, What color is your toothbrush?
Green.

2, Name one person that made you smile today?
Abby.

3, What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
Working.

4, What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Trying to read my ornithology text, but dozing because I'm too tired.

5, What is your favorite chocolate bar?
Good dark stuff, like for example Green and Black's, Endangered Species, Dagoba...

6, Have you ever been to a strip club?
No.

7, What is the last thing you said aloud?
"Abby, what color is my toothbrush?"

8, What is the best ice cream flavor?
Wavy Gravy, which is sadly no more.

9, What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water.

10, What was the last thing you had to eat?
Whole wheat penne rigate, with fire roasted tomato sauce. And a mandarin orange.

11. What is your favorite Restaurant?
Moosewood, Shalimar, Darbar, Bangkok Thai, India Palace...

12, Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
No.

13, The last sporting event you watched?
Uhmmm.... I think I watched some soccer a month ago during a slow time at work (actually, since it was European, it was football).

14, What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Plain? Spicy? I can't remember the last time I had any.

15, Who is the last person you sent a message on myspace?
No one, ever, that I remember. I mostly have a Myspace account to listen to music from offbeat bands.

16, Ever go camping?
Yep, but not often, and it's been a while.

7, Do you take vitamins daily?
Yep, lots.

18, Do you go to church every Sunday?
Why would I do that? I mean, they're pretty to look at and all, but all those religious people hang out there... so no.

19, Do you have a tan?
Not especially; I'm mostly two different shades of pasty white.

20, Do you like Chinese food more than pizza?
Yes, unless it's Abby's homemade pizza, in which case the pizza wins hands down.

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?
I never drink soda. Ever. Can't remember the the last time I used a straw, either, although I don't find them morally objectionable or anything.

22, What did your last text message say?
Oh meme, you make me laugh. I do not have a cell phone.

23, What are you doing tomorrow?
Work, homework. Eat. Etc...

24. Have you ever had a threesome?
Nope.

25, Look to your left, what do you see?
A wall, a hook, a knit bag with a grapefruit and a mandarin orange in it, a sign that says "Hippies Use Backdoor," a knitted star, a knitted mitten.

26, What color is your watch?
The face is white with Mickey Mouse on it. The band is leather colored.

27, What do you think of when you hear Australia?
Steve Irwin.

28, What is your birthstone?
Diamond.

29, Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?
I rarely eat fast food. When I do, it's generally Taco Bell, and I go in.

30, What is your favorite number?
I like 7. Or 51907.

31, Who's the last person you talked to on the phone?
Someone making reservations at the motel.

32, Any plans today?
Doing dishes when I finish this.

33, How many states have you lived in?
One.

34, Biggest annoyance right now?
I'm too snoozy.

35, Last song listened to?
Uhm, I think it was "Green Eggs and Ham" by Moxy Fruvous.

36, Can you say the alphabet backwards?
Yes. I can do anything. I am super cool.

37. Do you have a maid to clean your house?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

38, Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
This time of year, sandals. When it's cooler, hiking boots.

39, Are you jealous of anyone?
No.

40, Is anyone jealous of you?
Not that I know of.

41. Have you seen Iron man????
No.

42, Do any of your friends have children?
Sure.

43, What do you usually do during the day?
Plot world domination while building a giant robot out of Twizzlers. Duh.

44, Do you hate anyone right now?
No.

45, Do you use the word "hello" daily?
Sure.

46, What color is your car?
Uhm, goldish.

47, Do you like cats?
I loveses me some kitties.

48. Have you ever been to a gay club?
Yes.

49, Have you ever been to Six Flags?
No.

50, How did you get your worst scar?
None of my scars are particularly bad, so take your pick: goat horn, hockey puck, gallbladder removal.

WiaTS Episode 11 is Up!

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:33:33 GMT

Episode 11 of Abby's knitting and music podcast, Whiskers in a Twisted Stitch is up, so check it out. Artists this time around include Hungry Lucy, Amplifico, 3 Blind Mice, Beth Thornley, Alice Marie, Munk, Treasure Junkie and Marc Gunn.

The Local Bionic Arm Maker

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:41:19 GMT

Cool!

I just found out (from an article on bangordailynews.com) that Touch Bionics, maker of the worlds first fully articulating and commercially available bionic hand, has a location in Watertown, NY (a bit more than 20 miles from where I live-- although I believe they're based in the UK)*. From the Touch Bionics website:

The i-LIMB Hand

The worlds first fully articulating and commercially available bionic hand.

Touch Bionics is a leading developer of advanced upper-limb prosthetics (ULP). One of the two products now commercially available from the company, the i-LIMB Hand, is a first-to-market prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. This replacement hand looks and acts like a real human hand and represents a generational advance in bionics and patient care.

The Touch Bionics i-LIMB Hand was developed using leading-edge mechanical engineering techniques and is manufactured using high-strength plastics. The result is a next-generation prosthetic device that is lightweight, robust and highly appealing to both patients and healthcare professionals.

The i-LIMB Hand is controlled by a unique, highly intuitive control system that uses a traditional two-input myoelectric (muscle signal) to open and close the hand’s life-like fingers. Myoelectric controls utilize the electrical signal generated by the muscles in the remaining portion of the patient’s limb. This signal is picked up by electrodes that sit on the surface of the skin. Existing users of basic myoelectric prosthetic hands are able to quickly adapt to the system and can master the device’s new functionality within minutes. For new patients, the i-LIMB Hand offers a prosthetic solution that has never before been available...

*I'm relying on this article as the sole source referring to the Watertown location, as I can't seem to find any confirmation of it.

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:21:54 GMT

Almost every blog I read has posted this already, but just in case you haven't seen it...

Go see it! Seriously! Now! I promise you it kicks ass!

Joss Whedon!

Go!

QotD

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:49:57 GMT

"I like bananas. Bananas are good."

--The Doctor

What Do You Use to 'Tine?

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:34:29 GMT

George Hrab has devoted an entire episode of the Geologic podcast to songs about each element of the periodic table-- yep, every single one of 'em:

The Geologic Podcast: Episode #72

That's a lot of funny little songs there... great stuff!

Je vraiment déteste le chanson "vin rouge rouge"

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:30:49 GMT

Is there a word that's like reverse nostalgia, indicating rather an apathy about a past circumstance?

I ask because my twenty-year (high school) class reunion is this approaching weekend and, well, I just don't care. I'm "friends" on Facebook with some of my former classmates, so I have enough information on their current circumstances to satisfy my curiosity. As for the one or two I have no contact with whom I actually care about, I have reason to believe that they will not be attending either. So I can't see any purpose in going.

I rarely talked to any of these people back in the festive 80s when I saw them everyday, so why should being out of touch for a few decades suddenly make them more interesting or appealing? Or, vice versa, why should they care what I'm doing now when they didn't then? Add to this the fact that I hate parties; attempting to interact with large groups of people does not agree with me. I think staying home and doing schoolwork is a far more pleasant option.

But just to show I am not completely nostalgia-free, here's a meme (via suddenlynaked) about the music from when I graduated:

Go to musicoutfitters.com
- Search on the year you graduated from high school and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year
- Bold the songs you like
- Italicize the songs you liked then, but don't now (I also included the ones that are kinda "eh" now...)
- Strike through the ones you hate (I included "didn't like", or "meh", because I don't really hate most of these-- except "Red Red Wine" by UB40)
- Underline your favorites.
- Do nothing to the ones you don't remember.

Top 100 Hits of 1988/Top 100 Songs of 1988

1. Faith, George Michael
2. Need You Tonight, INXS
3. ~~Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison~~
4. Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley
5. Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
6. ~~So Emotional, Whitney Houston~~
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Belinda Carlisle
8. Could've Been, Tiffany
9. Hands To Heaven, Breathe
10. Roll With It, Steve Winwood
11. One More Try, George Michael
12. Wishing Well, Terence Trent d'Arby
13. ~~Anything For You, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine~~
14. The Flame, Cheap Trick
15. ~~Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Billy Ocean~~
16. Seasons Change, Expose
17. Is This Love, Whitesnake
18. Wild, Wild West, Escape Club
19. Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard
20. I'll Always Love You, Taylor Dayne
21. ~~Man In The Mirror, Michael Jackson~~
22. ~~Shake Your Love, Debbie Gibson~~
23. ~~Simply Irresistible, Robert Palmer~~
24. Hold On To The Nights, Richard Marx
25. Hungry Eyes, Eric Carnen
26. Shattered Dreams, Johnny Hates Jazz
27. Father Figure, George Michael
28. ~~Naught Girls (Need Love Too), Samantha Fox~~
29. ~~A Groovy Kind Of Love, Phil Collins~~
30. Love Bites, Def Leppard
31. Endless Summer Nights, Richard Marx
32. Foolish Beat, Debbie Gibson
33. ~~Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Whitney Houston~~
34. Angel, Aerosmith
35. Hazy Shade Of Winter, Bangles
36. ~~The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson~~
37. Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin
38. Make Me Lose Control, Eric Carnen
39. ~~Red Red Wine, UB40~~ [We hateses this song, HATE HATE HATE!]
40. She's Like The Wind, Patric Swayze
41. Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi
42. Kokomo, Beach Boys
43. I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That, Elton John
44. Together Forever, Rick Astley
45. Monkey, George Michael
46. Devil Inside, INXS
47. Should've Known Better, Richard Marx
48. I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love, Chicago
49. ~~The Loco-Motion, Kylie Minogue~~
50. What Have I Done To Deserve This?, Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield
51. Make It Real, Jets
52. What's On Your Mind, Information Society
53. Tell It To My Heart, Taylor Dayne
54. Out Of The Blue, Debbie Gibson
55. Don't You Want Me, Jody Watley
56. ~~Desire, U2~~
57. ~~I Get Weak, Belinda Carlisle~~
58. Sign Your Name, Terence Trent d'Arby
59. I Want To Be Your Man, Roger
60. Girlfriend, Pebbles
61. ~~Dirty Diana, Michael Jackson~~
62. ~~1-2-3, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine~~
63. Mercedes Boy, Pebbles
64. Perfect World, Huey Lewis and the News
65. New Sensation, INXS
66. ~~Catch Me (I'm Falling), Pretty Poison~~
67. If It Isn't Love, New Edition
68. Rocket 2 U, Jets
69. One Good Woman, Peter Cetera
70. Don't Be Cruel, Cheap Trick
71. ~~Candle In The Wind, Elton John~~
72. Everything Your Heart Desires, Daryl Hall and John Oates
73. ~~Say You Will , Foreigner~~
74. I Want Her, Keith Sweat
75. Pink Cadillac, Natalie Cole
76. Fast Car, Tracy Chapman
77. Electric Blue, Icehouse
78. The Valley Road, Bruce Hornsby and The Range
79. Don't Be Cruel, Bobby Brown
80. Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys
81. Piano In The Dark, Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito
82. When It's Love, Van Halen
83. Don't Shed A Tear, Paul Carrack
84. We'll Be Together, Sting
85. I Hate Myself For Loving You, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
86. ~~I Don't Want To Live Without You, Foreigner~~
87. Nite And Day, Al B. Sure
88. Don't You Know What The Night Can Do, Steve Winwood
89. One Moment In Time, Whitney Houston
90. Can't Stay Away From You, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
91. Kissing A Fool, George Michael
92. Cherry Bomb, John Cougar Mellancamp
93. I Still Believe, Brenda K. Starr
94. I Found Someone, Cher
95. Never Tear Us Apart, INXS
96. Valerie, Steve Windwood
97. Just Like Paradise, David Lee Roth
98. Nothin' But A Good Time, Poison
99. Wait, White Lion
100. Prove Your Love, Taylor Dayne

Earth Plus Imaging Satellites Equals Pretty Pictures

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:58:42 GMT

(Via the Frontal Cortex)

30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth

QotD

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:48:39 GMT

(Via Greg Mankiw)

If MoveOn and Barack Obama really were going to bravely confront America with hard, necessary truths, they'd tell us how great $4 gas has been for us. With public transit use nationally at a 50-year high, traffic dropped 2.1% in the first four months of this year across the country. That mileage reduction -- along with people driving smaller cars, and more slowly, to save gas -- could mean that 12,000 fewer people will die in traffic accidents this year, according to a study by professors Michael Morrisey at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and David C. Grabowski at Harvard Medical School. Air pollution has been reduced enough, according to UC Davis economics professor J. Paul Leigh, to prevent 2,200 respiratory-related deaths over the last year. Less eating out and more walking and biking could mean a 10% reduction in obesity, according to Charles Courtemanche, an assistant economics professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. And, apparently, higher gas prices also keep econ professors employed.

--Joel Stein, "The Joy of $8 Gas"

"WE found THEM and THEY found US, and now THEY are OURS and WE're so happy."

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:11:27 GMT

Thank you pronouns!

Pic for Today (Sun July 13 '08)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:55:30 GMT

And the fireworks continue...


'08 Fireworks IV (Click image for larger size)

Obama's Reasons for Supporting the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:17:56 GMT

Barack Obama disappointed a lot of people when he voted for the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. I emailed his campaign about this, and they emailed back a statement from Mr Obama on why he voted for the bill.

Here is the text of Mr Obama's response:

Given the grave threats that we face, our national security agencies
must have the capability to gather intelligence and track down terrorists
before they strike, while respecting the rule of law and the privacy
and civil liberties of the American people. There is also little doubt
that the Bush Administration, with the cooperation of major
telecommunications companies, has abused that authority and undermined the
Constitution by intercepting the communications of innocent Americans without
their knowledge or the required court orders.

That is why last year I opposed the so-called Protect America Act,
which expanded the surveillance powers of the government without sufficient
independent oversight to protect the privacy and civil liberties of
innocent Americans. I have also opposed the granting of retroactive
immunity to those who were allegedly complicit in acts of illegal spying in
the past.

After months of negotiation, the House passed a compromise that, while
far from perfect, is a marked improvement over last year's Protect
America Act. Under this compromise legislation, an important tool in the
fight against terrorism will continue, but the President's illegal
program of warrantless surveillance will be over. It restores FISA and
existing criminal wiretap statutes as the exclusive means to conduct
surveillance - making it clear that the President cannot circumvent the law
and disregard the civil liberties of the American people. It also firmly
re-establishes basic judicial oversight over all domestic surveillance
in the future.

It does, however, grant retroactive immunity, and I voted in the Senate
three times to remove this provision so that we could seek full
accountability for past offenses. Unfortunately, these attempts were
unsuccessful. But this compromise guarantees a thorough review by the
Inspectors General of our national security agencies to determine what took
place in the past, and ensures that there will be accountability going
forward. By demanding oversight and accountability, a grassroots movement
of Americans has helped yield a bill that is far better than the
Protect America Act.

It is not all that I would want. But given the legitimate threats we
face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate
safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but
do so with a firm pledge that as President, I will carefully monitor
the program, review the report by the Inspectors General, and work with
the Congress to take any additional steps I deem necessary to protect
the lives - and the liberty - of the American people.

I decided to map out his argument for supporting the bill. Parts of the response weren't relevant to this, like the part about the Bush administration abusing their authority-- not that this isn't true, only that it is irrelevant to whether Obama should have voted for this bill and is basically included to draw a contrast between Mr Obama and the President. Here's what I came up with:

As might be expected in an argument for something, there's a lot of green (premises) and only a little red (objections). Mr Obama has presented a rational case, but are the premises true and do they support the conclusion? What objections (or other premises) might Mr Obama be leaving out? I'm going to look at the argument more in upcoming posts, but I'd be interested to see what everyone has to say so please do comment if you're so inclined.

QotD

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:57:21 GMT

"When you drink from the St. Lawrence, you're drinking sewer sludge from Chicago, Detroit, Toronto and Ottawa. Yum!"

--Montreal kayaker and surfer Hugo Lavictoire (see previous post for context)

Really, the St Lawrence is pretty clean around here-- for example, see Save the River's Beachwatch-- and Clayton is between the American cities mentioned and Montreal (the Canadian cities are all downriver from here, though). Mr Lavictoire is probably exaggerating for comic effect.

Surfing the St Lawrence

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:47:32 GMT

It seems that downriver on the mighty waterway that churns outside my back door*, there's surfin' goin' on:

Everybody's Gone Surfin' on the St. Lawrence River

Through a quirk of nature, rapids on the St. Lawrence river near Montreal hit underwater boulders, creating a two-metre high, jade-green wave that rises into a permanent curl. That has helped develop a growing subculture of Montreal river surfers, riding what is -- literally -- an endless wave.

Corran Addison has surfed the world's best beaches. So when the bronzed and sun-bleached South African says Montreal is his new surfing fix of choice, you think he's joking.

"I'm dead serious," Addison, 36 said. "The wave is spectacular, challenging, some of the best surfing you'll find."

It seems that underwater rock formations interact with the flowing river to create an everlasting wave; everlasting, that is, as long as the river is high enough. During drier times, there isn't sufficient flow to sustain the formation, leaving the shores full of pouting Québécois surfers. Nonetheless, flow is sufficient that Montreal is developing its own surfing culture, despite a lack of beaches:

Montreal surfers must scramble down a steep and muddy river bank to reach the water. Once in, they paddle from the eddy into the gathering current, looking for all the world like awkward turtles. Nearing the whitewater, they flip around, letting the current pull them backward toward the curl. They paddle like crazy and, if they're good or lucky, they'll catch the wave and ride it.

If not, they're carried over the crest and swept downriver, their frustrated cries of "Oh fffffuuuuuuuuu" receding with them as they disappear.

(*Okay, technically we don't have a back door, but you get the picture, right?)

Coming to Clayton...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:03:57 GMT

Arthur Hinds (kingofthewho ), whom you may know from the most awesome Pagan Celtic band Emerald Rose, will be performing here in Clayton on July 26th at the Lyric Coffee House (where Abby works)!

Parts North

If you'll be anywhere near the area then, you have to come listen to the most excellent Mr Hinds! Abby and I will be there, we wouldn't miss it for anything.

QotD

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:05:34 GMT

POEM

Yea, though I walk

through the Valley of

the Shadow of Death, I

Shall fear no evil–

for I am a lot more

insane than

This Valley.

--Ted Berrigan

For the Love of God, Not the Cracker!

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:59:49 GMT

PZ Myers has done it again; he has threatened the grain products of the Catholics, and his punishment shall be severe. Verily, thou shalt not threaten the Sacred Food Group (we're talking about communion wafers, here).

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League Brings Down the Hammer on Cracker Abuse

QotD

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:12:23 GMT

"I wanna cut his nuts off."

--Jesse Jackson, referring to Barack Obama

This is the quote of the day not because I harbor any ill will towards the Obama family jewels, but only because I find it amusing that there are still people with political aspirations who haven't learned to treat every microphone like it's on, all the time.

Pic for Today (Thurs July 10 '08)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:53:41 GMT

Continuing on with the fireworks pictures, this time in green and red...


'08 Fireworks III (Click image for larger size)

Political Article Hat Trick

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:45:16 GMT

I haven't had much to say on the political front since the winners emerged from the primaries, so I thought I would pass along this trio of offerings from the Brookings Institution that I found interesting. There are parts that I'm sure some of you would find disagreeable; feel free to discuss here, or not, as suits you.

Life Is Good, So Why Do We Feel So Bad?

When asked about the country's economy, schools, health care or community spirit, Americans tell pollsters the situation is dreadful. But when asked about their own jobs, schools, doctors and communities, people tell pollsters the situation is good. Our impressions of ourselves and our neighbors come from personal experience. Our impressions of the nation as a whole come from the media and from political blather, which both exaggerate the negative...

Gay Marriage Is Good for America

Imagine that in the law's eyes you and your soul mate will never be more than acquaintances. And now add even more strangeness. Imagine coming of age into a whole community, a whole culture, without marriage and the bonds of mutuality and kinship that go with it...

Is Obama the New Reagan?

Many Democrats underestimated Reagan because of his inexperience, ardent ideology, and lofty but sometimes vague rhetoric. Yet the former Hollywood actor and California governor surprised opponents by leading a revolution in domestic and foreign policy... Obama has the same capacity as Reagan to produce surprising changes, albeit with different policy objectives than Reagan...

Okay, Just One More Quiz...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:25:13 GMT

... because it's on the very important topic of pasta!

(Via bunnykissd)

Pasta Shape Identification Quiz

I got 22 out of 24 shapes right. Can YOU match my mightiness? Mwa ha ha ha ha!

Stop with the Quizzes Already! Yeesh!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:51:32 GMT

After that last quiz, this one was a moral imperative. The latest in a long line of Belief-O-Matics:

Your Results:

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

1.     Secular Humanism (100%)
2.     Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3.     Nontheist (77%)
4.     Liberal Quakers (75%)
5.     Theravada Buddhism (71%)
6.     Neo-Pagan (69%)
7.     Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8.     New Age (51%)
9.     Taoism (48%)
10.     Reform Judaism (47%)
11.     Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
12.     Orthodox Quaker (38%)
13.     Scientology (34%)
14.     Bahá'í Faith (33%)
15.     Sikhism (31%)
16.     New Thought (31%)
17.     Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
18.     Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
19.     Jainism (24%)
20.     Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
21.     Islam (19%)
22.     Orthodox Judaism (19%)
23.     Eastern Orthodox (17%)
24.     Roman Catholic (17%)
25.     Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
26.     Hinduism (14%)
27.     Jehovah's Witness (7%)

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